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 Movie
B+ |
Video B+ | Audio B+
| Extras B+
Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn,
Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, and Thomas Lennon
director Donald Petrie | Paramount Pictures
2003 | Romance - Comedy | PG-13 | 115 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio
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Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Kate Hudson stars as Andie Anderson, a journalist for
Composure Magazine, a fictional women's magazine based in New York City. While she's known as the "How To"
girl, writing about various "how to" topics like "How to Dress Like A Model
for Less Than $50" , she's aspiring to
write about important issues, like politics, the environment, and foreign
affairs. Looking for her next
assignment, her boss gives her an assignment to write about men and women and relationships.
Andie has to write about how you can date a guy and then dump him in (you
guessed it) ten days.
Matthew McConoughey is Benjamin
Barry, a successful advertising executive with
a can do attitude. He is trying to head a new diamond account, but
his boss wants to give it to his colleagues. Desperate to take the
lead, he makes a wager with his colleagues that he can make any available
straight woman fall in love with him in ten days. Who does his
colleagues pick? You guessed it again, Andie.
Andie and Ben make moves
on each other. While they are both attracted to the other, they each
have their own professional agendas. This situation plus the great
chemistry between Kate Hudson and Matthew McConoughey makes for a
hilarious romantic comedy. If you're looking for a delightful and
light-hearted evening, try How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days.
Special Features: audio commentary with
director Donald Petrie;
deleted scenes (5, including an alternate opening sequence) with optional
director commentary; "Mapping Out the Perfect Movie" featurettes; "Mapping
Out the Perfect Location" featurettes; music video "Somebody Like You" by
Keith Urban; previews of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Cradle of Life,
The Core, The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie
Collection
DVD released on 7/1/2003 | Reviewed 8/12/2003
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video and audio quality are very good when their grades are "A-"
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Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks, then both are listed. All
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-NS725P progressive scan DVD player, Sony
KP-65WV600 65" rear projection HDTV-monitor (16:9 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable
ULT V1000 Ultra Series THX component video cable, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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