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Super 8 (Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV) (DVD) (Eng/Spa/Fre) 2011

SKU: 3720132 Release Date: 11/22/2011

Rating: PG-13

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4.0 of 5 (8 reviews)

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What Parents Need to Know

Common Sense Media Says:

Teens save town in action-heavy sci-fi film with retro feel.

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Synopsis

Writer/director J.J. Abrams teams with producer Steven Spielberg for this period sci-fi thriller set in the late '70s, and centering on a mysterious train crash in a small Ohio town. Summer, 1979: a group of young friends are filming a Super-8 movie when a pickup truck derails a speeding train. When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident. As the truth finally begins emerge, no one is prepared to learn what now stalks the unsuspecting citizens of this once quiet community. Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast

Michael Hitchcock - Deputy Rosko

Amanda Michalka

Zach Mills

Zach Mills - Preston

Tom Quinn - Mr. McCandless

Jessica Tuck - Mrs. Kaznyk

Glynn Turman - Dr. Woodward

Emerson Brooks - Military Bus Driver

Katie Lowes

Katie Lowes - Tina

AJ Michalka - Jen Kaznyk

Richard T. Jones - Overmyer

Noah Emmerich

Noah Emmerich - Nelec

Britt Flatmo - Peg Kaznyk

Caitriona Balfe - Elizabeth Lamb

David Gallagher - Donny

Teri Clark Linden - Mrs. Babbit

James Hebert - Deputy Tally

Gabriel Basso

Gabriel Basso - Martin

Riley Griffiths

Riley Griffiths - Charles

Ryan Lee

Ryan Lee - Cary

Joel Courtney

Joel Courtney - Joe Lamb

Jade Griffiths - Benji Kaznyk

Andrew Miller - Kaznyk Twin

Jakob Miller - Kaznyk Twin

Ben Gavin - Deputy Milner

Katherine Yerves - Woman in Office

Koa Melvin - Baby Joe

Beau Knapp - Breen

Robert B. Quiroz - Boy in EVAC

Jonathan Dixon - Airman Nevil

Greg Grunberg - Sitcom Actor

Tim Griffin - Commando

Tony Guma - Sergeant Walters

Dale Dickey - Edie

Michael Giacchino - Deputy Crawford

Tom Williams - Flame Thrower

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning - Alice Dainard

Marco Sanchez - Hernandez

Jay Scully - Deputy Skadden

Patrick St. Esprit - Weapons Commander

Jack Axelrod - Mr. Blakely

Dan Castellaneta - Izzy

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler - Jackson Lamb

Thomas F. Duffy - Rooney

Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard - Louis Dainard

Amanda Foreman - Lydia Connors - Ch 14 News Anchor

Bruce Greenwood - Cooper

Joel McKinnon Miller - Mr. Kaznyk

Bingo O'Malley - Mr. Harkin

Brett Rice - Sheriff Pruitt

Crew

First Assistant Editor: Matt Evans

Editor: Maryann Brandon

Key Costumer: Laura Liz Little

Visual Effects: Industrial Light & Magic

Animator: Industrial Light & Magic

Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Johnson

Script Supervisor: Dawn Gilliam

Visual Effects Producer: Chantal Feghali

Makeup: Bonni Flowers

Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren

Unit Production Manager: Udi Nedivi

Associate Producer: Udi Nedivi

Costume Designer: Ha Nguyen

Sound Effects Editor: Dustin Cawood

Producer: Steven Spielberg

Camera Operator: Phil Carr Forster

Visual Effects Supervisor: Russell Earl

Creature Design: Neville Page

Sound Effects Editor: David Acord

Casting: April Webster

Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Ulano

Executive Producer: Guy Riedel

Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson

First Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley

Co-producer: Tommy Gormley

Re-Recording Mixer: Anna Behlmer

Key Costumer: N. Edward Fincher

Costumes Supervisor: Virginia Seffens-Burton

Associate Producer: Michelle Rejwan ,Ben Rosenblatt

Properties Master: Robert S. Kyker

Special Effects Coordinator: Wayne Eaton

Special Effects Supervisor: Steven Riley

Location Manager: Paul Schreiber

Assistant Costume Designer: Michi Tomimatsu

Key Costumer: Stephen Oh

Department Head Hair: Michael Peter Reitz

First Assistant Editor: Julian Smirke

Visual Effects Editor: Samuel Craven

Production Supervisor: Bonni M. Camen

Post Production Coordinator: Jessie Kahnweiler

Visual Effects Producer: Jill Hughes

Casting: Alyssa Weisberg

Cinematographer: Larry Fong

Stunts Coordinator: John Stoneham Jr.

Director: J.J. Abrams

Producer: J.J. Abrams

Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams

Editor: Mary Jo Markey

Chief Lighting Technician: Jim Grce

Musical Direction/Supervision: George Drakoulias

Composer (Music Score): Michael Giacchino

Production Designer: Martin Whist

Department Head Makeup: Deborah La Mia Denaver

Sound Effects Editor: Adam Kopald

Key Hairstylist: Jeri Baker

Key Make-up: Jamie Kelman

Visual Effects Supervisor: Kim Libreri

Second Assistant Director: Ian Calip

Producer: Bryan Burk

Art Director: David E. Scott

Leadman: Grant Samson

Supervising Animator: Paul Kavanagh

Set Decorator: Fainche MacCarthy

Costumes Supervisor: Virginia Burton

Re-Recording Mixer: Thomas Johnson

Customer Reviews

(8 out of 8)

Kinda scary with good suspense

Posted by: Wildbronco from River Falls, WI on 04/21/2013The kids liked it. Kinda scary with good suspense. Something different.

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Kids, monsters, explosion.

Posted by: tokedogg from on 04/13/2013The kids all did a convincing performance. Monster movie? Eh.

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Good movie!

Posted by: Momof5kids from Phoenix, AZ on 01/21/2013It's good for kids 10and up, but be warned that the kids swear a lot in the movie!

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Nostalgic

Posted by: hail2victors from Michigan on 01/02/2013Bought this movie for $3.99 last month, not sure why it was so cheap but I'm not complaining. Great movie for the whole family, but not just for kids, it's an excellent movie for all ages to enjoy. Impressive acting by the children in the film and the cinematography was awesome as always by J.J. Abrams.

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Brings back good memories

Posted by: RodN from Puyallup, WA on 10/13/2012This movie was enjoyable because it took me back to my own youth when using 8mm film for projects. My high school friends and I created a number of movies. The thought of "super" 8mm was still beyond our reach. Enjoyable movie!

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Good family movie

Posted by: LeLeMD from Middletown, NY on 03/14/2012This movie is really great for the Saturday night family date. The plot and action was good. I think kids would really like this.

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A must have for your collection!

Posted by: MsCee from Ga on 01/07/2012This movie is a must see! Very impressive children actors.

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Sci-Fi the way it used to be

Posted by: Treydle from Saratoga Springs, NY on 11/12/2011A factory accident in the small town of Lillian, Ohio leaves an emotionally distant man (Kyle Chandler) a widower and his son without the one parent he could relate to. At the reception in their home, Deputy Jackson Lamb (Chandler) ejects a man who showed up intoxicated and his son Joe (Joel Courtney) bears witness. In an effort to buy time so that he himself and his son can come to grips with the loss, Jackson tries to persuade Joe to go to baseball camp for the summer and, at the same time, disparages his friends whose interests include the production of monster films for one and explosive for another. As they are in the middle of one such film and Joe promised to help complete it, he declines the offer. One night, he sneaks out of the house to joins his friends in filming a scene at a train station and they are all nearly killed when a train is derailed after a head-on collision with a speeding pickup. It is the collision and subsequent events that are the source for most of the film. The train belonged to the Air Force and before long, so does the crash site and most of the town as it is placed under a de facto martial law. Joe and Charles, the director of the film that brought them to the train station in first place, examine their footage and see something escaping the train. Written and directed by J. J. Abrams of Lost fame and with Steven Spielberg co-producing, Super 8 is easily a step above efforts like Cloverfield and Artificial Intelligence while falling just short of films like E.T., Super 8 is a welcomed addition to the sci-fi genre and a great time to be had at the movies.

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