Forever Young [P&S]

Director: Steve Miner

Overview

"Forever Young's birth on DVD (single-layered) comes with only production notes and theatrical trailers as bonus or special features. Its picture format is a non-anamorphic, full-screen standard with the usual 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Audio features include E

Product Details

Release Date:	07/30/1997
UPC:	0085391257127
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	PG
Source:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00

Special Features

Interactive menus; Production notes; Theatrical trailer; Scene access; Languages & subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mel Gibson	Daniel McCormick
Jamie Lee Curtis	Claire Cooper
Elijah Wood	Nat Cooper
Isabel Glasser	Helen
George Wendt	Harry Finley
Joe Morton	Cameron
Nicolas Surovy	John
David Marshall Grant	Lt. Col. Wilcox
Robert Hy Gorman	Felix
Millie Slavin	Susan Finley
Steve Hinton	Boy with Ice Cream
Veronica Lauren	Alice
Art LaFleur	Alice's Father
Eric Pierpoint	Fred
Amanda Foreman	Debbie
John Cullum	Actor,Frank
Karla Tamburrelli	Blanche
Carla Tamburrelli	Blanche
Robert Munns	Wrong Harry
Ava Lazar	Waitress at Diner
Richard Ryder	Pilot at Airshow
Michael Briggs	Pilot at Airshow
Kenny Ransom	Officer at Warehouse,Actor
Jared Chandler	Officer at Warehouse
Jon Menick	Doctor at Airfield
Paul Ganus	Airbase Personnel
Jason Iorg	Airbase Personnel
Mary Ellen Moore	Ticket Woman
Miriam Beesley	Woman at Picnic
Lisa Savage	Woman at Picnic
Cody Burger	Boy at Picnic
Dean Hallo	Man at Picnic
Greg Allan Martin	Man at Picnic
Joel McKinnon Miller	Man at Picnic
William Marquez	Doctor at Hospital
Michael A. Goorjian	Steven
Steve Hinton Jr.	Boy with Ice Cream
John Bourg	Daniel (age 11)
Ara Maxwell	Helen (age 11)
Walton Goggins	Gate MP
Jason Rainwater	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer
Steve Miner	Actor

Technical Credits

Bruce Davey

J.J. Abrams

Bruce Davey	Screenwriter,Producer
Edward S. Feldman	Executive Producer,Producer
Tom Chesney	Special Effects
Dane A. Davis	Sound Effects
Avram D. Gold	Sound Effects
Tommy Goodwin	Sound Effects
J.J. Abrams	Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1
0. Scene Index
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Credits; fancy landing. [5:29]
2. Helen comes home (The Very Thought of You). [4:25]
3. Good news at the picnic. [1:35]
4. Acting nuts; the accident. [4:22]
5. "Harry, I can't watch her die." [5:39]
6. A sleeper's sweet dreams. [1:36]
7. Compliments to the cook. [1:53]
8. Discovery at the depot. [3:23]
9. The stiff wakes up. [4:30]
10. Wilcox is skeptical. [3:11]
11. "The dead guy!!" [3:00]
12. Research at the library. [3:22]
13. To Claire's rescue. [5:53]
14. A houseguest. [2:19]
15. False lead. [1:58]
16. Feeling lost. [3:10]
17. "You're holding my heart." [5:57]
18. Over the shoulder for luck. [1:54]
19. Off balance. [1:38]
20. "I know what it feels like." [3:30]
21. Nat opens up his heart. [4:01]
22. Landing a B-25. [3:12]
23. Daniel hospitalized - and released. [4:07]
24. Piecing the past together. [4:22]
25. Race against time. [1:54]
26. Airborne. [2:19]
27. A co-pilot takes charge. [4:16]
28. Reunion. [4:47]
29. End Credits (The Very Thought of You). [3:28]

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Elijah Wood
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Isabel Glasser
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George Wendt
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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The Director's Chair: Steve Miner
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Aging Aspects
The Producer's Office: Bruce Davey
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Musical Notes: Jerry Goldsmith
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Behind the Scenes
The Writer's Desk: Jeffrey Abrams
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Theatrical Trailer
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Editorial Reviews

A romantic fantasy along the lines of Spielberg's Always with a dash of boy's adventure and science fiction film thrown in for good measure, it has little new to offer, but is saved to some extent by the charm of its leads. The story, about a WWII-era test pilot (Mel Gibson) who is awakened in the present by two young boys, after allowing himself to be frozen in an early cryogenic experiment, invokes the familiar theme of the man who needs to be reincarnated to learn how to love. The film's second act centers on the pilot's attempt to understand what's happened to him with the help of a young boy (Elijah Wood) and his widowed mother (Jamie Lee Curtis). Despite the need to hit plot points, these scenes are well-written and played by Gibson and Curtis with such warmth and naturalness that they could form the core of a better film. Even the utterly predictable ending is rendered watchable by Gibson's affecting performance.