Upcoming Spy DVDs: The American
DVDActive reports that Universal Home Video has announced
DVD and
Blu-ray releases of the George Clooney assassin
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The American for December 28–
another birthday present for me! I'm really glad the studio has the courage to stick with that awesome theatrical poster art and not just stick a bluish close-up of Clooney's face on the front instead. Extras on both versions will include deleted scenes, an audio commentary with director Anton Corbijn, and a featurette called (rather uncreatively) "Journey to Redemption: The Making of
The American." Retail is $29.98 for the DVD and $39.98 for the Blu-ray, but of course you won't have to actually pay those prices if you
shop around. While I didn't find
The American to be quite as profound as it seemed to think it was, I really liked it nonetheless. It's not fast-paced, but it does offer lots of beautiful location photography, which is a crucial element for me in good spy and assassin movies.
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went to see the movie yesterday in Belgium (only came out here) . Still don't know what to think 'bout it, not bad , but something is missing .
was he a spy / secret agent ? hitman ? part of a criminal organisation ?
did they want to kill because he wanted to retire/resign ?
the guy next to me fell asleep :)
I can understand why someone would fall asleep. And it definitely doesn't answer those questions-and didn't really leave me thinking about them too much afterwards, either. But I still liked the movie. I've got posted all my thoughts in a review that's been mostly finished since I saw the film, and I finally completed. Feel free to chime in again on that post!
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