High Fidelity

High Fidelity (2000) / (Ws)

Overview

"Considering that High Fidelity is largely about a guy talking to the camera, it doesn't seem like the kind of film that needs a DVD version. That is, until you see it. The clutter and disarray of Rob's bohemian world jumps from the letterbox screen in sh

Product Details

Release Date:	04/08/2003
UPC:	0717951009944
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	R
Source:	Touchstone / Disney
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	9,303

Special Features

Conversations with writer/producer John Cusack and director Stephen Frears; Deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer; Spanish subtitles; 5.1 Surround; Widescreen [1.85:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Cusack	Rob Gordon,Liz,Minister,Party Guest
Iben Hjejle	Laura
Todd Louiso	Dick
Jack Black	Barry
Lisa Bonet	Marie De Salle
Tim Robbins	Ian
Lili Taylor	Sarah
Sara Gilbert	Anaugh
Bruce Springsteen	Himself
Catherine Zeta-Jones	Charlie
Chris Rehmann	Vince
Ben Carr	Justin
Joelle Carter	Penny
Natasha Gregson Wagner	Caroline
Shannon Stillo	Alison Jr. High
Drake Bell	Rob Jr. High
Laura Whyte	Laura's Mom
Rich Talarico	Barry's Customer
Matt O'Neill	Beta Band Customer
Brian Powell	Middle Aged Customer
Margaret Travolta	Rob's Mom
Jill Peterson	Laura's Sister Jo
Susan Yoo	19-year-old Girl
Chris Bauer	Paul
K.K. Dodds	Miranda
Marilyn Dodds Frank	Alison's Mom
Duke Doyle	Kevin Bannister
Aaron Himelstein	Boy in Park
Jonathan Herrington	Chris Thompson
Daniel Lee Smith	Rock Guy,Party Guest
Leah Gale	Mourner
David Darlow	Mourner
Erik Gundersen	Marco
Alex Desert	Louis
Alan S. Johnson	Man In Store
Ian Belknap	Party Guest
Andrew Micheli	Party Guest
Polly Noonan	Party Guest
Michele Graff	Party Guest
Liam Hayes	Piano Player
Damian Rogers	Greenday Girl
Robert A. Villanueva	Skateboarder
Joe Spaulding	Flea Market Musician
Scott A. Martin	Bartender
Heather Norris	Laura's Friend
Marc Busey	Club Kid
Beverly D'Angelo	Too Tan Woman
Howard Shore	Composer
Carter Burwell	Composer

Technical Credits

Scott Rosenberg

D. V. DeVincentis

Steve Pink

John Cusack

Sam Barkan	Special Effects
Tim Bevan	Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer,Producer
Alan Greenspan	Executive Producer
Mike Newell	Executive Producer,Producer
Rudd Simmons	Producer
Victoria Thomas	Casting
Scott Rosenberg	Screenwriter
D. V. DeVincentis	Screenwriter,Producer
Steve Pink	Screenwriter
John Cusack	Producer,Screenwriter
Petur Hliddal	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Credits/Music and Misery [1:29]
2. Top Five Breakups [4:42]
3. Championship Vinyl [4:18]
4. Charlie [3:39]
5. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" [3:25]
6. Number Four [5:15]
7. Marie [3:25]
8. Changes [1:55]
9. Snobs [2:04]
10. A Discovery [5:25]
11. Back Story [5:36]
12. The Boss' Advice [2:58]
13. Visiting the Past [4:22]
14. Customers [2:37]
15. A Ride Home [5:15]
16. Sleeping Around [6:19]
17. Misery [4:35]
18. A Return Call [2:05]
19. Encounters [2:21]
20. The Party [2:54]
21. Love [2:45]
22. Top Five [3:37]
23. Musical Visionaries [2:05]
24. Bad News [6:57]
25. Together Again [4:38]
26. Temptation [3:51]
27. Turning Point [4:10]
28. Barry Jive and the Uptown Five [3:36]
29. Laura's Tape/End Credits [7:01]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Bonus Material
Theatrical Trailer
Cusack and Frears
Conversations With John Cusack
An Actor's Director
Music and Memories
Barry and Dick
122 Pages
Imperfect Hero
Conversations With Stephen Frears
A Sense of Direction
From London to Chicago
Facing the Music
Script to Screen
Casting Is Everything
Deleted Scenes
Foreplay
Thieves
Top Five Worst Things
Records for Sale
All-Time Hot 100
Laura and Liz
Top Five Dream Jobs
Sonic Death Monkey
The Interview
Captions & Subtitles
English for the Hearing Impaired
Spanish
None

Editorial Reviews

Inspired casting and a clever narrative strategy make Stephen Frears's adaptation of Nick Hornby's wry cult novel an unexpected triumph that never loses the voice of the book's protagonist -- or the hilarious musical obsessions that make this one of the best music movies this side of Spinal Tap. With his ordinary-guy appeal, John Cusack is a natural as Hornby's underachieving hero, Rob -- a 30-something owner of a failing record store whose lawyer girlfriend has just left him when the story opens. Rob spends the rest of the movie on a funny and poignant quest to understand why his life -- particularly his love life -- has not turned out like a pop song. Cusack, who cowrote the film, changes the novel's London setting to his native Chicago, and the transition works surprisingly well. Frears preserves the charm of the book's first-person narrative by having Cusack talk directly to the camera; it's a device that could have been cloying, but the actor pulls it off with flying colors. Everyone in the cast is terrific, but Rob's dysfunctional record shop assistants -- Todd Louiso as the hopelessly geeky Dick and the unstoppable Jack Black as the aggressively obnoxious Barry -- are the real show stealers. The scenes where they sit around compiling endless "Top Ten" lists of everything from songs to dream jobs are comic perfection. As for the hip soundtrack that Cusack helped assemble -- well, it's everything even the most die-hard fans of the book could have hoped for.