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The Big Chill Criterion #123 Rare LaserDisc Williams Bridges Comedy

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Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in...

The Big Chill

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1233L )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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The Big Chill
1983 - 105 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members each offer little tidbits about their current lives while reminiscing about the past. In college, the absent and recently deceased Alex was the biggest and brightest star of the bunch but never seemed to get anywhere after being set loose in the real world. The slow acknowledgement that their champion never materialized leads the group in ever widening circles of thought. Discussions of their past lives and current bring about the realization that each has changed so much while remaining remarkably similar. Despite the tragic circumstances, the group disperses with renewed friendships and a newfound appreciation for life.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Embraced by the Baby Boomer generation and spawning countless imitators, the sophomore film of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan was a successful comedy-drama with a best selling soundtrack of Motown hits. Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other in unexpected combinations. Included are Michael (Jeff Goldblum), a smarmy journalist; Sam (Tom Berenger), a TV star; Karen (JoBeth Williams), unhappily married and pining for Sam; Nick (William Hurt), a drug-addicted Vietnam vet; and Meg (Mary Kay Place), a single career woman who wants a child. Joining the group is Alex's bizarre girlfriend Chloe (Meg Tilly), who finds new love with Nick. As they learn to deal with the truth about the loss of idealism in their lives and Alex's sad demise, the friends find their bond still intact, while the marriage of Harold and Sarah is healed in an unusual way that's in sync with the era of their youth. Cut from the release of The Big Chill (1983) was the brief appearance of young actor Kevin Costner as Alex. Kasdan promised Costner a role in his next picture, which turned out to be a star-making part in Silverado (1985). --- Karl Williams

A seminal baby boomer angst session, The Big Chill proved enormously popular with audiences who saw their own thirty-something anxieties brought to life with the aid of an impossibly catchy soundtrack. The film eulogized the lost ideals and enthusiasms of the 1960s and pondered what, if anything, had taken their place. The film begins with the funeral of Alex, long considered the best and brightest of the group of friends, whose death and burial symbolize the collective death of a relentlessly mythologized, sentimentalized era. The survivors are left to scratch their heads, smoke some pot, and dance around the kitchen in an effort to figure out what happened, and why. It is a testament to Lawrence Kasdan's strengths as a writer and director that, while the film does dip its toe repeatedly in the collective pool of nostalgia, it tends more towards melancholy reflection than sentimental excess. The friends question what happened to the promise of their youth, but they do so with an eye towards explaining their present state, rather than trying to recreate their past glories. It is little surprise that this sort of reflective meditation hit such a chord with its audience, many of whom were easing into the same sort of complacent, suburban lifestyle that they may have once claimed to abhor. Composed of equal parts mourning and acceptance, The Big Chill became an anthem for a generation trying to accept the fact that their present was not the future they had hoped it would be. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for The Big Chill

Robin Williams - Parry
Jeff Bridges - Jack Lucas
Amanda Plummer - Lydia Sinclair
Mercedes Ruehl - Anne Napolitano
Michael Jeter - Homeless Cabaret Singer
Harry Shearer - Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Kathy Najimy - Crazed Video Customer
Brian Michaels - Little Boy
Warren Olney - TV Anchorman
John Ottavino - Father at Hotel
Kathleen Bridget Kelly - Radio Show Call-In
William J. Marshall - Jamaican Bum
Richard LaGravenese - Strait Jacket Yuppie
Paul Lombardi - Radio Engineer
Frazer Smith - News Reporter
Diane Robin - Receptionist
James Remini - Bum at Hotel
Ted Ross - Limo Bum
Johnny Paganelli - Pizza Boy
David Hyde Pierce - Lou Rosen
John Benjamin Red - Motorcyclist
Tom Waits - Disabled Veteran
William Preston - John the Bum
Jayce Bartok - First Punk
Carlos Carrasco - Doctor
Adam Bryant - Radio Engineer
Christian Clemenson - Edwin
Caroline Cromelin - Radio Show Call-In
Melinda Culea - Sitcom Wife
Mel Bourne - Carmichael
Lisa Blades - Parry's WIfe
Mark Bringelson - Drooler
Mark Bowden - Doorman
Stephen Bridgewater - Porno Customer
Joe Jamrog - Guard
Lara Harris - Sondra
Lou Hancock - Nurse
Bradley Gregg - Hippie Bum
John Heffernan - Stockbroker Bum
Chris Howell - Red Knight
Anita Dangler - Bag Lady
Al Fann - Superintendent
John deLancie - TV Executive
Dan Futterman - Second Punk
Howard Feuer
Patrick Fraley - Radio Show Call-In

Crew for The Big Chill

Ida Random - Producer / Production Designer
Michael Shamberg - Producer
Barbara Benedek - Screenwriter
John Bailey - Cinematographer
Meg Kasdan - Composer (Music Score)
Carol Littleton - Editor
Barrie Osborne - Associate Producer
Lawrence Kasdan - Executive Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Marcia Nasatir - Executive Producer
George P. Gaines - Set Designer
April Ferry - Costume Designer
Michael Germain - Makeup
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Michael Grillo - First Assistant Director
Lou Barlia - Camera Operator
Gene S. Cantamessa - Sound/Sound Designer
Wallis Nicita - Casting

Awards for The Big Chill

Best Original Screenplay (nom) Barbara Benedek 1983 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Lawrence Kasdan 1983 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1983 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Glenn Close 1983 Academy

Feature Details

Title: The Big Chill
Feature Release Date: 1983
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 105 Minutes
Chapters: 31
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 11 Mar 1991
Catalog Number: CC1233L
UPC: 715515001996
ISBN: 1559401214
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1233L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with a split and some shelf-wear

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in...

