The Movie: This movie was directed by Robert Redford and a lot of people said it was pretty good, so I rented it. It got off to a bit of a slow start, but after a while it really drew me in and I wanted to see how it would end. It was also pretty interesting to see Martin Scorcese play a small part (he was the Geritol executive) as well as Calista Flockhart had a little part as one of the college kids swooning over Ralph Fiennes. If you've got nothing better to do, watching this movie is not a bad way to spend your time. Also it's based on a true story, and I know that for a lot of people (for some reason) that's a good reason to see a movie.

The DVD: This is another "old" DVD. It's got a letterboxed 1.85:1 widescreen transfer which I suspect is a recycled laserdisc transfer with their characteristic excessive edge sharpening. I also noticed quite a bit of dust specks and scratches and grain and all kinds of other junk. Audio was in stereo, and was just OK as well. Not that this would be a real audio heavy movie anyway. There weren't any special features to speak of except for the requisite theatrical trailer.