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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 12/05/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Drama, Musical Drama, Ensemble Film

Following other indie films about the kinetic, drug-saturated rave culture such as Go (1999) and Human Traffic (1999) comes this ensemble movie, set in San Francisco. At the film's opening, the main characters are introduced at breakneck speed, including Leyla (Lola Glaudini) who recently arrived from New York, Neo-hippie Harmony (MacKenzie Firgens), who is celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend Colin (Denny Kirkwood), and Colin's nerdy brother David (Hamish Linklater), who would much rather read than rave. As the film charts David's first taste of chemically-induced ecstasy and his budding romance with Leyla, who serves as his trip guide, it also includes a small vignette of the tattoo and piercing set, including blissed-out drug dealers and their attempts at scamming on chicks, a skinhead looking for trouble, and a gay couple who just can't quite figure out where the blasted rave is. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Lola Glaudini - Leyla
Denny Lee Kirkwood - Colin
MacKenzie Firgens - Harmony
Hamish Linklater - David
Rachel True - Beth Anderson
Steve Van Wormer - Ernie Townsend

Greg Harrison's 2000 Sundance entry Groove comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages as well. The extensive supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Harrison and his crew, extended scenes, deleted scenes, trailers, audition tapes, a photo gallery, and behind-the-scenes footage. This is a great disc from Columbia/TriStar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide