25th Hour

Director: Spike Lee

Overview

"The DVD for Spike Lee's poignant, subdued 25th Hour is as good as the movie itself. The 2.35:1 anamorphic image is excellent all-around. Grainy here, vividly clear there, it's a faithful representation of the theatrical print. Detail is very strong, and

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2003
UPC:	0786936218497
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	R
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00
Sales rank:	32,675

Special Features

Closed Caption;Deleted scenes; Audio commentary with director Spike Lee; Audio commentary with writer David Benioff; "The Evolution of an American Filmmaker" featurette; "Ground Zero" - A tribute; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; THX-certified; Widescreen (2.35:1) -- enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions; French-language track

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edward Norton	Monty Brogan
Barry Pepper	Frank Slaughtery
Philip Seymour Hoffman	Jakob Elinsky
Rosario Dawson	Naturelle Rivera
Anna Paquin	Mary D'Annunzio
Brian Cox	James Brogan
Tony Siragusa	Kostya Novotny
Levani	Onkel Nikolai
Tony Devon	Agent Allen
Misha Kuznetsov	Senka Valghobek
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	Agent Flood
Michael Genet	Agent Cunningham
Patrice O'Neal	Khari
Al Palagonia	Salvatore Dominick
Aaron Stanford	Marcuse
Marc H. Simon	Schultz
Armando Riesco	Phelan
Brad Williams	Actor
Bear Jackson	Actor
Keith Nobbs	Actor
Felicia Finley	Actor
Radu Spinghel	Actor
Dania	Actor
Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius	Actor,Russian Hood #1
Igor Zhivotovsky	Actor
Paul Diomede	Actor
Cynthia Darlow	Actor
Michole Briana White	Actor
Vanessa Ferlito	Actor
Coati Mundi	Actor
Larissa Drekonja	Actor
Christine Pepe	Actor
Lawrence Bullock	Actor
Patrick Illig	Actor
Maja Niles	Actor
Daniel R. Reton	Actor
Ed Rubeo	Actor
Peter James Kelsch	Actor
AJ McCoy	Actor
R.L. Brazil	Actor
Howard Crowns	Actor
DJ Cipha Sounds	Actor
Jamil Mullen	Actor
Louis Modafferi	Actor
Alan Taraseiwicz	Actor
Nicholas Rossomodo	Actor
Jeffrey Palazzo	Actor
Douglas Miller	Actor
Mike Fiore	Actor
Andre Fletcher	Actor
Carl Bini	Actor
Joseph Mascall	Actor
John Bergen	Actor
Michael Levanios Jr.	Uncle Nikolai
Terence Blanchard	Composer

Technical Credits

David Benioff

David Benioff	Screenwriter
Randy Balsmeyer	Special Effects
Julia Chasman	Producer
Aisha Coley	Casting
Jon Kilik	Producer
Spike Lee	Producer
Tobey Maguire	Producer
Jeff Ward	Stunts
Nick Wechsler	Executive Producer
Edward Norton	Producer
Rolf Pardula	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. A Good Dog
2. Touched
3. English Class
4. Frank
5. Uncomfortable Sofa
6. Reflection
7. Three Choices
8. Interrogation
9. 62nd Percentile
10. Naturelle
11. Last Night Out
12. Greed and Regret
13. Jake the Snake
14. "Paid in Full"
15. Nikolai's Advice
16. "One Last Thing"
17. Time to Go
18. "Left Turn to Where?"
19. Don't Look Back
20. End Credits

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Side #1 --
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Bonus Material
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Deleted Scenes
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Sway
Little Odessa
Naturelle, Mom and Monty
Party Plans
Sneaking Mary In
Mary's Death Scene
Director Commentary
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Ground Zero
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Audio Options
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French Dolby Digital Stereo
Captions
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Captions: None
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Editorial Reviews

It's no surprise that a consummate New York filmmaker -- especially one who wears his heart on his sleeve -- should direct the first mainstream film that wrestles openly with the aftermath of September 11th. Less expected was that Spike Lee would so cleverly absorb those themes into the subtext of an unrelated story about a pinched drug dealer, Monty Brogan (Edward Norton), indulging his final freedoms before going up the river. Granted, Lee's trademark sledgehammer approach does have its moments in The 25th Hour, such as when Monty's rage erupts in the form of a diatribe against New York's spectrum of ethnic and socioeconomic archetypes, an echo of Do the Right Thing. However, the fact that this aggressive defamation of the city's populace doubles as an ode to its diversity gets at the contradictory nature of post-traumatic New York -- it's more wary and distrustful than ever, yet eager to rebound toward glory. Norton's Monty Brogan serves as a stand-in for the American people, his complacency destroyed by a rude awakening, then quickly replaced by fears of a murky future. Norton leads a dynamite ensemble that includes typically strong performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson, and Brian Cox, as well as a career-best showing from Barry Pepper as Monty's best friend, a hotshot broker bound to the condemned man for one last favor. As always, Lee's provocative dolly shots, long takes, and collage-like edits make his camera a vital addition to the cast, able to frame this loss of innocence in all of the city's familiar corners. And in the film's memorable coda, Lee does find that magic hour, the home of something he and other shell-shocked Americans desperately need: illogical hope.