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The Lookout

DVD Widescreen More Info Close Caption: No Region Code: 1 UPC: 786936733235 Catalog #: DL2497972 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 5.1, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$17.99 (10% off) List Price: ~~$19.99~~
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From the liner notes

Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (Minority Report) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in The Lookout, a gritty, high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV's "Third Rock from the Sun," Brick), Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale) and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers). Chris "Slapshot" Pratt (Gordon-Levitt), whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated, Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life, and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming, The Lookout will grip you and never let go.

Review

Chris Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) was the king of high school: a senior, star of the hockey team, basking in strong friendships and the love of a beautiful girl, his future seemed secure. Son of a wealthy town father, he was known and liked throughout his community. Four years later, he’s living in a decrepit apartment in a seedy part of town. He needs to check a list every morning to make sure he takes care of the most basic, banal tasks (like having breakfast). His life imploded when his speeding car ran into a threshing machine. He now spends his days in rehab classes, retraining his mind after a catastrophic head injury; his nights are spent as the janitor of the town bank. He aspires to be a teller. He misses his friends.

Chris meets Gary Spargo (Goode, a long way from “Miss Marple” and Match Point), who says he briefly dated Chris’ sister. Gary zeroes in on the empty, unfulfilled spaces in Chris’ once privileged life — friendship, intimacy, pride — and acerbates his dissatisfactions to manipulate and control. Chris feels empowered by the sudden rush of apparent camaraderie and goodwill, but his roommate Lewis (Daniels) smells a rat . . . Lewis is blind, but sees what Chris can’t. Or won’t. Then Gary starts talking bank heist.

First-time feature director Frank also wrote the script (as he did for The Interpreter, Out of Sight, Get Shorty and others), and delivers an immediately involving and tightly structured thriller. The ensemble deliver concise and potent performances, and the film moves with focused intent, without extraneous baggage. The Lookout is satisfying and reflective, an intelligent examination of loss and betrayal and possible redemption.

-- Ann Yarabinee

Product Format Information

DVD Widescreen: $17.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 786936733235
Catalog #: DL2497972

Studio : Disney

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital 5.1 , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.4
Features:
Featurette: Sequencing The Lookout; "Behind the Mind of Chris Pratt"
Audio commentary: with Scott Frank and cinematographer Alar Kivilo

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Blu-ray : $17.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 786936735628
Catalog #: DB2497973

Studio : Disney

Languages: English DTS 5.1 (Primary) , French DTS 5.1 , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.4, Widescreen
Features:
Audio commentary: With Writer/Director Scott Frank And Director Of Photography Alar Kivilo
Featurette: Sequencing The Lookout
Featurette: "Behind The Mind Of Chris Pratt"