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Patrick Marber's acclaimed stage drama about the romantic interactions of four people has been given a reverent screen adaptation by director and producer Mike Nichols. Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he chances upon Alice (Natalie Portman), a beautiful young American expatriate, working as a stripper, when he sees her get hit by a car. Alice immediately falls for Dan, and gives him her love without reservation. Dan is initially enchanted with Alice, and returns her affection, but while she inspires him to write his novel (based on her life), her neediness begins to wear on him. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who is hired to take a portrait of Dan for the dust jacket of his book; Dan is attracted to her easy confidence, and while the two of them flirt, Anna soon (inadvertently through Dan's playful machinations) meets Larry (Clive Owen), a dermatologist, and marries him. Dan can't get Anna out of his mind even though she's married, and the two become lovers, but Dan is frustrated by the fact that Anna is reluctant to leave Larry for him. Patrick Marber wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of Closer; it was the playwright's first feature-film credit. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Julia Roberts - Anna
Jude Law - Dan
Natalie Portman - Alice
Clive Owen - Larry

2004	Best Supporting Actor [Runner-up] (winner)	Boston Society of Film Critics	Clive Owen
2004	Best Director (nominee)	Golden Globe	Mike Nichols
2004	Best Supporting Actress (winner)	Golden Globe	Natalie Portman
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner)	Golden Globe	Clive Owen
2004	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Golden Globe	Patrick Marber
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Clive Owen
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Clive Owen
2004	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Natalie Portman
2004	Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Patrick Marber
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner)	British Academy of Film and Television	Clive Owen
2004	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Natalie Portman
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Clive Owen
2004	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Natalie Portman
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner)	New York Film Critics Circle	Clive Owen

Mike Nichols' award-winning adaptation of Patrick Marber's emotionally lacerating play Closer arrives on DVD in the Superbit format. This type of disc maximizes the amount of memory used to recreate the film's image and sound at the expense of many extras. The 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen image is state-of-the-art, and the English 5.1 Dolby Digital Soundtrack (as well as the English DTS soundtrack and the French Dolby Surround soundtrack) boasts excellent fidelity even though this talk-heavy film does not exactly require the most extensive use of the sound field. The only extra worthwhile extra is the music video for Damien Rice's "The Blower's Daughter," a song that Nichols uses to great effect in Closer's opening and closing moments. This disc is fine, but it does leave room for a special edition sometime in the future. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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