The Big Chill

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1233L )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

The Big Chill
1983 - 105 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members each offer little tidbits about their current lives while reminiscing about the past. In college, the absent and recently deceased Alex was the biggest and brightest star of the bunch but never seemed to get anywhere after being set loose in the real world. The slow acknowledgement that their champion never materialized leads the group in ever widening circles of thought. Discussions of their past lives and current bring about the realization that each has changed so much while remaining remarkably similar. Despite the tragic circumstances, the group disperses with renewed friendships and a newfound appreciation for life.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Embraced by the Baby Boomer generation and spawning countless imitators, the sophomore film of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan was a successful comedy-drama with a best selling soundtrack of Motown hits. Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other in unexpected combinations. Included are Michael (Jeff Goldblum), a smarmy journalist; Sam (Tom Berenger), a TV star; Karen (JoBeth Williams), unhappily married and pining for Sam; Nick (William Hurt), a drug-addicted Vietnam vet; and Meg (Mary Kay Place), a single career woman who wants a child. Joining the group is Alex's bizarre girlfriend Chloe (Meg Tilly), who finds new love with Nick. As they learn to deal with the truth about the loss of idealism in their lives and Alex's sad demise, the friends find their bond still intact, while the marriage of Harold and Sarah is healed in an unusual way that's in sync with the era of their youth. Cut from the release of The Big Chill (1983) was the brief appearance of young actor Kevin Costner as Alex. Kasdan promised Costner a role in his next picture, which turned out to be a star-making part in Silverado (1985). --- Karl Williams

A seminal baby boomer angst session, The Big Chill proved enormously popular with audiences who saw their own thirty-something anxieties brought to life with the aid of an impossibly catchy soundtrack. The film eulogized the lost ideals and enthusiasms of the 1960s and pondered what, if anything, had taken their place. The film begins with the funeral of Alex, long considered the best and brightest of the group of friends, whose death and burial symbolize the collective death of a relentlessly mythologized, sentimentalized era. The survivors are left to scratch their heads, smoke some pot, and dance around the kitchen in an effort to figure out what happened, and why. It is a testament to Lawrence Kasdan's strengths as a writer and director that, while the film does dip its toe repeatedly in the collective pool of nostalgia, it tends more towards melancholy reflection than sentimental excess. The friends question what happened to the promise of their youth, but they do so with an eye towards explaining their present state, rather than trying to recreate their past glories. It is little surprise that this sort of reflective meditation hit such a chord with its audience, many of whom were easing into the same sort of complacent, suburban lifestyle that they may have once claimed to abhor. Composed of equal parts mourning and acceptance, The Big Chill became an anthem for a generation trying to accept the fact that their present was not the future they had hoped it would be. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for The Big Chill

Robin Williams - Parry
Jeff Bridges - Jack Lucas
Amanda Plummer - Lydia Sinclair
Mercedes Ruehl - Anne Napolitano
Michael Jeter - Homeless Cabaret Singer
Harry Shearer - Sitcom Actor Ben Starr
Kathy Najimy - Crazed Video Customer
Brian Michaels - Little Boy
Warren Olney - TV Anchorman
John Ottavino - Father at Hotel
Kathleen Bridget Kelly - Radio Show Call-In
William J. Marshall - Jamaican Bum
Richard LaGravenese - Strait Jacket Yuppie
Paul Lombardi - Radio Engineer
Frazer Smith - News Reporter
Diane Robin - Receptionist
James Remini - Bum at Hotel
Ted Ross - Limo Bum
Johnny Paganelli - Pizza Boy
David Hyde Pierce - Lou Rosen
John Benjamin Red - Motorcyclist
Tom Waits - Disabled Veteran
William Preston - John the Bum
Jayce Bartok - First Punk
Carlos Carrasco - Doctor
Adam Bryant - Radio Engineer
Christian Clemenson - Edwin
Caroline Cromelin - Radio Show Call-In
Melinda Culea - Sitcom Wife
Mel Bourne - Carmichael
Lisa Blades - Parry's WIfe
Mark Bringelson - Drooler
Mark Bowden - Doorman
Stephen Bridgewater - Porno Customer
Joe Jamrog - Guard
Lara Harris - Sondra
Lou Hancock - Nurse
Bradley Gregg - Hippie Bum
John Heffernan - Stockbroker Bum
Chris Howell - Red Knight
Anita Dangler - Bag Lady
Al Fann - Superintendent
John deLancie - TV Executive
Dan Futterman - Second Punk
Howard Feuer
Patrick Fraley - Radio Show Call-In

Crew for The Big Chill

Ida Random - Producer / Production Designer
Michael Shamberg - Producer
Barbara Benedek - Screenwriter
John Bailey - Cinematographer
Meg Kasdan - Composer (Music Score)
Carol Littleton - Editor
Barrie Osborne - Associate Producer
Lawrence Kasdan - Executive Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Marcia Nasatir - Executive Producer
George P. Gaines - Set Designer
April Ferry - Costume Designer
Michael Germain - Makeup
Mickey Scott - Makeup
Michael Grillo - First Assistant Director
Lou Barlia - Camera Operator
Gene S. Cantamessa - Sound/Sound Designer
Wallis Nicita - Casting

Awards for The Big Chill

Best Original Screenplay (nom) Barbara Benedek 1983 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Lawrence Kasdan 1983 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1983 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Glenn Close 1983 Academy

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