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Title:
Scary Movie 4: Unrated
Region:
One
Genre:
Comedy
Stars:
Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Leslie
Nielsen, Molly Shannon, Michael Madsen, Chris Elliott, Carmen Electra, Shaquille
O’Neal, Dr. Phil McGraw, Cloris Leachman, Conchita Campbell, Beau Mirchoff,
Kevin Hart, Deray Davis, Simon Rex, Young Bloodz, Bryan Callen, Elonzo Bodden,
Molly Madesom, Bridget Wilkinsen
Featuring
Cameos By: Chingy, Fabulous, Lil John, James Earl Jones, and Mike Tyson
Writers:
Craig Mazin, Jim Abrams, and Pat Proft
Based
On A Story By: Craig Mazin
Based
On Characters Created By: Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans
Director:
David Zucker
Feature
length: 91 minutes
Extras:
Feature Commentary With The Filmmakers, Deleted and Extended Scenes With
Optional Commentary, The Scary Truth: A Conversation With The Filmmakers,
Bloopers, The Man Behind The Laugh (Director – David Zucker), Zany Spoof Humor
– Zucker Style, Interviewer’s Worst Nightmare, The Visual Effects Of Scary
Movie 4, The Youngbloodz, Rappers & Actors, The Cast, Improvisation Of Craig
Bierko, Theatrical Trailer
Languages:
English and French Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Plus Surround Sound
Subtitles:
English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired and Spanish Language
Subtitles
Packaging:
Elite Red HD Case
Chapter
Stops: 17
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Plus Surround Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 2006/HD DVD Release: 2006
Theatrical
Distributor: Dimension Films and Miramax Films
Home
Video Distributor: The Weinstein Company Through Genius Products
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
David
Zucker and Jim Abrams have effortlessly made the Scary Movie franchise
their own without losing some of the offbeat style and humor the Wayans Brothers
brought to the film series they created. The first two films are distinctly
different in many ways from the third and fourth. While Zucker tends to layer
his comedy with site gags that demand repeat viewing to get all the jokes and he
also puts the jokes out in such a way as to hit a broad spectrum of viewers, the
Wayans films tend to be more overt with more blatant sexual jokes mixed in for
good measure. The Zucker sexual jokes tend to be more like their previous
franchises, which have included Airplane and The Naked Gun. I
suppose it is good that David Zucker doesn’t try to duplicate the same style
of humor as the Wayans brothers in part because David Zucker’s name is in
itself a brand with expectations attached from fans, but I do miss the
perspective the Wayans brought to the films. Like the previous entry, there are
some laugh out loud moments and some inner chuckles, but the film slows down a
lot when they start trying to spoof The Village.
Scary
Movie 4: Unrated is
presented in a 16 by 9 widescreen aspect ratio with up to 1080p video resolution
available and a choice of English or French Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Plus
Surround Sound available and English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
as well as Spanish Language Subtitles encoded as options. Using MPEG 4 AVC video
encoding, the picture quality is good, but as one of three HD DVDs to be
released by The Weinstein Company through Genius Products, I am guessing it is
sort of like the early DVDs. Distributors are just trying to get the hang of
mastering these discs and I believe they will get better the same way DVD titles
in general got better as time went by. There was a glitch I encountered where
for a few seconds the sound and picture froze and then went out of synch. The
problem fixed itself without having to stop the playback or anything, but this
has never happened with any other HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc titles that I have
screened and or reviewed so it might be an isolated incident, but I do not think
it was my player.
David
Zucker, Jeff Abrams, and Craig Mazin provide a feature length screen specific
audio commentary track for the film as well as optional commentary for 15
alternate and extended scenes that can be viewed individually or through a
“Play All” feature and like the feature film itself, which was shot using HD
cameras, the bonus features are presented in 16 by 9 widescreen using MPEG 4 AVC
encoding. A series of featurettes to support the film are included like The
Scary Truth: A Conversation With The Filmmakers (35:00), The Man Behind The
Laugh (Director – David Zucker) (3:42), Zany Spoof Humor – Zucker Style
(2:15), cast interviews (4:43), The Visual Effects Of Scary Movie 4 (8:38), The
Youngbloodz and Rappers & Actors (2:34), The Cast (16:01), Improvisation Of
Craig Bierko (7:09), who truly makes the film hilarious in most of the scenes he
appears in and deserves to come back for Scary Movie 5. A reel of
bloopers (6:38) and the theatrical trailer (2:10) wrap up the bonus materials on
this disc. The seamless menus worked well. Scary Movie 4: Unrated is available
on HD DVD now at retailers on and offline courtesy of The Weinstein Company and
Genius Products.
©
Copyright 2006 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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