Unzipped

UPC: 717951005267

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Questionable for Children]

Summary: This documentary takes a lighthearted inside look at the fashion industry follows New York designer Isaac Mizrahi as he prepares to stage a fashion show. While the film avoids criticism and in-depth probing into Mizrahi, it does provide insight into the man's creativity as he deftly deals with the chaos. Mizrahi narrates the film and frequently quotes famous lines from the old movies he dearly loves. Film clips from the movies are included. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Category: Leisure Arts [nf]

Awards: Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival

Features: cc[None specified]

Unzipped

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/13/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Vistavision

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 73 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Ignored [3:23]
2. The Method [2:36]
3. Fur Things First [2:41]
4. Kitty and Candy [4:37]
5. A Voyage and a Vision [3:36]
6. Yarn't [4:34]
7. Back to the Front [9:35]
8. The Fur Files [3:35]
9. Interview [2:19]
10. Home Movies [4:05]
11. Setting the Stage [2:24]
12. Fussy, Finished [3:12]
13. Snow White [2:54]
14. Nanooked [5:29]
15. IharziM Caast [13:04]
16. Worth It? [2:21]
17. End Credits [2:49]

Linda Rasmussen

"Think Eskimos!" screams the outrageous, extroverted fashion-designer Isaac Mizrahi, in this entertaining, engagingly superficial documentary about the fashion business. Mizrahi, having had several bad seasons, is desperate for inspiration for his new collection. He finds it in Loretta Young stylish and chic in 1935's Call of the Wild who looks sensational even after giving birth in an igloo and fighting with sled dogs. Unzipped features a cast of superficial, competitive, over-paid supermodels, celebrity friends and enemies, and very opinionated magazine editors, all of whom must be charmed and catered to, while Mizrahi must do the very real work of putting together his collection. This is perhaps the best film to date about the fashion industry, showing it through the offbeat, campy eyes of Mizrahi and his mother, who was always sure of his genius. The fashion show at the finale of the film is a treat, as Mizrahi succeeds in pleasing the crowd and saving his career and his sanity. The film is bitchy, irreverent and witty fun and a delightful look at how the creative process must also deal with economic reality. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Cindy Crawford  Actor 
Isaac Mizrahi  Actor 
Naomi Campbell  Actor 
Eartha Kitt  Actor 
Sandra Bernhard  Actor 
Michael Alden  Producer 
Dori Berinstein  Executive Producer 
Douglas Keeve  Director 
David Pecker  Executive Producer 
Nina Santisi  Executive Producer 

Country: USA