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A man discovers that there's more to love than a good mixed tape in this dramatic comedy about music and relationships. Rob (John Cusack), an obsessive record collector in his mid-thirties, is struggling to reconcile his adolescent enthusiasm for pop music with adult responsibilities and a more mature outlook. He runs a record shop with his friends Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso), who are known to drive away customers whose taste in music doesn't match their exacting standards -- which may have something to do with why the shop is losing money. But Rob's biggest problem is his failing relationship with Laura (Iben Hjejle), a lawyer who needs more out of the relationship than Rob is capable of giving. To Rob's horror, Laura starts dating Ian (Tim Robbins), his upstairs neighbor, known throughout the building for his long and noisy sex sessions. Rob, on the other hand, finds himself catching the attention of singer/songwriter Marie DeSalle (Lisa Bonet), as he tries to deal with his breakup by tracking down his previous ex-girlfriends and taking a fresh look at what he's been doing wrong. Based on the acclaimed novel by Nick Hornby, HIGH FIDELITY also features Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, and Joelle Carter as three of Rob's ex-lovers, and Sara Gilbert as Dick's new girlfriend, who gets a crash course in U.K. punk bands that influenced Green Day. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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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
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Chapters
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]
Features
Conversations with writer/producer John Cusack and director Stephen Frears
John Cusack D.V. DeVincentis Tim Bevan Rudd Simmons
Composers (Music Score)
Howard Shore
Co-Producers
D.V. DeVincentis Steve Pink
Editors
Mick Audsley
Screen Writers
John Cusack D.V. DeVincentis Steve Pink Scott Rosenberg
Others
Art Director - Nicholas Lundy
Book Author - Nick Hornby
Casting - Victoria Thomas
Cinematographer - Seamus Mcgarvey
Composer (Music Score) - Howard Shore
Costume Designer - Laura Cunningham-Bauer
Executive Producer - Mike Newell
Executive Producer - Liza Chasin
Executive Producer - Alan Greenspan
First Assistant Director - Jeffrey Wetzel
Musical Direction/Supervision - Kathy Nelson
Production Designer - David Chapman
Production Designer - Therese DePrez
Sound/Sound Designer - Petur Hliddal
At face value, HIGH FIDELITY looks like a movie about the girl troubles of a 30-something record collector obsessing over his most recent breakup, but just below the surface is a witty but knowing story about a man slowly waking up to the fact that he's been emotionally stuck in adolescence and realizes it's time to start acting like an adult (which means accepting the knowledge that there's more to know about his partner than what records she likes). Nick Hornby's original novel was a clever, slyly intelligent book about people whose lives have been both shaped and reflected by popular culture, and director Stephen Frears and producer/co-screenwriter/leading man John Cusack have more than honored their source material. While one doesn't have to be a music buff to enjoy the movie, they've packed the film with enough knowing musical references to satisfy even the most jaded hipster; anyone who has spent much time in a used record store will feel right at home at Rob's shop, Championship Vinyl. And though Cusack's performance -- funny and charming but with enough bile to give him a few sharp edges -- dominates the film, Frears is more than generous with the supporting cast, especially Jack Black and Todd Louiso, who, as Barry and Dick, hilariously play id and superego to Rob's barely contained middle ground. Tim Robbins delivers a brief but superb turn as the annoyingly even-tempered Ian, and Iben Hjejle is engaging as Laura, who seems almost too sensible to be living with Rob (though we can certainly see why he wants her around). If HIGH FIDELITY sometimes seems to tell viewers more than they might want to know about the obsessions of its characters, Frears and Cusack have also given Rob just enough depth that he seems genuine and believable, and there's a lot to be learned from his struggles with romance and maturity -- even if you don't know (or care) how much a French pressing of Captain Beefheart's Safe As Milk fetches these days. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
John Cusack : Best Adapted Screenplay - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2000
D.V. Devincentis : Best Adapted Screenplay - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2000
Steve Pink : Best Adapted Screenplay - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2000
Scott Rosenberg : Best Adapted Screenplay - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2000
John Cusack : Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 2000
John Cusack : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2000
D.V. Devincentis : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2000
Steve Pink : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2000
Scott Rosenberg : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2000
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