| Overall: | A- |
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| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 135 |
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John Travolta stars in Phenomenon, a film about a man who acquires amazing intelligence after an unlikely event on his birthday. Jimmy Stewart’s Harvey is the story of man who sees a six-foot-tall bunny, and how his family deals with his imaginary friend.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Information:
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Theatrical Release Date: January 4, 2002
- DVD release date: May 28, 2002
- Runtime: 136 minutes
- Production company: Universal Studios
- Package type: Keep Case
- Aspect ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
- DVD encoding: Region 1
- Available audio tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Available subtitles: Spanish, French
- Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
- Commentary by director Ron Howard
- Commentary by screenwriter Akiva Goldsman
- Disc 1
- Feature film
- Deleted scenes - with optional director’s commentary
- Disc 2
- A Beautiful Partnership: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
- Development of the Screenplay
- Meeting John Nash - The Nash Theory of Equilibrium
- “Accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics”
- “The Process of Age Progression”
- Storyboards to final feature comparison
- Creation of special effects
- Scoring the film
- Inside A Beautiful Mind
- Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Beautiful Mind soundtrack
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
