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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 09/09/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Miramax Total Copies: 20 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Workplace Comedy

Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto directs this comic look at the world of flight attendants starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a small town Nevada woman who dreams of seeing the world by becoming a first class international stewardess. Lacking the requisite poise and class, Donna finds a mentor in retired trade veteran Sally (Candice Bergen), a wealthy, best-selling author who assists with advice and her considerable influence. Despite Sally's help, Donna finds the process of fulfilling her career ambitions more difficult than she imagined when she’s betrayed by a trusted friend (Christina Applegate) during flight training, a daunting course taught by the bitter John Whitney (Mike Myers), a once-aspiring steward whose eye condition kept him forever out of the friendly skies. Donna also faces a romantic crisis when she falls for a handsome law student (Mark Ruffalo) whose education consigns him to Ohio, far away from the major urban hubs Donna dreams of working. A View from the Top (2002) costars Rob Lowe, Josh Malina, Kelly Preston and Jon Polito. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Gwyneth Paltrow - Donna Jensen
Mark Ruffalo - Ted
Candice Bergen - Sally Weston
Christina Applegate - Christine
Mike Myers - John Whitney

Bruno Barreto's female-empowerment stewardess comedy View from the Top comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a French soundtrack has also been recorded. Supplemental materials include a worthwhile ten-minute featurette on the history of flight attendants, a pedestrian making-of featurette, and a third featurette on the female musicians whose music is used throughout the film. This is a fine release from Miramax, especially when one considers how long the film gathered dust on the shelf before finally being released to theaters. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide