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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 09/10/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 130 Genres: Drama, Melodrama, Message Movie, Urban Drama See Also: Changing Lanes [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint], Changing Lanes [Blu-ray]

Director Roger Michell follows up the hit romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) with this thought-provoking thriller. Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson star, respectively, as Gavin Banek and Doyle Gibson, two New York men whose lives become accidentally intertwined in a Good Friday fender bender on the FDR Drive. Late for a crucial appointment, hotshot lawyer Gavin tosses Doyle a blank check and leaves the scene, while Doyle, whose car is inoperable, is late for a court-appointed custody hearing. A recovering alcoholic, Doyle's tardiness doesn't sit well with the judge, who - sick of waiting for Gipson - grants custody to Doyle's ex-wife in Doyle's absence. The situation worsens when it becomes evident that Doyle has an equally important file belonging to Gavin, which proves that an elderly man gave Banek's firm power-of-attorney over his foundation. So begins an escalating war of words and deeds between the two men. Soon, egged on by an associate (Toni Collette), Gavin hires a "fixer" (Dylan Baker) to destroy Doyle's credit, forcing Doyle to fire back with some cunning moves of his own. Changing Lanes co-stars William Hurt, Sydney Pollack, and Toni Collette. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Ben Affleck - Gavin Banek
Samuel L. Jackson - Doyle Gipson
Toni Collette - Michelle
Sydney Pollack - Andrew Delano
William Hurt - Doyle's sponsor

Roger Michell directs Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck in the drama Changing Lanes, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a French and a second English soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by the director, a making-of featurette, a featurette on the screenwriter, deleted scenes, and the theatrical trailer. This is a strong disc from Paramount. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide