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The Big Blue (Director's Cut) [DVD]

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 2,343 ratings
IMDb7.5/10.0

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July 21, 2009
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August 15, 2000
Director's Cut
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Genre Drama
Format NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Director's Cut, Subtitled, DVD, Widescreen
Contributor Weintraub Entertainment Group, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Luc Besson, Jean-Marc Barr
Language English, French
Runtime 2 hours and 48 minutes

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A compelling adventure and romance, shot in New York, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. A young couple embark on a passionate romance complicated by an all-consuming love of diving and the siren call of the sea.

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A hit in Europe but a flop in the U.S.--where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending--Luc Besson's The Big Blue has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography (both on land and underwater) and dreamy ambiance. Jean-Marc Barr is a sweet and sensitive but passive presence as Jacques, a diver with a unique connection to the sea. He has the astounding ability to slow his heartbeat and his circulation on deep dives, "a phenomenon that's only been observed in whales and dolphins… until now," remarks one scientist. Kooky New York insurance adjuster Joanna (Rosanna Arquette at her most delightfully flustered and endearingly sexy best) melts after falling into his innocent baby blues, and she follows him to Italy, where he's continuing a lifelong competition with boyhood rival Enzo (Jean Reno in a performance both comic and touching).

Besson's first English-language production looks more European than Hollywood, and it suffers from a tin ear for the language. At times it feels more like an IMAX undersea documentary than a drama about free divers, but the lush and lovely images create a fairy tale dimension to Jacques's story, a veritable Little Merman. More dolphin than man, he's so torn between earthly love and aquatic paradise that even his dreams call him to the sea (in a sequence more eloquent than any speech).

Besson has expanded the film by 50 minutes for his director's cut, which adds little story but slows the contemplative pace until it practically floats in time, and has restored Eric Serra's synthesizer-heavy score, a slice of 1980s pop that at times borders on disco kitsch. Most importantly, he has restored his original ending, which echoes the fairy tale he tells Joanna earlier in the film and leaves the story floating in the inky blackness of ambiguity. --Sean Axmaker

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches; 4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Luc Besson
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Director's Cut, Subtitled, DVD, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 48 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 15, 2000
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004TWZF
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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