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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 04/02/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Comedy Drama, Sophisticated Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Urban Comedy

The second film from writer/director Whit Stillman, Barcelona is a smart, urbane comedy of manners set in Spain at the tail end of the Cold War. Taylor Nichols stars as Ted, an American salesman living in Barcelona. Out of the blue, he is visited by his acidic cousin Fred (Chris Eigeman), a U.S. Navy officer sent abroad to work damage control on rising anti-American sentiment. The textbook "Ugly American," Fred travels through the city in full military regalia, impervious to the constant taunts of "Fascist!" Like the similarly self-absorbed Ted, who has become involved with political activist Monsterrat (Tushka Bergen), Fred also finds romance, with a party girl played by Mira Sorvino. A brittle fish-out-of-water comedy, Barcelona is literate and sophisticated, a knowing essay on cultural identity and perception. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Taylor Nichols - Ted
Christopher Eigeman - Fred
Tushka Bergen - Montserrat
Mira Sorvino - Marta
Pepe Munne - Ramon

Its cut-rate packaging and shoddy-looking menus aside, Warner's first DVD release of Whit Stillman's erudite comedy of manners boasts a bevy of special features to complement its crisp video and audio transfer. Chief among the disc's strengths is the droll, insightful commentary from Stillman and stars Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols (the latter of whom reveals he met his future wife on the set of the film). Stillman graciously includes a smattering of deleted scenes with complete commentary, the most revelatory of which is an alternate ending -- complete with the reemergence of anti-American terrorism against the main characters -- that rightly belongs on the cutting room floor, but makes for fascinating viewing nonetheless. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide