MOVIE COMPANY: WARNER BROS. in assoc. with VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES/VILLAGE-A.M.PARTNERSHIP
CAST: Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui
DIRECTED BY: Directed by David O. Russell
PRODUCED BY: Charles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. Mcdonnell
RATING: Rated R
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120188
TYPE OF MOVIE: Drama, comedy, action, war
Absurdly comic, highly kinetic, at times shockingly emotional, Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion, four American soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze), determined to take home more than sand fleas, go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control. David O. Russell’s unique tapestry of humor, violence and history makes Three Kings “one of the best movies of the year.” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, AC-3
• Commentary by director David O. Russell
• Commentary by producers Chuck Roven and Ed McDonnell
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Under the Bunker: On The Set Of Three Kings Making-Of Documentary
• Deleted Footage With Commentary By Director David O. Russell
• Interview with Director of Photography Tom Sigel
• An Intimate Look Inside The Acting Process With Ice Cube
• plus!: David O. Russell’s Video Journal, Bunkers–Three Hidden Features (Two Bunkers Reveal Codes That Will Unlock Special Features On The Web, And One Bunker Will Unlock A TV Spot), Production Designer’s Tour of the Iraqi Village Set, Production Stills, Special Photography From Co-star Spike Jonz (Director Of Being John Malkovich) DVD-ROM Content–Links To CNN’s Gulf War Archives, Special Web Events, Including To-Be-Announced Online Screenings And Chats With Filmmaker/Stars
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): I found two. One for the TV previews and one for the website:
Go to the Special Features menu, then go to Production Notes and then go to origins. Go up and down with your remote and you will see a red grenade and you can see the “THREE KINGS” TV spot.
Go to the Special Features menu, then go to the Cast & Crew menu. Press around and you’ll see the grenade and click on that and you will receive the password SCUD. The second one is located also in the special features menu but go to the third menu near the Internet URL and you will see a grenade under it and you will be given the password BAGHDAD.
DVD REVIEW:
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
I really enjoyed this movie! OK, it’s not exactly a “true to real life” movie but it’s very entertaining! When I first watched the movie trailer, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it and so I didn’t see it. After hearing how awesome the movie is and many months later, I saw the movie and I’m really impressed.
The storyline, the sound, the way the directors shot the movie and the dedication to make this movie…truly awesome! If there was any negative, I couldn’t find one, unless you are expecting a war movie which this is not.
I’m not going to go into why the movie was shot the way it is, the extras well answer that question for you.
So, the video and audio gets high marks but what about the DVD itself? Any extras? Well, Warner Bros. did fans a service and loaded, I mean LOADED this DVD with many extras.
So, in the end, this DVD is one of the better made DVD’s around. Great video, great sound and many extras to keep you busy. It doesn’t have the collector’s edition or special edition logo attached to front cover of the case but it should because this DVD is truly special. This DVD is highly recommended!
THE MOVIE:Â A
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â A+
THE DVD OVERALL:Â A