Search - Holy Man on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 05/18/1999 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 4 Genres: Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Media Satire, Religious Comedy

Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping Network, is dismayed by a request to increase sales in two weeks. Bald do-gooder guru G. (Eddie Murphy) assists when Ricky and marketing director Kate (Kelly Preston) get a freeway flat. When G. passes out, tests indicate a heart murmur and heat prostration, so the robed prophet becomes Ricky's house guest. At a party, G. uses hypnosis and psychology to rid guest Nino Cerruti (portraying himself) of his flying fears. Ricky witnesses this and gets the notion to put G. on the air. Unfortunately, G. ignores both cue cards and on-sale products, prompting station owner McBainbridge (Robert Loggia) to calculate Ricky's severance pay. He's back on the job when both sales and ratings soar. The situation eventually causes Ricky to reexamine how his own values became lost in the labyrinth of corporate consumerism. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Eddie Murphy - G.
Jeff Goldblum - Ricky Hayman
Kelly Preston - Kate Newell
Robert Loggia - John McBainbridge
Jon Cryer - Barry

Stephen Herek's consumer/religious parody Holy Man comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that faithfully reproduces the original 2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles available on this disc. There are no real supplemental features, which is both understandable and a shame, as the film met with utter indifference during its original release. People who liked this Eddie Murphy vehicle will like the disc, but those that did not care before have not been given a reason to care now. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide