Adaptation. (2002) - OUT OF PRINT

[fresh's superior]

Great movie, Charlie Kaufman is one of the most talented writers there is.... The one title he directed (Synecdoche, New York) still stands as one of the best of the last 10 years.... IMO of course

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by fresh's superior

Great movie, Charlie Kaufman is one of the most talented writers there is.... The one title he directed (Synecdoche, New York) still stands as one of the best of the last 10 years.... IMO of course

Picking up Adaptation. first day
I love Synecdoche, New York, even though it's pretty depressing.

[indy7solo]

No SE extras that we know they produced years ago?
Criterion is doing Being John Malkovich this year, did they maybe get the rights to this as well?

[Mr. Thomsen]

That would be insanely cool. A Special Edition of ADAPTATION is long overdue.

[goodluckchuck]

Think I'm keeping the DVD. It doesn't seem like the image is anything spectacular. And with no commentary or relevant special features? It's a disgrace for such a great film. Oh well, skip.

[Presence]

I'm not too worried about the lack of extras. I was waiting for the review to pre-order, which I just did.

[Kakihara]

Geez, just a measly two minute "making of" as only feature? Damn. Well, at least it only cost me 12.49 to preorder but still. I wonder if Criterion will release this with the features that are known to have been made for this masterpiece.

[hpDeskjet600C]

Originally Posted by goodluckchuck

Think I'm keeping the DVD. It doesn't seem like the image is anything spectacular. And with no commentary or relevant special features? It's a disgrace for such a great film. Oh well, skip.

Same here. I also love the superbit DVD transparent case and the image of the two Nic Cages inside.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by goodluckchuck

Think I'm keeping the DVD. It doesn't seem like the image is anything spectacular. And with no commentary or relevant special features? It's a disgrace for such a great film. Oh well, skip.

The worst part is that special features have been produced and sitting in a vault somewhere, probably forever. A special edition was long in the works, and my friend actually confirmed with Susan Orlean that she had done work on extras for it, and there was a trailer for it (just the movie's trailer with a tag at the end, mind you) on Spike Jonze's music video DVD.

Still, I'll continue to hope that Criterion will rescue it, since they have Being John Malkovich on the way.

Originally Posted by thisisragtime

Same here. I also love the superbit DVD transparent case and the image of the two Nic Cages inside.

Don't forget the weird "note" that was also included in the initial pressings.

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by droidguy1119

The worst part is that special features have been produced and sitting in a vault somewhere, probably forever.

I like the Blu-ray (definitely locked A for those unsure) image -vast improvement over the DVD. I like this raw look.

Shame we still don't get any special features but Universal Pictures' DVD releases of this do:



It's not much (15mins) but the interviews are a gold mine for a bit of insight into the films.

[GE Cafe]

Originally Posted by droidguy1119

Don't forget the weird "note" that was also included in the initial pressings.

Could you please post a photo of this note? I don't remember it from my old copy.