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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 03/25/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 24 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 49 Genres: Comedy, Bloopers & Candid Camera, Extreme Sports See Also: Jackass: The Movie [Fullscreen Special Collector's Edition], Jackass: The Movie [Unrated] [Special Collector's Edition], Jackass: The Movie [Special Collector's Edition] [Unrated], Jackass: The Movie [Widescreen] [Includes Digital Copy]

Johnny Knoxville and his crew of fun-loving masochists bring their routines to the big screen in this feature adaptation of the popular but controversial MTV series Jackass. A crew of young men perform a variety of strange, painful, and often humiliating stunts for the amusement of themselves and those around them, including crawling across dozens of mousetraps while wearing rodent make-up, being rolled down bowling lanes on skateboards, racing in golf carts across an ancient driving range, giving themselves self-inflicted paper cuts, making snow cones out of urine, tightrope walking over live alligators, using uninstalled sanitary plumbing in a hardware store, terrifying Japanese pedestrians while wearing panda costumes, and much, much more. Johnny Knoxville, the show's creator and star, returns to head up this movie version of Jackass, along with series regulars Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey, and Brandon DiCamillo; Henry Rollins, Tony Hawk, and Spike Jonze are among the movie's guest stars. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Chris Pontius
Steve-O
Dave England

What a surprise this disc turned out to be. Yes, it was a box-office success, but who would have expected Paramount to go all out with the DVD release. Picture and sound are what would be expected, but it's the supplements that truly stand out. To begin with are two commentary tracks, though hardly scene-specific. One has director Jeff Tremaine, director of photography Dimitry Elyashkevich, and Johnny Knoxville, while the second is made up of the entire cast. Enlightening? Hardly, but they do seem to really enjoy getting together. Next up is a featurette on the making the film, which is amusing, but doesn't go into much detail. Better is a slew of outtakes and 27 minutes of additional scenes, most not used in the movie. Included is a complete ending that didn't fully work, so it was severely shortened. A hilarious feature is a handful of promotional spots using Bam Margera's parents as they take the usual abuse from their son. If that wasn't enough, two music videos by Roger Alan Wade and Andrew W.K. are included, plus a poster and photo gallery, cast and crew biographies, and the theatrical trailer for this film and one for The Core. As for the image, which is framed at 1.85:1 and anamorphic, it isn't too bad. The majority was shot on digital video, and while at times this is altogether obvious, the picture looks decent. Colors are nicely reproduced, and beyond the inconsistencies of video production, there aren't any significantly distracting elements. The 5.1 Dolby Digital track is certainly adequate for this type of film. While there are some limited uses of the surrounds, most of the audio is centered up front. Dialogue is clear (which may be a good or bad thing), so while far from revolutionary, it's still fine for it's purposes. You may laugh uncontrollably, or you may hate yourself for watching, but there's no denying that this is a fine DVD presentation. ~ Trent Fordham, All Movie Guide