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AC-3 Dolby Digital At First Sight 1999 AC-3 WS Rare LaserDisc Kilmer Sorvino Drama

At First Sight 1999 AC-3 WS Rare LaserDisc Kilmer Sorvino Drama

Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 27th of April 1999

At First Sight 1999 AC-3 WS Rare LaserDisc Kilmer Sorvino Drama

Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 27th of April 1999

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Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino in...

At First Sight

( Catalog Number ML107181 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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At First Sight
1999 - 129 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

Although leading man Val Kilmer gives a fascinating, dead-on performance as Virgil, a blind man who deals with the unexpected consequences of restored sight, Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino is disappointingly bland as his love interest, coming across as too naive and kittenish (maybe it's the mini-skirt suits) to convincingly portray a driven New York architect. Director Irwin Winkler fails to capitalize on the opportunity for some remarkable visuals as Virgil sees the world for the first time. An uninspired script features an overdose of melodrama, too much on-the-nose dialogue, and an interesting character subplot with Virgil's father, played by Ken Howard, that goes nowhere. The idea of a blind man relating to the world visually is an intriguing one for a feature film, but the character development in this romantic drama needs some focus of its own. For better execution of a film based of one of Dr. Oliver Sacks' medical stories, check out Awakenings (1990), which garnered three Academy Award nominations. --- Lisa Kropiewnicki

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Cast for At First Sight

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

Crew for At First Sight

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

Feature Details

Title: At First Sight
Feature Release Date: 1999
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 129 Minutes
Chapters: 46
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 27 Apr 1999
Catalog Number: ML107181
UPC: 027616718167
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML107181
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino in...

At First Sight

( Catalog Number ML107181 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Pressed in Limited Quantities on the 27th of April 1999
Theatrical Trailer
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At First Sight
1999 - 129 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

Although leading man Val Kilmer gives a fascinating, dead-on performance as Virgil, a blind man who deals with the unexpected consequences of restored sight, Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino is disappointingly bland as his love interest, coming across as too naive and kittenish (maybe it's the mini-skirt suits) to convincingly portray a driven New York architect. Director Irwin Winkler fails to capitalize on the opportunity for some remarkable visuals as Virgil sees the world for the first time. An uninspired script features an overdose of melodrama, too much on-the-nose dialogue, and an interesting character subplot with Virgil's father, played by Ken Howard, that goes nowhere. The idea of a blind man relating to the world visually is an intriguing one for a feature film, but the character development in this romantic drama needs some focus of its own. For better execution of a film based of one of Dr. Oliver Sacks' medical stories, check out Awakenings (1990), which garnered three Academy Award nominations. --- Lisa Kropiewnicki

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Cast for At First Sight

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

Crew for At First Sight

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

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