Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version) DVD Region 1

His time as a director may have seen Spike Lee gently creep away from the controversial material that made his name, but he hasn't lost his eye for creating an entertaining spectacle; INSIDE MAN is a deliriously constructed crime caper designed to keep audiences guessing right up until the final moments. The plot, written by Russell Gewirtz, works from a devilishly simple premise and spins off on a number of interesting and creative tangents. Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and his partner Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are sent to deal with a hostage situation at a bank in lower Manhattan. Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) is a masked man holding a number of people hostage in the bank while its chairman, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), worries about a secret document he has hidden in a safety deposit box in the vaults. Madeline White (Jodie Foster) is a sassy power broker who Case hires to enter the melee in order to get his mysterious object out of the box and out of the bank. As Gewirtz gradually confounds viewers' expectations by threading neat twists and turns into the plot, Lee briefly--perhaps too briefly for hardened Spike fans--returns to the racial themes he overtly tackled in his earlier work. The director uses a number of visual tricks to keep the action humming, such as spectacular overhead shots and grainy, darkly hued posthumous interview clips with the hostages, but INSIDE MAN is essentially a fun popcorn movie executed with an intelligence usually lacking in the genre. While many of the themes--cops are racist, people in power are corrupt, the innocent are persecuted--may be hackneyed, it's testament to Lee's stature as a filmmaker that he manages to pull an engrossing and enjoyable romp from such ostensibly standard subject matter.

3 stars out of 4 -- "Denzel Washington energizes the movie....[He] has the kind of star quality other actors would die for: unfakeable cool." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 04/06/2006

"[Lee's] most polished and satisfying work in years....[Foster delivers] her wittiest, most relaxed performance in ages..." - Manohla, Dargis (Film Critic), New York Times, 03/24/2006

4 stars out of 5 -- "While he slaloms around the plot's slippery hairpins, Lee relishes the interplay of character that pulses through Russell Gewirtz's screenplay, and a pedigree cast helps him to tweezer out the tensions and innuendos." - Adam, Sweeting (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 05/01/2006

"Lee orchestrates the high-stakes drama with a slick adrenalised urgency that wouldn't be out of place in a multiplex actioner." - Kevin, Maher (Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 05/01/2006

"Exceptionally well written with clever twists and witty dialogue by first-time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz, INSIDE MAN is adroitly executed by director Spike Lee." - Claudia, Puig (USA TODAY CRITIC), USA Today, 03/24/2006

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he first half's a gripper, twitchy and tense with plenty of nods toward modern urban anxieties..." - Matthew, Leyland (Film Critic), Total Film, 08/01/2006

3 stars out of 5 -- "Lee has managed to assemble a fantastic cast, with everyone from relative newcomer Ejiofor, to old-hand Plummer and especially Washington, as the slyly intelligent Frazer, making an impression." - Chris, Piene (Ultimate DVD Critic), Ultimate DVD, 08/01/2006

"It's smart, twisty, and talky." -- Grade: B+ - Missy, Schwartz (Film Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 08/11/2006

4 stars out of 5 -- "With a knowing nod to Lumet's DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Spike Lee shows he can deliver a straightforward heist thriller." - Chris, Roberts (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 09/01/2006

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Product Title:	Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version) Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version) Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version) Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version) Inside Man (Full Frame) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Jodie Foster (Actor) | Denzel Washington (Actor) | Christopher Plummer (Actor) | Willem Dafoe (Actor) | Clive Owen (Actor) | Chjwetel Ejiofor (Actor) | Verna Fields 茱迪科士打 (Actor) | 丹素 華盛頓 (Actor) | 基杜化龐瑪 (Actor) | 威廉達福 (Actor) | 佳夫奧雲 (Actor) | Chjwetel Ejiofor (Actor) | Verna Fields 茱迪科士打 (Actor) | 丹素 华盛顿 (Actor) | 基杜化庞玛 (Actor) | 威廉达福 (Actor) | 佳夫奥云 (Actor) | Chjwetel Ejiofor (Actor) | Verna Fields ジョディ・フォスター (Actor) | デンゼル・ワシントン (Actor) | クリストファー・プラマー (Actor) | ウィレム・デフォー (Actor) | クライヴ・オーウェン (Actor) | Chjwetel Ejiofor (Actor) | Verna Fields Jodie Foster (Actor) | Denzel Washington (Actor) | Christopher Plummer (Actor) | Willem Dafoe (Actor) | Clive Owen (Actor) | Chjwetel Ejiofor (Actor) | Verna Fields
Director:	James McBride James McBride James McBride Ｊａｍｅｓ ＭｃＢｒｉｄｅ James McBride
Producer:	Spike Lee | Emmanuelle Seigner | James Horner | Daniel M. Rosenberg 史碧奇李 | 艾曼妞薛納 | James Horner | Daniel M. Rosenberg 史碧奇李 | 艾曼妞薛纳 | James Horner | Daniel M. Rosenberg Ｓｐｉｋｅ Ｌｅｅ | エマニュエル・セニエ | James Horner | Daniel M. Rosenberg Spike Lee | Emmanuelle Seigner | James Horner | Daniel M. Rosenberg
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Release Date:	2006-08-08
UPC Code:	025193012524
Language:	English, French, Spanish
Subtitles:	English, Spanish, French
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Universal Studios Home Video
Package Weight:	117 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004825977

Director: Spike Lee

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Stereo 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Commentaries - 1. Spike Lee - Director
Featurettes - 1. "The Making of INSIDE MAN - Go Deeper into the Live Action with this Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Footage!"
2. Deleted Scenes (25 minutes)
3. "Number 4 - From MO' BETTER BLUES to MALCOLM X, Director Spike Lee and Actor Denzel Washington Discuss their Creative Collaborations from the Past Up to this Latest Thriller"