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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Disney
EAN: 9780788821462
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788821466
Item Dimensions: 400
Label: Touchstone / Disney
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Touchstone / Disney
MPN: D19606D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Touchstone / Disney
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Running Time: 118 minutes
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: June 09, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A REFORMED CAR THEIF MASTERMINDS THE HEIST OF A LIFETIME IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS BROTHER.
Amazon.com:
Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50 cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter." Being young and cocky, Kip messes up, so it's up to his big brother, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), to come out of car thief retirement and save him. With a cast that includes Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, Delroy Lindo, Cage, and Ribisi, it would be easy to say this story wastes all their talents--which it does, but that's not the point. This is a Jerry Bruckheimer film. A good story and complex characters would only get in the way of the action scenes and slow the movie down. No, Gone in 60 Seconds (based on the cult 1974 film of the same name) is not about the stars as much as it's about cars. Fast cars. Rare cars. Wrecked cars. All cars. Too bad director Dominic Sena (Kalifornia) doesn't come across as more of a gearhead; he seems less interested in fast cars than fast cuts. But is this movie fun? Absolutely, and it's fun because it's so stupid. With pointless car chases and hackneyed dialogue in one of the most predictable plots of the year, Gone in 60 Seconds is a comic film that's not quite a parody of itself, but darn close. --Andy Spletzer
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I saw this in a DRIVE-IN theater! I agree w/ the current #1 reviewer: who are the Hi-octane idiots who ruin cherished memories? It's like the re-make of Jonny Quest had the mandatory better-at-everything ultimate-zinger-delivering feminist co-equal-but-more-equal "girl partner".
It's the 21st century, & the only thing that's gotten better is the ability of the studios to wring fans(dribbling out titles, then once you get them all, hey, there's the "Box Set"!), & like here, screwing with what should be sacred. As for the audio engineer's opinion: w/all due respect, I don't want "thunderous V-8s", I want the ORIGINAL VERSION.
I want DVD's in a new format, called UTW ("Un-Tinkered With"). That's the nicer way to say it.
Rating:  -
This movie is as good as the rest of gage's movies, lots of action, just enough straight humor, a little drama, as gage does with most of his movies. ( I LOVED IT )
Rating:  -
Gone in 60 Seconds 2000. A car thief, Kip,in a sophisticated organized crime group makes a mistake while boosting [stealing] a car. The boss of the outfit is a ruthless murderer shipping highly expensive, rare cars overseas and wants to use the bungler Kip as an example and to bribe Memphis, Kip's brother and ex-thief with a reputation as the best to steal 50 rare and expensive cars by Friday morning at 8 AM. Memphis resists and then gives in to snatch his brother from being crushed at the salvage lot. He quickly organizes some of the old gang and some new people with unique skills plus his old girlfriend, Sway,he left when he reformed. The movie depicts the psychology of car thieves and car theft, as well as the unique psychology of the different types of experts in car stealing. It shows the loyalty to family and within a ring of thieves to each other over the law. This is contrasted with the ruthless use of money and power and threat of death by the boss to bully and bribe Memphis and the gang to carry out his high-risk scheme. The risk is heightened because the police who had tried to catch him before he reformed finds out that he is back and is once again involved in car theft. The ruthless boss lays down his terms as allowing Skip to live plus $200,000 with the stipulation that they meet the deadline exactly because that is the time the boat shipping the cars is to leave. The ring plays out the nearly impossible feat under the time pressure and while playing cat and mouse under the eye of the police. During the execution of the last heist, Memphis and his old girlfriend repair their lost love and reunite. After a harrowing last chase where Memphis shows his extraordinary skill and his determination to save his brother, he, nevertheless, winds up with the boss ordering Kip to be murdered anyway because Memphis was 12 minutes late. During a deadly tussle with the boss and his henchmen, the police suddenly enter the scene and the fracas ends with both Memphis and the police pitted against the boss. Memphis saves the policeman's life as he kills the boss. In return, the policeman, seeing Memphis has really reformed and was only back into car stealing to save his brother, decides not to arrest him. As he walks away, Memphis tells the policeman where to find the cars. The gang, having gotten together just to save Kip and for the thrill and comradery of the old car stealing days, has a parting party to celebrate the ordeal and their success, totally unconcerned with not getting the money, illustrating that this crime's appeal is its thrill which is greater even than sex.
Rating: -
The epic chase scene is just incredible with all out, take no prisoners high speed driving and a little Keystone Cops style humor. The whole movie takes me back to the 70's with the clothes and the hair and the idea that back then anything with less than a V8 was an economy car. You're not going to watching this one for the dialog.
Rating: -
Never another chase scene like this. Filmed where I grew up. I enjoyed JC Agajanian's interview.
Product was in excellent condition and arrived on time.
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