ALWAYS (DVD) WS 1.85/ENG/DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND DVD

Always
For all its state-of-the-art special effects, Always is essentially a remake of the 1943 Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne fantasy vehicle A Guy Named Joe--minus the wartime context. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending to Heaven, Dreyfuss is introduced to businesslike angel Audrey Hepburn (playing the equivalent of the Lionel Barrymore role in A Guy Named Joe). Hepburn instructs the spectral Dreyfuss to pass on his aviation knowhow to his young successor, Brad Johnson. Our ghostly hero also smoothes the course of romance for his earthly girl friend Holly Hunter, who after several months' worth of grieving has fallen in love with Johnson. John Goodman injects a dose of comedy relief as Dreyfuss' faithful buddy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Richard Dreyfuss as Pete Sandich Holly Hunter as Dorinda Durston Brad Johnson as Ted Baker John Goodman as Al Yackey Audrey Hepburn as Hap Roberts Blossom as Dave Keith David as Powerhouse Ed Van Nuys as Nails Marg Helgenberger as Rachel Doug McGrath as Bus Driver J.D. Souther as Singer

Crew Christopher Burian-Mohr - Art Director Lora Kennedy - Casting Bob Banas - Choreography Frank Marshall - Co-producer Kathleen Kennedy - Co-producer Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer Steven Spielberg - Director Michael Kahn - Editor Steven Spielberg - Executive Producer John Williams - Composer (Music Score) James McCoy - Makeup Don L. Cash - Makeup James D. Bissell - Production Designer P. Michael Johnston - Production Designer Mikael Salomon - Cinematographer Richard Vane - Producer Jackie Carr - Set Designer Carl Stensel - Set Designer Michael Wood - Special Effects Industrial Light & Magic - Special Effects Steve Lambert - Stunts Chandler Sprague - Screen Story David Boehm - Screen Story Melissa Mathison - Screenwriter Jerry Belson - Screenwriter Ronald Bass - Screenwriter Frederick Hazlitt Brennan - Short Story Author

Always
One of the smaller films of Steven Spielberg's oeuvre, Always still bears many of the filmmaker's trademark elements: otherworldly magic, gorgeous cinematography, and a childlike fascination with the skies. There are plenty of loving shots of aircraft arcing across brilliant blue horizons, but the rest of the film serves more as a support structure on which to hang these images, too neat and predictable to stick in the memory. The result is that Always feels prepackaged, a sentimental exercise with little daring beyond the swooping maneuvers of Richard Dreyfuss' fun-loving pilot. It becomes accidentally noteworthy for having been the last film appearance of Audrey Hepburn, who died four years later; that she plays an angel walking through the cornfields gives viewers a serene last image of her. Always may also serve as a balm for those grieving over the loss of a loved one, unsure how to move on with their lives. But with Dreyfuss so much easier to root for as the object of Holly Hunter's affections than the bland Brad Johnson, this becomes something of a mixed message. Spielberg fans may want to check it out for another chapter in the director's ongoing preoccupation with flying machines, which has marked his career from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) to the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: 4.1: Dolby Surround w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Production notes Cast & filmmakers' bios Film highlights Theatrical trailer Web links DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 123 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Chapter List 1. Fire Eaters. [:17] 2. Dead Stick. [:10] 3. Girl Clothes. [2:38] 4. Your Numbers. [6:52] 5. Out Of Love. [8:31] 6. I'm Dead? [3:27] 7. Pete's Project. [4:09] 8. The Reason I'm Here. [7:13] 9. Life Without Pete. [5:15] 10. Pete Gets Through. [2:24] 11. Hello, Dorinda. [3:33] 12. First Impressions. [4:29] 13. Dinner & A Dance. [4:52] 14. To Say Goodbye. [3:56] 15. Firestorm. [:09] 16. Riding The Storm. [3:44] 17. I'm Releasing You. [4:48] 18. End Titles. [2:35]