DVD Special Features:
Audio Commentary with Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
Audio Commentary with John Ottman
Keyser Soze: Lie or Legend featurette
Round Up -- Deposing the Usual Suspects
Pursuing the Usual Suspects
Doin't Time with the Usual Suspects
Bryan Singer's Gag Reel
Deleted Scenes -- Hosted by John Ottman
Heisting Cannes with the Usual Suspects -- featurette
Introducing the Usual Suspects -- featurette
Taking Out the Usual Suspects -- Interviews and Outtakes
Bryan Singer introduces Kevin Spacey and Friend
Interview with John Ottman
Interview Outtakes
US Theatrical TV Spots
US Trailer with Introduction by John Ottman
International Trailer
Collectable Booklet
From .co.uk
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Bryan Singer's film noir The Usual Suspects casts a mesmerising
spell, with the plot luring the viewer into ever-deeper and
darker places. According to director, Singer, the premise for the
film evolved from a magazine article. What does the phrase "usual
suspects" actually mean, who are they and what happens when you
probe their identity? Here, they are five expert criminals and a
crippled con man in a line-up. The story, told via flashbacks,
interrogation scenes and explosive sequences of a heist gone
wrong, is a labyrinth of sub-plots and red herrings.
Kevin Spacey won a best supporting actor O for his
intriguing, blank-eyed turn as the crippled "Verbal" Kint. But
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin and Benicio del Toro
are equally fascinating as the mismatched misfits, creating
hinterlands for their characters in a single gesture. Chazz
Palminteri as the special agent is our main ally in solving the
puzzle, but it's really a case of the blind leading the blind.
Pete Postlethwaite's bizarre accent, as the sinister legal agent
Kobayashi, adds its own layer of mystery to a film that earns
cult status entirely on its own merits.
On the DVD: this is a dazzling two-disc set which will both
please Usual Suspects aficionados and entice the uninitiated. The
film itself is presented in widescreen format. The Dolby Digital
surround sound quality throbs with tension so that you sense the
dialogue and John Ottman's excellent, suspenseful music with your
nerve endings rather than just experiencing them aurally. The
original cinematic experience comes forcefully into your living
room. Numerous extras include a fascinating director/screenwriter
commentary (if you haven't seen the film yet, make sure this is
turned off or it will wreck the suspense) and endless
featurettes, each adding a layer of understanding to the film
through observations from the actors, director and writer. A
package that sucks you in, blows you out in pieces and still has
you coming back for more, this is what special edition DVDs are
all about. --Piers Ford
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From the Back Cover
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Winner of two 1995 Academy Awards, including Best Original
Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured
audiences with its complex and original storyline, gritty tour de
force performances (including an O-winning* turn by Kevin
Spacey) and a climax that truly deserves to be called stunning.
This thoroughly engrossing film is so gripping and diabolically
clever that it becomes a maze you'll be happy to get lost in.
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint (Spacey) attempts
to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord not only exists,
but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners
into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in
San Pedro Harbour - leaving few survivors. But as Kint lures his
interrogators into the incredible story of this crime lord's
almost supernatural prowess, so too will you be mesmerised by a
lore that is completely captivating from beginning to end!
* 1995: Supporting Actor.
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