As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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Arabic ( Subtitles )
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Czech ( Subtitles )
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English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
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Polish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
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Spanish ( Dolby Surround )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
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Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
138 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
James L. Brooks

Written By:
Mark Andrus

Actors:
Jack Nicholson ..... Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt ..... Carol Connelly
Greg Kinnear ..... Simon Bishop
Cuba Gooding Jr. ..... Frank Sachs
Skeet Ulrich ..... Vincent
Shirley Knight ..... Beverly
Yeardley Smith ..... Jackie
Lupe Ontiveros ..... Nora
Jill the Dog ..... Verdell (as Jill)
Timer the Dog ..... Supporting Dog (as Timer)
Billy the Dog ..... Supporting Dog (as Billy)
Bibi Osterwald ..... Neighbor Woman
Ross Bleckner ..... Carl
Bernadette Balagtas ..... Caterer
Jaffe Cohen ..... Partygoer
Laurie Kilpatrick ..... Partygoer
Alice Vaughn ..... Partygoer
Brian Doyle-Murray ..... Handyman
Kristi Zea ..... Mother at Table
Annie Maginnis Tippe ..... Daughter at Table
Patricia Childress ..... Cafe 24 Waitress
Rebekah Johnson ..... Cafe 24 Waitress
Missi Pyle ..... Cafe 24 Waitress
Leslie Stefanson ..... Cafe 24 Waitress
Tara Subkoff ..... Cafe 24 Waitress
Shane Black ..... Cafe 24 Manager
Peter Jacobson ..... Man at Table
Lisa Edelstein ..... Woman at Table
Stan Bly ..... Cafe 24 Customer
Randall Batinkoff ..... Carol's Date
Jesse James ..... Spencer Connelly
Jamie Kennedy ..... Street Hustler
Justin Herwick ..... Street Hustler
Maya Rudolph ..... Policewoman
John F. O'Donohue ..... Detective Ray
David A. Kipper ..... Hospital Doctor
Mary Elizabeth Still ..... Nurse Receptionist
Chloe Brooks ..... Child at Cafe 24
Cooper Brooks ..... Child at Cafe 24
Sharon L. Alexander ..... Female Passerby
Holly Denys ..... Female Passerby
Lawrence Kasdan ..... Dr. Green
Alison Rose ..... Psychiatric Patient
Kathryn Morris ..... Psychiatric Patient
Wood Harris ..... Cafe 24 Busboy
Linda Gehringer ..... Publisher
Julie Benz ..... Receptionist
Harold Ramis ..... Dr. Bettes
Antonia Jones ..... Nurse
Kaitlin Hopkins ..... Woman in Lobby
Jimmy Workman ..... Sean from the Bakery
Danielle Spencer ..... Veterinarian
Todd Solondz ..... Man on Bus
Tom McGowan ..... Maitre D'
Danielle Brisebois ..... Singer
Matt Malloy ..... Men's Store Salesman
Paul Greenberg ..... Bar Waiter
Kirk Ringberg ..... Food Waiter
Dave Hawthorne ..... Bartender

Synopsis:

Dysfunctional, acid-tongued romance novelist Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes pride in his ability to offend. At a nearby cafe, the only waitress willing to stand up to his sarcastic tirades is Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), a single mother struggling to raise her chronically asthmatic son. In Melvin's West Village apartment building, talented contemporary artist Simon Nye (Greg Kinnear) lives across the hall from Melvin. Simon is the current darling of the New York art world, reason enough to draw Melvin's verbal fire, but Simon's gay lifestyle is further grist for the novelist's malicious mill. These three New Yorkers, none of whom appears to have a chance in hell at finding true happiness, discover their fates intertwined because of the fourth complicated character in the piece, Verdell, a tiny Brussels Griffon dog. Melvin seems to have no friends or family, and he lives alone, working on his 62nd book. When Simon goes into the hospital after a brutal mugging, Melvin has to take care of Verdell, and the dog actually warms Melvin's cold heart - to the degree that he sets up unsolicited medical care for Carol's son. Eventually, Melvin is cornered into driving Simon and Carol to Baltimore, and during a hotel stopover, Melvin confesses to Carol, "You make me want to be a better man." The trip becomes an odyssey of self-realization for all three.

The trials and tribulations of a compulsive writer, Melvin Udall. After his homosexual neighbor is brutally beaten, he is entrusted to the care of the neighbor's dog, with a difficult relationship with a waitress to add on top of that. What develops is a weekend trip/triangle between these three individuals, and together they learn the true meaning of "the sunny side of life".

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 September, 2013.

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