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Evolution
The spirit of the mega-hit Ghostbusters (1984) is intentionally recalled with this effects-heavy sci-fi comedy from the same director, Ivan Reitman, co-starring Dan Aykroyd and debuting on the 17th anniversary of the earlier film's release. When a meteor bearing single-celled organisms crashes to the Earth, the life forms are initially confined to a cave. Before long the creatures are evolving at an exponentially rapid rate, resulting in fearsome aliens running amok and possibly spelling mankind's doom, or at least the end of man's domination over life on Earth. Investigating the phenomenon is a community college professor, Ira Kane (David Duchovny), his geologist friend Harry Block (Orlando Jones), wannabe fireman Wayne Green (Seann William Scott), and government scientist Allison Reed (Julianne Moore). Evolution also stars Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, and Katharine Towne. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast David Duchovny as Dr. Ira Crane Orlando Jones as Harry Block Seann William Scott as Wayne Julianne Moore as Allison Ted Levine as Gen. Woodman Ethan Suplee as Deke Katharine Towne as Nadine Michael Bower as Danny Pat Kilbane as Officer Johnson Ty Burrell as Flemming Gregory Itzin as Cartwright Dan Aykroyd as Governor Lewis

Crew Richard Mays - Art Director David F. Klassen - Supervising Art Director Tippett Studio - Animator Sheldon Kahn - Associate Producer Ronell Venter - Associate Producer Ken Schwenker - Associate Producer Margery Simkin - Casting Paul Deason - Co-producer Aggie Guerard Rodgers - Costume Designer Michael Neumann - First Assistant Director Ivan Reitman - Director Wendy Greene Bricmont - Editor Sheldon Kahn - Editor Jeff Apple - Executive Producer Tom Pollock - Executive Producer David Rodgers - Executive Producer John Powell - Composer (Music Score) J. Michael Riva - Production Designer Michael Chapman - Cinematographer Joe Medjuck - Producer Ivan Reitman - Producer Daniel Goldberg - Producer Masako Masuda - Set Designer Lauri Gaffin - Set Designer Matthew G. Bekoff - Set Designer Eric P. Sundahl - Set Designer Noelle King - Set Designer William Kaplan - Sound/Sound Designer Paul Deason - Unit Production Manager Don Jakoby - Screen Story David Diamond - Screenwriter David Weissman - Screenwriter Don Jakoby - Screenwriter Phil Tippett - Visual Effects Supervisor Wendy Greene Bricmont - Visual Effects Supervisor Tippett Studio - Animation Producer Per Hallberg - Supervising Sound Editor Karen M. Baker - Supervising Sound Editor Noelle King - Lead Scenic Artist Tippett Studio - Visual Effects Lauri Gaffin - Set Decorator

Evolution
Borrowing heavily from Men in Black and his own Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman directs the kind of jokey special effects movie in which characters swap wisecracks while getting sprayed with alien goo. Agreeable but instantly forgettable, Evolution treats the possible extinction of humankind as if it were auditions for amateur night at the local comedy club, and the silliness infests the movie even more than the rapidly mutating alien organism infests the Arizona desert. As the two community college science professors who discover the life form, David Duchovny (never more loose and self-satisfied) and crowd-pleaser Orlando Jones alternate uncomfortably between learned reasoning and frat boy razzing. As if any more comic relief were necessary, typecast moron Seann William Scott (Dude, Where's My Car?) is on board to reach a few extra demographics. Julianne Moore shows her softer side as a simpatico government agent who is also a huge klutz. The aliens are a hybrid of typical space alien stuff and dinosaurs, looking good if not actually groundbreaking. A winged creature that's obviously a pterodactyl stand-in carries a young girl through a mall without leaving a scratch -- part of an overall trend to stay light, rather than showing any of the real carnage that might accompany a situation like this. However, since it was released in the era of Tom Green and the Farrelly brothers, there's a fair amount of rectal humor -- both human and alien -- to fill the gross-out quota. Positioned to be a summer blockbuster hit, Evolution shows the strain of trying to be everything to everyone, but it's also difficult to imagine leaving the theater without wearing a goofy grin. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DS: Dolby Surround (4.0) DTS: Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Additional Features: Conversation with Ivan Reitman, David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and Seann William Scott Deleted scenes Storyboard selection Visual effects featurette DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 102 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selections 1. Main Titles [4:49] 2. Meet Ira and Harry [3:10] 3. A Rock That Bleeds [6:10] 4. Discovering Alien Life [2:46] 5. Wayne Flunks Out [:55] 6. "We Came to Pick Up the Rock" [4:48] 7. Aliens at the Country Club [1:38] 8. Government Take Over [5:42] 9. Deposing Dr. Ira Kane [3:51] 10. "It's in Me!" [8:04] 11. No Time for Lubricant [1:52] 12. Trouble on the Fairway [3:39] 13. Aliens Crawl Out [9:08] 14. "Great Googa Mooga!" [3:01] 15. Shopping at the Mall [7:30] 16. The Governor Gets Bad News [3:45] 17. Fuzzy No-Nosed Chimps Attack! [4:40] 18. Heat Is the Catalyst [1:22] 19. How to Kill Them [1:45] 20. "Let's Shampoo Some Aliens!" [3:51] 21. A Jumbo Enema [4:14] 22. End Credits [8:57]