Search - V.I. Warshawski on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 06/04/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Mystery, Detective Film

Kathleen Turner stars as V.I. Warshawski in Jeff Kanew's film version of the hard-boiled detective character from Sara Paretsky's series of crime novels. Warshawski is a freelance private investigator in Chicago, who lives the part of the hard-boiled detective. But in her heart of hearts, she is a softy. One night, while she is drinking at her favorite bar, she meets an ex-Blackhawks hockey player named Boom-Boom Grafalk (Stephen Meadows). The two connect and a romance appears to be in the making. But Warshawski is nevertheless surprised when Boom-Boom appears at her doorstep later that night with his 13-year-old daughter, Kat (Angela Goethals) in tow. He asks Warshawski if she could watch her and Warshawski agrees. Later that night, Boom-Boom is killed in a boat explosion and Kit hires Warshawski to track down her father's killer. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Kathleen Turner - V.I. "Vic" Warshawski
Jay O. Sanders - Murray
Charles Durning - Lt. Mallory
Angela Goethals - Kat Grafalk
Nancy Paul - Paige Grafalk

Jeff Kanew brings the fictional female private eye V.I. Warshawski to the big screen with this film that comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it difficult to recommend this Disney/Buena Vista release to anyone who is not a fan of the character or of lead actress Kathleen Turner. There is little here for the average DVD consumer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide