Search - Pitch Black [Widescreen] [Rated] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Profanity, Sci-Fi Violence Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 10/24/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins Studio: Universal Studios Total Copies: 11 Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Creature Film, Sci-Fi Horror See Also: Pitch Black [Widescreen] [Unrated], The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black [Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut], The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black [Fullscreen], The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black [Fullscreen Unrated Director's Cut], The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black [Widescreen], Pitch Black - The Chronicles of Riddick [UMD for PSP], The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black [HD DVD], Pitch Black [Fullscreen], Pitch Black [Widescreen], Pitch Black [Fullscreen], The Pitch Black [Widescreen] [Blu-ray], Pitch Black [Fullscreen]

In this science fiction thriller, a spaceship is transporting a disparate group of people to a far-away galactic outpost called New Mecca. Mechanical failures cause the craft to crash-land on an abandoned planet that has three suns and no night. The only member of the crew to survive is junior pilot Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), while the passengers who climb from the wreckage include a police officer (Cole Hauser) and the prisoner he's transporting, Riddick (Vin Diesel). As Fry and the other survivors survey the abandoned dwellings of the desert world while trying to decide what to do next, one of them is killed by a mutant creature living in an abandoned mining site. The vicious and bloodthirsty mutants, who live underground, have killed all previous inhabitants of the planet; they cannot stand sunlight, but research reveals that the planet has a total eclipse every 22 years, and the latest one is due any moment. Pitch Black was directed by David N. Twohy, who also made the sci-fi cult item, The Arrival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Radha Mitchell - Fry
Vin Diesel - Richard B. Riddick
Cole Hauser - Johns
Keith David - Imam
Lewis Fitz-Gerald - Paris

David N. Twohy's Pitch Black comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but both English soundtracks are closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include: a commentary track recorded by director Twohy as well as actors Vin Diesel and Cole Hauser; a second commentary track with Twohy, producer Tom Engelman, and effects creator Peter Chiang; a making-of featurette; and theatrical trailers. This is an excellent package from Universal. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide