Weather Man

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 10 28 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 097360462623

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: A man struggles to get a grip on a life that's spinning out of control in this emotional comedy drama. Dave Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is a television weatherman on a high-profile Chicago news program. Professionally, Dave is doing just fine -- he makes great money for a job that demands little effort, and he has a shot at an assignment with a network morning news and chat show. But Dave's personal life leaves a lot to be desired -- his father, respected author Robert Spritzel (Michael Caine), is in failing health, he's divorced from his wife, Noreen (Hope Davis), and his relationship with his children is tenuous at best, especially his overweight daughter, Shelly (Gemmenne de la Pena). If Dave is to land his new job, he'll have to move to New York City, and with his time in Chicago running short, he dedicates himself to trying to salvage his ties with his family before it's too late, though he discovers this is even harder than he imagines. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Features: ccExtended outlook: The Script
Forecast: Becoming a Weatherman
Atmospheric Pressure: The Style and Palette
Relative Humidity: The Characters
Trade Winds: The Collaboration
Theatrical trailer
Full screen version
Dolby Digital: English 5.1 surround
English 2.0 surround
French 5.1 surround
English subtitles
Spanish subtitles

Weather Man

Format: DVD

Release Date: 02/21/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Weather Man
1. Refreshing [6:18]
2. Robert King Spritzel [:55]
3. Family [5:00]
4. I Can Get it Together [:53]
5. Trust [5:10]
6. Archery Lessons [1:16]
7. Tartar Sauce [4:39]
8. New York [4:56]
9. Mini Bar [1:08]
10. A Living Funeral [6:41]
11. Fast Food [1:31]
12. There's Always Looking After [4:25]
13. Reduction [2:35]
14. Hello America [3:50]

Michael Buening

Gore Verbinski is a rare entity in Hollywood -- a mainstream director who isn't pigeonholed into one genre. He made a distinctive imprint on horror (The Ring), adventure (Pirates of the Caribbean), and finally, the mid-budget melodrama The Weather Man. This adult coming-of-age tale is darkly funny, moving, and well acted, if too long and occasionally plodding and obvious. As the weatherman, Dave Spritz, Nicolas Cage wears the burden of his mid-life crises with stoic humor and doesn't resort to any breakdown histrionics to convey his inner angst. Hope Davis has carved out a nice serio-comedic niche as the exasperated wife (see also The Matador and American Splendor) and Michael Caine is especially spot-on as Spritz's patient, loving father. Using a blue-gray color scheme, cinematographer Phedon Papamichael captures the soul-taxing brutality of frigid Chicago winters and the emotional isolation of the characters. A subplot involving a pedophile stalking Spritz's son is ill-conceived and the attempts to draw a larger case for a modern American malaise drawn from fast food and fluff TV is overwrought. But overall the depiction of a man forced to confront middle-age disappointments and accept the routine difficulties of life is well done. ~ Michael Buening, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Todd Black  Producer 
Steve Tisch  Producer 
Hans Zimmer  Composer (Music Score) 
William S. Beasley  Executive Producer 
Jason Blumenthal  Producer 
Gore Verbinski  Director 
Norm Golightly  Executive Producer 
Steven Conrad  Screenwriter 
David Alper  Executive Producer 
David Alper  Producer 
Nicolas Cage  Actor 
Michael Caine  Actor 
Hope Davis  Actor 
Michael Rispoli  Actor 
Gil Bellows  Actor 
Gemmenne De la Pena  Actor 
Nicholas Hoult  Actor 
Judith McConnell  Actor 

Country: USA