Search - Saved! [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen, Youth Substance Use Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 10/05/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 37 Genres: Comedy, Teen Movie, Religious Comedy

Mary (Jena Malone) is entering her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School. She seems to be in an ideal social position as one of the "Christian Jewels," the most devout and popular clique of girls in the school, led by the aggressively cheerful Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore). But things take an unexpected turn when Mary's boyfriend, Dean (Chad Faust), tells her he may be gay. Mary hits her head and has a vision, in which Jesus tells her how to help "cure" Dean of his unnatural urges. Mary does everything in her power to sway Dean, but when his parents find out about his "problem," they send him away just before the school year starts, leaving Mary alone, confused, and, she soon finds out, pregnant. Mary's new situation causes her to question everything, including her friendship with the judgmental Hilary Faye and her faith. Her mother (Mary-Louise Parker) is too preoccupied with her flirtatious relationship with the school's married principal, Pastor Skip (Martin Donovan), to notice Mary's problem. Pastor Skip's dreamboat skateboarder son, Patrick (Patrick Fugit), has returned from missionary work and is attracted to Mary, but she already has too much to deal with. Just when she thinks her situation is hopeless, she finds a pair of unlikely allies in Hilary Faye's cynical wheelchair-bound brother, Roland (Macaulay Culkin), and wild, muscle car-driving provocateur Cassandra Edelstein (Eva Amurri), the school's only Jewish student. Saved! marks the feature debut of director Brian Dannelly, who co-wrote the script with Michael Urban. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Jena Malone - Mary
Mandy Moore - Hilary Faye
Macaulay Culkin - Roland
Patrick Fugit - Patrick
Heather Matarazzo - Tia
Eva Amurri - Cassandra

The teen comedy Saved! debuts on 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 5.1. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by stars Jena Malone and Mandy Moore and a second commentary track recorded by director Brian Dannelly along with producer Sandy Stern and writer Michael Urban. Deleted scenes, bloopers, a making-of featurette, and the original theatrical trailer round out this first-rate solid release from MGM/UA. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide