Search - The Impostor [Director's Cut] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Sci-Fi Violence Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 07/09/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Director's Cut,Dual Layered Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Dimension Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action, Alien Film

This long-delayed science fiction thriller from director Gary Fleder was actually filmed prior to his box-office hit Don't Say a Word (2001), which preceded it in theaters by several months. Based on a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film shares that schizophrenic author's long-running obsessions with concealed identity and humanity's potential inferiority to alternative life forms. Gary Sinise stars as Spencer John Olham, a respected government scientist in the year 2079 trying to devise a secret weapon that will help his fellow humans win a decade-long war with invading aliens that are cloning human subjects and using the replicas as walking time bombs. Suddenly, Olham is accused of being an alien spy and a nationwide manhunt to capture him ensues. With even his doctor wife (Madeleine Stowe) unsure that she can trust him, Olham must uncover the truth on his own, even as he's relentlessly pursued by Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio), a federal agent charged with destroying the clones. Imposter has a complicated history, originally produced in early 2000 as a 30-minute short to be included in an anthology entitled "The Light Years Trilogy," a project that never got off the ground. So impressed was Dimension Films with the completed piece, however, that the footage was incorporated into a new feature version. That film was then shuffled around the release schedule for more than a year as effects were completed, reshoots were ordered, and the film was recut for a PG-13 rating instead of its original R. The R-rated "director's cut" was later released on DVD. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Gary Sinise - Spencer Oldham
Madeleine Stowe - Maya Olham
Vincent D'Onofrio - Hathaway
Tony Shalhoub - Nelson Gittes
Tim Guinee - Dr. Carone
Mekhi Phifer - Cale

Gary Sinise and Vincent D'Onofrio star in the action thriller Impostor, based on the short story by famed sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. This DVD release is a "director's cut" of the film, and is rated R compared to the theatrical version's PG-13. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, this transfer is a clean, concise, and a very solid effort from Buena Vista. With a vast array of colors and dark black levels, =Impostor's transfer is perfect save for a small amount of edge enhancement in a few key scenes. The soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English and sounds bombastic and dynamic. Utilizing directional effects almost the entire length of the movie, this soundtrack should give any home theater system a through workout. Also included on this disc are Spanish subtitles. The extra features on this disc include the original short film of Impostor (which appears to be the actual movie cut down to about one-tenth its length), a short featurette on the making of the film titled "The Impostor Files," and theatrical trailers for the film and other Buena Vista movies. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide