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| Special Features: |
Widescreen anamorphic format
"Catch Me if You Can": Behind the Camera
Cast Me if You Can: The Casting of the Film
Scoring "Catch Me if You Can"
Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction
The FBI Perspective
"Catch Me if You Can": In Closing
Photo galleries
Cast
Filmmakers
Production notes
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| Video Format: |
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
[SS-DL]
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| Languages: |
English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
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| Subtitles: |
English, Spanish,French
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| Captions: |
Yes
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| Casing: |
2-Disc Keep Case
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"Catch Me If You Can," is honestly one of the funniest films of 2002. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale, Jr., a very cunning 16-year-old that finds a way of getting back the money and the life that he feels the IRS stole from him.
Frank starts the film with what he thinks is the picture perfect family. Frank Sr. (Christopher Walken) starts having some trouble with the IRS. At this point Frank Jr's family life goes south, leading Frank to run away from home. Out on the streets, all the boy has are his wits and a checkbook that his father gave him on his sixteenth birthday.
Frank leads us on a journey of epic proportions, well epic at least to the FBI, and their leading check fraud agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks). It is Carl's job to catch the young man who has become the biggest paper pusher in history to this point.
I won't give any more plot away, because you should sit and enjoy "Catch Me If You Can" for yourself. Let's talk about the film and the man behind the camera, director Steven Spielberg. There are some familiar 'Spielberg' themes in "Catch Me If You Can." Speilberg once again directs a film that is pure fun and full of action. Speilberg revisits the theme of a child going astry because of a broken home. I know what you thinking, "he's never made a movie about that before." Wellllllll, yeah he has. In "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" a man pulls away from his family to get caught up in the biggest problem of his life. In "E.T." a fatherless boy makes a close friend with an alien, ultimately replacing the missing dad with his new friend. This coming from Spielberg himself. I'm not making it up.
Back to what we were talking about. In "Catch Me If You Can," Spielberg creates a tale that flies by and leaves you smiling. A large change of pace from his last two films. Something else that I would like to mention about this film is the use of color and smoke (see picture quality). The Director of Photography deserves some kind of a pat on the back along with the Art and Wardrobe direction. The use of color and light in the film is amazing. Those aspects along with Spielberg's great story telling and the wonderful acting makes me wonder where the Oscar nomination was.
Over the entire disc is fun. Nice little cartoons fill your screen copying the opening credits of the film and reminding you of the carefree feeling of the film. There are two discs, of course, one disc is the movie, and the second are the special features. Navigation is simple and pretty standard, I've heard there was a few cookies, but I have not been able to find them and really how has the time top sit and play with your remote to find them.
Picture Quality: 10/10
Like I have stated before this film is beautiful, and the transfer was very good.
I mentioned how great the use of smoke is in "Catch Me If You Can." In the early scenes in Frank's family apartment, you see the rays of sunlight beaming through the windows. To achieve this, the filmmaker films the room with smoke and lets it settle. Once the smoke settles there are artifacts left in the air which make the sunlight visible.
Another change for Speilberg is the 'Soderbergh-ish' lighting in certain scenes. Usually, Speilberg's films are evenly lit. In the classroom scene for example, you can't see outside the windows. In a typical Speilberg film, you would be able to. Here, Speilberg lights the scene differently. Soderbergh sometimes films with digital cameras and relies on natural lighting. Since the sunlight is brighter than the indoor lighting, you can't see out the windows.
Sound Quality: 10/10
Come on, this is Dreamworks. Think about it.
Menu: 6/10
The cartoon is fun, but other than that the menu is fairly simple.
Extra Features: 5/10
Now... I gave the special features a low score for one reason. This is a film that people want to hear from the director. And I understand that Speilberg says he doesn't have time in his busy schedule to do many interviews for his DVD's, but please. I'm tired of the same special features on the Spielberg DVD's. I'm not asking for a commentary track, but how about a very in depth look into what he does on the set? He is the most famous director in the world. People want to hear from him, and you're lucky when you find a ten-minute interview on one of his DVD. Instead you get a 'making of' featurette, in which the actors and Spielberg appear in short interviews telling how the shoot is going. Maybe if you lucky they will try to pull a fast one and cut the Spielberg part up so you think your getting more. Come on Steven! We know you're busy, and we know you're good. Be proud of you work and let us hear about it!
The Final Word:
Final word,.....
Good, fun, movie.
Three words, oh well....
Jeremy Benson
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