TRAINING DAY (BR-DVD/WS 2.40/16X9/ENG-FREN-SPAN-SUB/5.1 DOLBY) DVD

Training Day
The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced Los Angeles Police Department rookie anxious to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington). Harris has agreed to give Hoyt a shot at joining his team with a one-day ride-along during which Hoyt must prove his mettle. As the day wears on, however, it becomes increasingly clear to the greenhorn that his experienced mentor has blurred the line between right and wrong to an alarming degree, enforcing his own morally compromised code of ethics and street justice. As he struggles with his conscience, an increasingly alarmed Hoyt begins to suspect that he's not really being given an audition at all; he's being set up as the fall guy in an elaborate scheme. Training Day co-stars Tom Berenger, Scott Glenn, and recording artists Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Macy Gray. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt Scott Glenn as Roger Tom Berenger as Stan Gursky Harris Yulin as Doug Rosselli Raymond J. Barry as Lou Jacobs Cliff Curtis as Smiley Dr. Dre as Paul Snoop Dogg as Blue Macy Gray as Sandman's Wife Charlotte Ayanna as Lisa Nick Chinlund as Tim Jaime Gomez as Mark Raymond Cruz as Sniper Noel Guglielmi as Moreno Eva Mendes as Sara Harris Sarah Danielle Madison as Female Passenger

Crew David S. Lazan - Art Director Susan E. Novick - Associate Producer Mary Vernieu - Casting Scott Strauss - Co-producer David Ayer - Co-producer David Wisnievitz - Co-producer Michele Michel - Costume Designer Randy Fletcher - First Assistant Director Antoine Fuqua - Director Conrad Buff - Editor Bruce Berman - Executive Producer Davis Guggenheim - Executive Producer Mark Mancina - Composer (Music Score) John Houlihan - Musical Direction/Supervision Naomi Shohan - Production Designer Mauro Fiore - Cinematographer Bobby Newmyer - Producer Jeffrey Silver - Producer Robert C. Goldstein - Set Designer Sue Lomino - Set Designer Russell Williams II - Sound/Sound Designer Ken Bates - Stunts Coordinator Spiro Azatos - Stunts Coordinator Tierre Turner - Stunts Coordinator David Ayer - Screenwriter Chuck Cohen - Second Unit Director Of Photography John C. Pattison - Properties George Simpson - Supervising Sound Editor Jan Pascale - Set Decorator

Training Day
In his most nefarious film role yet, Denzel Washington keeps the audience stumbling off balance, forcing them to ponder whether his unorthodox crime-fighting methods are justifiable radicalism or a deviant abuse of power. With bawdy humor and grudging praise providing counterpoint to his fierce stares and verbal intimidation, it's difficult to determine whether he's toughening a protégé through trial by fire, or laughing at a patsy he despises. Antoine Fuqua's Training Day is a violent, vigorous film sure to leave viewers uneasily processing their feelings about it. In that climate of renewed reverence for the police, the film's exaggerated portrayal of narcotics officers can't help but feel a bit uncharitable. Still, there's immediacy to the thesis that these undercover cops are so ornately jeweled, so hip to street culture, and so entrenched in their renegade philosophies that they become indistinguishable from the gangsters they're hunting. The film also understands how this world is governed by bravado, as Washington astutely and systematically manipulates Ethan Hawke's eagerness to prove he's man enough for the job. Washington alternates between visceral intensity and mere showiness in a role that's courageously unlikable, while Hawke makes the most of a soft, underwritten character. Even while including a handful of stylized camera tricks, Fuqua maintains a tense realism by filming in some of L.A.'s worst neighborhoods, using his own street credibility to convince real drug dealers and low-lifes to appear in the film. No less challenging for its flawed sensationalism, Training Day is bracing cinema. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

Denzel Washington: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (winner) Denzel Washington: American Film Institute, Best Actor (winner) Denzel Washington: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) Denzel Washington: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Actor (winner) Denzel Washington: Screen Actors Guild, Best Actor (nominated) Ethan Hawke: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Ethan Hawke: Screen Actors Guild, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Commentary by director Antoine Fuqua Additional scenes Alternate ending HBO First Look: The Making of Training Day 2 music videos: Nelly's #1 and Pharoahe Monch's Got You Theatrical trailer DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: A Content Length: 122 min