Search - The Fan [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 12/10/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Sports Drama See Also: The Fan [Fullscreen], The Fan [Includes Digital Copy]

Robert De Niro is Gil Renard, baseball fan from hell. Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) is the player he is nuts about. No sooner does the talented Rayburn sign a huge contract with the San Francisco Giants, than everything in his life goes horribly wrong. Not only does his field play deteriorate along with his batting average, but someone murders his chief team rival. It's not revealing too much to say that Gil killed him, in the mistaken belief that he was doing Bobby a favor. When superfan Gil insinuates himself into Bobby's everyday life, the situation grows much worse, because this fixated nut-case has some very strange ideas about family solidarity. Amusing highlights come from John Leguizamo as a ballplayer's agent, and Ellen Barkin as a radio sports announcer. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Wesley Snipes - Bobby Rayburn
Ellen Barkin - Jewel Stern
John Leguizamo - Manny
Benicio Del Toro - Juan Primo

Tony Scott's tale of an obsessed baseball fanatic, The Fan, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. A French, a Spanish, and a second English soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. This is a technically solid DVD from Columbia/TriStar that delivers good sound and picture quality, but little else. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide