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Annapolis (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936293586
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
MPN: 04113300
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Working-class tough guy Jake Huard (James Franco) gets a chance to make good when he's accepted into the famed Annapolis Naval Academy but his buddies and dad back at the shipyard doubt he'll last a month. The film moves through his first year at the academy culminating in the big boxing tournament which is Huard's chance to get revenge against his stoic-beyond-the-call-of-duty senior officer Cole (Tyrese Gibson). First though the closed-off Huard must learn to ask for help which arrives via a warmly attractive senior officer played by Jordanna Brewster (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS). ANNAPOLIS's director Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW) brings an unpretentious visual approach to this film; he lets the story flow straight as an arrow sweeping viewers up into the daunting rigors and the developing camaraderie of this challenging environment. A muscular orchestral score by Brian Tyler pushes everything along with maximum heart and impact and the rich cinematography creates an invigorating sense of you-are-there closeness which by the time the story gets to the climactic fight is breathlessly intense. The standout performance is Gibson's--so composed and elegantly tough he's like a coiled spring. Brewster is also good lending a welcome contrast of feminine warmth to the sometimes cold world of military discipline. As an inspiring tale of rising up and beating your limitations ANNAPOLIS makes the grade.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 786936293586 Manufacturer No: 04113300
A boxing movie done up in Naval Academy drag, Annapolis stars James Franco (Spider-Man, Tristan & Isolde) as Jake Huard, a shipbuilder's son who wants to prove to his father--and to himself--that he can cut it as a Naval officer. But at the Academy he runs afoul of a hard-nosed training officer named Cole (Tyrese Gibson, Four Brothers), who does all he can to drive Huard out of the school. They end up settling their differences in the boxing ring during the Academy's annual competition. Annapolis is a bundle of cliches, from Huard's interracial mix of roommates to the lessons he learns about teamwork, but it's an efficient and vigorous bundle of cliches. Director Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) keeps the pace swift and the visuals snappy, particularly in the boxing scenes. Franco and Gibson work hard to outdo each other's burning gazes; both are handsome men of modest acting talent, but they suit their roles reasonably well. Also featuring Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious), Donnie Wahlberg (Saw II), and the always charming Chi McBride (Roll Bounce). --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Movies
This movie had strong acting (with great actors and actresses), the plot could have been more interesting, and the ending was sub-par. This movie is worth watching, but not paying $20.00 for a DVD.
Rating: - Is This the Navy or the UFC?
It is always an interesting thing when one starts watching a movie and expects it to be about a certain subject and then the movie shifts half-way to an entirely tangential subject. From Dusk till Dawn is the epitome of this effect. But whereas it was deliberate in that movie since Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez each contributed to half the script, you can tell Annapolis does this more because the writer or director lost the narrative thread half-way in.
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Rating:  - This movie was great
I really liked this movie , the best part of the movie was the boxing scene I thought the boxing scene looked very professional . Great movie recommend to everyone.
Rating: - An Officer and a Gentleman Redux
This is an updated and borrowed version of Richard Gere and Louis Gosset Jr's "An Officer and a Gentleman". This time its about a young welder who finally gets into the US Naval Academy Annapolis and faces off against his commanding officer Cole. Its a hard year and full of the ocassional romance with the requisite female. Annapolis is not bad and has an attractive cast but most fans of this film will be military fans who just love the genre.
Rating: - Excellent movie
I bought this movie for my Hubby for Christmas. How could I lose? Great movie + great price + Cheap shipping = happy hubby (Happy Wallet too!!!!!)
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