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Funny Games U.S (Blu-ray, 2008)

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Product Information

Director Michael Haneke (HIDDEN) remakes his own 1997 feature, this time casting Naomi Watts, Brady Corbet, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, and Devon Gearhart. Following the original's premise, the thriller explores the chaos surrounding a family hostage situation.

Product Identifiers

ProducerHamish Mcalpine

EAN5023965384324

eBay Product ID (ePID)66719943

Product Key Features

ActorTim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Naomi Watts, Devon Gearhart

Film/TV TitleFunny Games U.S

DirectorMichael Haneke

LanguageEnglish

Run Time107 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2008

FeaturesWidescreen

GenrePsychological, Thriller

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ReviewsThe Times - Cruel and brilliant... A gripping horror, Variety - Euro helmer Michael Haneke's almost shot-by-shot remake of his 1997 chiller FUNNY GAMES is as shocking and deliberately manipulative as the original movie

Additional InformationIn 1997, writer-director Michael Haneke (HIDDEN) made the controversial Austrian thriller, FUNNY GAMES, about two young men who terrorize a family on holiday. A decade later, Haneke was convinced by producer Chris Coen to bring the story to America, filming a nearly word-for-word, shot-for-shot English-language version, even re-creating the locations and sets as obsessively as possible. Even with the passing of a decade, the material has lost none of its power and has been critically acclaimed. <BR><BR><BR>Shortly after Ann (Naomi Watts), George (Tim Roth), and Georgie (Devon Gearhart) arrive in their country home, Peter (Brady Corbet), an eerily polite young man dressed all in white, including odd white gloves, appears on the doorstep, asking Ann if he can borrow some eggs for their neighbour. Peter is joined by Paul (Michael Pitt), and the Leopold-and-Loeb-like duo are soon doing horrible things to Ann, George, and Georgie, torturing them both physically and psychologically, for no apparent reason other than they can, referring to the whole thing as a game. And the biggest game of all is whether the family will be alive at the end. <BR>FUNNY GAMES is an intense experience, driven by Haneke's careful manipulation of both the film itself and the audience. He's trying to shake up the viewer, even having Paul address the audience directly several times, with Paul fully aware of what he is doing and how the audience is most likely responding. And in one unforgettable scene, Haneke pulls the cathartic rug right out from under the viewer, playing with the actual medium of cinema in an infuriating and ingenious way. Roth and Watts give outstanding performances as the victims, matched by Pitt and Corbet's deeply unsettling creepiness. Just as Peter and Paul (who also call themselves Tom and Jerry and Beavis and Butt-Head) alternate between calm and violent, the soundtrack alternates between classical music by Handel, Mozart, and others and hardcore punk from John Zorn and Naked City. Though difficult to watch, FUNNY GAMES is ultimately a rewarding and illuminating film, though not for the squeamish.

ScreenwriterMichael Haneke

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleFunny Games U.S

Consumer AdviceContains strong sustained threat, humiliation and violence