Seven [Blu-ray]

Director: David Fincher David Fincher

Overview

Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a homicide specialist just one week from a well-deserved retirement. Every minute of his 32 years on the job is evident in Somerset's worn, exhausted face, and his soul aches with the pain that can only come from having seen and felt far too much. But Somerset's retirement must wait for one last case, for which he is teamed with young hotshot David Mills (Brad Pitt), the fiery detective set to replace him at the end of the week. Mills has talked his reluctant wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), into moving to the big city so that he can tackle important cases, but his first and Somerset's last are more than either man has bargained for. A diabolical serial killer is staging grisly murders, choosing victims representing the seven deadly sins. First, an obese man is forced to eat until his stomach ruptures to represent gluttony, then a wealthy defense lawyer is made to cut off a pound of his own flesh as penance for greed. Somerset initially refuses to take the case, realizing that there will be five more murders, ghastly sermons about lust, sloth, pride, wrath, and envy presented by a madman to a sinful world. Somerset is correct, and something within him cannot let the case go, forcing the weary detective to team with Mills and see the case to its almost unspeakably horrible conclusion. The moody photography is by Darius Khondji; the nauseatingly vivid special effects are by makeup artist Rob Bottin, best known for more fantasy-oriented work in films like The Howling (1981).

Product Details

Release Date:	04/26/2011
UPC:	0794043151422
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	New Line Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:07:00
Sales rank:	4,365

Special Features

4 Commentaries featuring Director David Fincher, Actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, and other Collaborators on the Film; ; Additional/Extended Scenes; Alternate Endings; Exploration of the Opening Title Sequence from Multiple Video Angels with Various Audio Mixes and 2 Commentary Tracks; ; Production Design and Still Photographs with Commentaries; ; The Notebooks: Full Motion Video Details "John Doe's Writings; ; Mastering for the Home Theater: Includes Alternate Angels and Audio Between Original and New Masters; ; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brad Pitt	Det. David Mills
Morgan Freeman	Det. William Somerset,Fingerprint Technician
Gwyneth Paltrow	Tracy Mills
R. Lee Ermey	Police Captain
Richard Roundtree	Martin Talbot
John C. McGinley	California
Julie Araskog	Mrs. Gould
Kevin Spacey	John Doe
Mark Boone Junior	FBI Man
Daniel Zacapa	Det. Taylor
John Cassini	Officer Davis
Peter Crombie	Dr. O'Neill
Reg E. Cathey	Dr. Santiago
Richard Portnow	Dr. Beardsley
Martin Serene	Wild Bill
Endre Hules	Cab Driver
Richard Schiff	Mark Swarr
Bob Mack	Gluttony Victim
Gene Borkan	Eli Gould (Sin of Greed)
Michael Reid Mackay	Victor (Sin of Sloth)
Cat Mueller	Hooker (Sin of Lust)
Heidi Schanz	Beautiful Woman (Sin of Pride)
Andy Walker	Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene,Opening Scene Corpse (uncredited)
George Christy	Workman at Door of Somerset's Office
Hawthorne James	George the Night Guard at the Library
Roscoe Davidson	First Guard at the Library
Bob Collins	Second Guard at the Library
Jimmy Dale Hartsell	Library Janitor
Charline Su	TV News Reporter
Dominique Jennings	TV News Reporter
Allan Kolman	First Forensic Man in the Law Office
Beverly Burke	TV Anchor Woman
Mario Di Donato	Fingerprint Forensic Man in Law Office
Harrison White	Cop on SWAT Team
Robert Stephenson	Cop on SWAT Team
Tudor Sherrard	Coupon Man Outside Pizza Parlor
Pamala Tyson	Thin Vagrant by John Doe's Apartment,Actor
Lennie Loftin	Policeman Who Takes Statement From Vagrant
Sarah Hale Reinhardt	Police Sketch Artist
Emily Wagner	Detective Sara at John Doe's Apartment
Michael Massee	Man in Booth at Massage Parlor
David Correia	First Cop at Massage Parlor
Ron Blair	Second Cop at Massage Parlor
Leland Orser	Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
Lexie Bigham	Sweating Cop at Massage Parlor
Evan Miranda	Paramedic at Massage Parlor
Paul S. Eckstein	Paramedic at Massage Parlor
Brian Evers	Duty Sergeant
Shannon Wilcox	Woman Cop Behind Desk
Jim Deeth	Helicopter Pilot
John Santini	Helicopter Pilot
Charles Tamburro	SWAT Helicopter Pilot
Richmond Arquette	Delivery Man
Duffy Gaver	Marksman in Helicopter
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

Andrew Kevin Walker

David Fincher	Director
Andrew Kevin Walker	Screenwriter
Peter Albiez	Special Effects
Kerry Borden	Casting
Danny Cangemi	Special Effects,Special Effects
Phyllis Carlyle	Producer
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Greg Kimble	Special Effects
Dan Kolsrud	Executive Producer
Anne Kopelson	Executive Producer,Producer
Gianni Nunnari	Executive Producer
Charles Picerni Jr.	Stunts
Suzanne Smith	Casting
Tim Thompson	Special Effects
William Gerrity	Producer
Willie Burton	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

A murky, claustrophobic whodunit distinguished by its unusually literate script, stylized production design, masterful performances, and directorial virtuosity, Seven pits detectives Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman against an unknown serial killer in a desperate race against time. Seemingly random murders, readily identifiable as the work of one man, suggest a master plan of some sort, and the pressure to divine it begins to alienate Pitt from his devoted wife, Gywneth Paltrow, herself a possible target of the phantom menace. No effect in this gut-wrenching thriller, visual or dramatic, was achieved by accident, as viewers of New Line's Platinum series two-disc DVD will learn. Four audio commentaries -- including analysis by Pitt, Freeman, and director David Fincher (Fight Club) -- plus a plethora of supplemental features outline the creative processes employed for Seven. Practically every scene, including an alternate ending and others deleted from the final cut, undergoes dissection in one way or another here. As this elaborate DVD package demonstrates, Seven has no equal among neo-noir thrillers. It is a viewing experience of almost unendurable intensity, and a textbook example of classic collaborative filmmaking.