At First Sight DVD

At First Sight
New York architect Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) meets blind masseur Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) and falls in love. As she learns his lifelong blindness may be curable through experimental surgery, she convinces him to undergo the operation. Virgil then learns vision may not quite be what he expected. At First Sight is directed by Irwin Winkler and also stars Bruce Davison, Nathan Lane, and Kelly McGillis. At First Sight is a romance adapted by writer Steve Levitt based upon the story To See and Not See from noted writer Dr. Oliver Sacks' collection, An Anthropologist on Mars. Dr. Sacks' work is also the basis for the Penny Marshall film Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by Michael Morris with music by Michael Nyman. In his original story, Dr. Sacks tells of receiving a call in October 1991 from a retired minister in the Midwest. His daughter was about to marry a fifty-year old man, Virgil, who had been blind since early childhood. He had thick cataracts and been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease which slowly eats away the retinas. As he could still make the distinction between light and dark, it was found he was misdiagnosed and simple cataract extraction could possibly restore his sight. While surgery was a success, Virgil, like his cinematic counterpart, found he would have to learn to use his vision much like an infant would, even though he was adept at relating to the world through touch. In his A New Theory of Vision, written in 1709, George Berkeley concluded there was no necessary connection between a tactile world and a sight world; a connection between them could be established only on the basis of experience. This same story was also adapted into the play Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide

Cast Val Kilmer as Virgil Adamson Mira Sorvino as Amy Benic Kelly McGillis as Jennie Adamson Steven Weber as Duncan Allanbrook Bruce Davison as Dr. Charles Aaron Nathan Lane as Phil Webster Ken Howard as Virgil's Father

Crew Robert Guerra - Art Director Billy Hopkins - Casting Kelly Barden - Casting Suzanne Smith - Casting Roger Paradiso - Co-producer John Dunn - Costume Designer Tom Reilly - First Assistant Director Irwin Winkler - Director Julie Monroe - Editor Mark Isham - Composer (Music Score) Stephan R. Goldman - Musical Direction/Supervision Jane Musky - Production Designer John Seale - Cinematographer Rob Cowan - Producer Irwin Winkler - Producer Susan Bode-Tyson - Set Designer Michael O'Farrell - Sound/Sound Designer Steve Levitt - Screenwriter Oliver Sacks - Short Story Author

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: cc 4-page "behind-the-scenes" booklet Theatrical trailer DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 129 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Widescreen 1. Logos/Main Title [3:12] 2. Tension to Tears [5:01] 3. Amy Sees the Light [2:35] 4. A "Sleeping" Eye Dog [2:11] 5. A Kiss to Build a Dream On [:49] 6. Canceled Apologies [1:27] 7. "What's out There?" [3:37] 8. Rhythm of the Rain [2:52] 9. Heavenly Memories [3:32] 10. Scorched Date [:53] 11. Second-Chance Guy [2:31] 12. A Search for Insight [2:03] 13. Cold/Hot Kisses [4:31] 14. No Changes, Please! [2:35] 15. "Some Great News" [2:24] 16. There Are No Miracles [1:46] 17. Stomping Like Bigfoot [2:08] 18. A Restless Night [:53] 19. They Can't Take That Away From Me [1:41] 20. Cataract Interaction [1:03] 21. Cool Kid [:23] 22. Obstacles/Art/Plans [2:53] 23. Surgery & Bad Coffee [1:29] 24. "Can" This Be Sight [5:29] 25. "So This Is You!" [3:31] 26. Covering Up Holes [1:16] 27. A Beautiful Surprise [3:30] 28. No Manual for Limbo [3:51] 29. Mixed Media [3:44] 30. Sculptured Talk [1:43] 31. Reconstructing Dad [1:18] 32. Crashing a Party [7:54] 33. Happy-Hour Therapy [3:34] 34. Easy Come Easy Go [3:15] 35. Park Perspectives [3:50] 36. Flirting With Colors [2:54] 37. The Light Grows Dim [3:35] 38. A Father Fails [2:16] 39. A Seeing Celebration [1:40] 40. A Cloudy Hockey Game [4:54] 41. Broken Dreams [3:08] 42. Reaching Back Home [4:13] 43. Seeing the Horizon [5:38] 44. Love Is Where You Are/End Credits [4:41] Side #2 -- Standard 1. Logos/Main Title [3:12] 2. Tension to Tears [5:01] 3. Amy Sees the Light [2:35] 4. A "Sleeping" Eye Dog [2:11] 5. A Kiss to Build a Dream On [:49] 6. Canceled Apologies [1:27] 7. "What's out There?" [3:37] 8. Rhythm of the Rain [2:52] 9. Heavenly Memories [3:32] 10. Scorched Date [:52] 11. Second-Chance Guy [2:31] 12. A Search for Insight [2:03] 13. Cold/Hot Kisses [4:31] 14. No Changes, Please! [2:35] 15. "Some Great News" [2:23] 16. There Are No Miracles [1:47] 17. Stomping Like Bigfoot [2:08] 18. A Restless Night [:53] 19. They Can't Take That Away From Me [1:41] 20. Cataract Interaction [1:03] 21. Cool Kid [:23] 22. Obstacles/Art/Plans [2:53] 23. Surgery & Bad Coffee [1:30] 24. "Can" This Be Sight [5:29] 25. "So This Is You!" [3:31] 26. Covering Up Holes [1:16] 27. A Beautiful Surprise [3:30] 28. No Manual for Limbo [3:51] 29. Mixed Media [3:44] 30. Sculptured Talk [1:43] 31. Reconstructing Dad [1:18] 32. Crashing a Party [7:54] 33. Happy-Hour Therapy [3:34] 34. Easy Come Easy Go [3:15] 35. Park Perspectives [3:50] 36. Flirting With Colors [2:54] 37. The Light Grows Dim [3:35] 38. A Father Fails [2:16] 39. A Seeing Celebration [1:40] 40. A Cloudy Hockey Game [4:54] 41. Broken Dreams [3:08] 42. Reaching Back Home [4:13] 43. Seeing the Horizon [5:38] 44. Love Is Where You Are/End Credits [4:41]