The Big Chill

This video is followed by an intriguing and very well-made 15-minute documentary. It proves conclusively that Kevin Costner did play Alex, a part mostly expunged from the movie. All the key players were interviewed, revealing Kasdan's unusual work methods and the reason Costner ended up on the cutting room floor. Ten minutes of deleted scenes follow the featurette. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's The Return of the Secaucus Seven finds a cluster of old college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan (Body Heat) at his most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion. --Tom Keogh

BIG CHILL


Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD

SKU:GMDB2225934