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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 04/30/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 19 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 16 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sports Comedy, Slice of Life See Also: Jerry Maguire, Jerry Maguire [UMD for PSP], Jerry Maguire [Blu-ray], Jerry Maguire

Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his "friends" in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients. At the end of his last day, the only people willing to join Jerry as he strikes out on his own are staff accountant Dorothy (Renee Zellweger), a single mother secretly in love with him, and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a football player whose pride and arrogance have gotten in the way of his reaching his potential. Jerry Maguire earned an Academy Award for Cuba Gooding Jr.'s performance as Tidwell and provided a breakthrough role for Renee Zellweger; it also made "Show me the money!" an unavoidable catchphrase for several months. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Rod Tidwell
Renée Zellweger - Dorothy Boyd
Kelly Preston - Avery Bishop
Jay Mohr - Bob Sugar
Jerry O'Connell - Frank Cushman
Bonnie Hunt - Laurel Boyd
Jonathan Lipnicki - Ray Boyd
Regina King - Marcee Tidwell

Originally released in the early days of DVD, Jerry Maguire had great sound and picture, but nothing more. The release of this two-disc special edition has certainly changed that and the lack of extras on the first release is made up in droves. The first disc, with the movie, has a commentary track with director Cameron Crowe and stars Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, and Cuba Gooding Jr. The second disc, though, has the wealth of supplemental features. Here the movie is presented again, but in a smaller box with a video commentary of the four participants. It's the same commentary as the first disc, and while entertaining to watch them interact, there are far too many dry spells. Obviously they enjoy just watching the movie again. The remainder of the extras on the second disc are plentiful, including deleted scenes and rehearsal footage (both with optional commentary), a made-up shoe commercial with "Rod Tidwell," a Bruce Springsteen music video, photo gallery, theatrical trailers, and a brief featurette with cast and crew interviews. As for picture and sound, they're impeccable. The 1.85:1 image is representational of the theatrical experience with nicely saturated colors and solid, deep blacks. The 5.1 Dolby Digital track is also impressive, with just the right amount of surround material and clean, distinct use of the all important front speakers. Dialogue is clear and never distorted. All in all, this special edition is equal to most produced, in all respects. ~ Trent Fordham, All Movie Guide