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Two people who've known the pain of loss and the sting of betrayal are brought together under trying circumstances in this romantic drama. Dutch van den Broeck (Harrison Ford) is a police detective based in Washington D.C. whose wife works for an upscale department store; flying to Miami on business, she dies shortly after takeoff in one of the worst aviation disasters in the city's history. However, Dutch finds out that his wife wasn't actually traveling on business: Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a prominent political figure whose husband was also killed in the crash, and Dutch and Kay discover that their spouses were on the plane together because they were having an affair. Random Hearts was directed by Sydney Pollack, who also worked with Harrison Ford on his previous film, Sabrina. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Harrison Ford - Dutch van den Broeck
Kristin Scott Thomas - Kay Chandler
Charles S. Dutton - Alcee
Bonnie Hunt - Wendy Judd
Dennis Haysbert - George Beaufort
Sydney Pollack - Carl Broman
Richard Jenkins - Truman Trainor
Paul Guilfoyle - Dick Montoya
Peter Coyote - Cullen Chandler
Bill Cobbs - Marvin

Random Hearts was a rare critical and commercial failure for Harrison Ford, despite an intriguing premise and the experienced directorial presence of Sydney Pollack. It is surprising, then, that Columbia TriStar has gone to such extraordinary lengths with this DVD package, which in terms of content and value would befit a far better movie than Random Hearts. With an anamorphic widescreen picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio, the film could not look or sound any better, and the overall audio-visual sharpness does make it infinitely more enjoyable than it could ever be on videocassette or television. The disc also includes several special features, most of which merit full attention. No less than three versions of the original theatrical trailer are provided, and though the differences between them are relatively slight, they are interesting for highlighting what is perhaps the film's main problem, which is that it doesn't really know if it's a thriller or a romance. The HBO First Look 22-minute featurette is another compelling oddity; although it purports to be "The Making of Random Hearts," it offers absolutely no background whatsoever beyond character analysis, although this aspect is at least discussed in detail by Ford, co-star Kristin Scott Thomas, and others. The "Talent Profiles" are basic filmographies, but it is worth mentioning that the three deleted scenes each have a commentary by Pollack, who explains clearly exactly why the scenes were omitted. Pollack's feature commentary is equally lucid, detailing everything from casting issues and logistical shooting problems to the use of sound and lighting to shape the film's mood. In fact, Pollack may even convince viewers that Random Hearts is a very good film after all. Such is the superb quality of this disc that an otherwise ordinary movie will seem vastly improved to even its harshest critics. ~ Patrick Lee, All Movie Guide

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