S&S: September 2007

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

September 2007

Vol. 17 No. 9

1408

USA - 2007 - 105m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Mikael Håfström
Audio: 5.1

2 Days in Paris

Deux jours à Paris

France/Germany - 2006 - 98m - col

The Works (15)

D: Julie Delpy
Audio: 5.1

Born and Bred

Nacido y criado

Argentina/UK/Italy - 2006 - 100m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Pablo Trapero
Audio: 5.1

Breach

USA - 2006 - 110m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Billy Ray
Audio: 5.1

Copying Beethoven

USA/Germany/Hungary - 2005 - 104m - col / scope

Verve (12A)

D: Agnieszka Holland
Audio: 5.1

Dead Silence

USA - 2006 - 91m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: James Wan
Audio: 5.1

Evan Almighty

USA - 2007 - 95m - col / scope

Universal (PG)

D: Tom Shadyac
Series: Bruce Almighty (2003, Aug/2003).
Audio: 5.1

Hairspray

USA/UK - 2007 - 116m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Adam Shankman
Audio: 5.1

Hallam Foe

(USA: Mister Foe)

UK - 2006 - 96m - col / scope

Buena Vista (18)

D: David Mackenzie
Audio: 5.1

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

USA/UK - 2007 - 138m - col / scope / 3-D seq

Warner (12A)

D: David Yates
35mm and IMAX release prints. Only the LF version contained 3-D footage, all other prints were 2-D throughout.
Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001, Jan/2002).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

The Hoax

USA - 2006 - 116m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Lasse Hallström
Audio: 5.1

I for India

UK/Germany - 2005 - 70m - col and bw

ICA

D: Sandhya Suri
Dolby Stereo SR

I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

(aka: Nazi Hunter: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal)

USA - 2007 - 105m - col and bw

Blue Dolphin (12A)

D: Richard Trank
Dolby Stereo SR

In the Hands of the Gods

UK - 2007 - 106m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Benjamin Turner, Gabe Turner
Audio: 5.1

Knocked Up

USA - 2007 - 129m - col

Universal (15)

D: Judd Apatow
Audio: 5.1

Lady Chatterley

France/Belgium - 2006 - 168m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Pascale Ferran
Audio: 5.1

The Legacy

L’héritage

France/Georgia - 2006 - 77m - col / scope

Revolver (PG)

D: Temur Babluani, Géla Babluani
Audio: 5.1

Macbeth

Australia - 2006 - 109m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Geoffrey Wright
Audio: 5.1

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

UK/Canada - 2005 - 94m - col / scope

The Works (PG)

D: John Henderson
Audio: 5.1

No Body is Perfect

France - 2007 - 79m - col

ICA

D: Raphaël Sibilla
Dolby Stereo SR

No Reservations

USA/Australia - 2007 - 104m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

D: Scott Hicks
Audio: 5.1

Opera Jawa

(USA: Requiem From Jawa)

Indonesia/Austria/Netherlands/Sweden/UK - 2006 - 120m - col

Yume (12A)

D: Garin Nugroho
Audio: 5.1

Rise of the Footsoldier

UK - 2006 - 119m - col

Optimum (18)

D: Julian Gilbey
Followed by: Rise of the Footsoldier II (2015, Feb/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Seraphim Falls

USA - 2006 - 111m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: David Von Ancken
Audio: 5.1

Sparkle

UK - 2006 - 104m - col

Vertigo (15)

D: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
Audio: 5.1

Sugarhouse

UK - 2007 - 90m - col

Slingshot (15)

D: Gary Love
Audio: 5.1

Surf’s Up

USA - 2007 - 85m - col

Sony (PG)

D: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Followed by: Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017).
Audio: 7.1

This Filthy World

USA - 2006 - 86m - col

Revelation (15)

D: Jeff Garlin
Dolby Stereo SR

Transformers

USA - 2007 - 143m - col / scope

Paramount (12A)

D: Michael Bay
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints.
Followed by: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, Aug/2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011, Sep/2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014, Sep/2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Two Days in Paris

[see: 2 Days in Paris]