Legally Blonde [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Luketic Robert Luketic

Overview

Reese Witherspoon stars in this romantic comedy, the feature film debut of award-winning Australian director Robert Luketic. As a ravishing Miss Hawaiian Tropic, sorority president, and calendar girl, Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is a big hit on the campus of her sun-drenched Los Angeles college. She's also got the perfect boyfriend in Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis), a wealthy East Coast blue blood. Fearing that his snooty friends and family will never accept the bubble-headed Elle, however, Warner dumps her before heading off to graduate law school at Harvard University. Determined to win back her man, Elle enrolls in the same imposing institution, quickly becoming an object of scorn and ridicule, especially to Warner's old prep school flame (Selma Blair). Despite her penchant for malls, makeup, and tanning, Elle is no dummy and is soon showing elite Ivy League snobs a thing or two about class, self-confidence, and courtroom victory.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/10/2012
UPC:	0883904234616
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	13,789

Special Features

2 audio commentaries with director Robert Luketic Reese Witherspoon, producer Marc Platt and filmmakers; Deleted scenes ; Inside Legally Blonde featurette; The Hair That Ate Hollywood featurette ; Original theatrical trailer; "Perfect Day" music video by Hoku

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Reese Witherspoon	Elle Woods
Luke Wilson	Emmett
Selma Blair	Vivian
Matthew Davis	Warner
Victor Gerber	Professor Callahan
Jennifer Coolidge	Paulette
Holland Taylor	Professor Stromwell
Ali Larter	Brooke Taylor Windham
Jessica Cauffiel	Margot
Alanna Ubach	Serena
Oz Perkins	Dorky David
Linda Cardellini	Chutney
Bruce Thomas	UPS Guy
Meredith Scott Lynn	Enid
Raquel Welch	Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Samantha Lemole	Claire
Kelly Nyks	Arrogant Aaron
Ted Kairys	Gerard
Michael Silver	Bobby
Kimberly McCullough	Amy
Shannon O'Hurley	DA Joyce Rafferty
Greg Serano	Enrique
Francesca P. Roberts	Marina R. Bickford
Lisa Arch	Boutique Saleswoman
Natalie Barish	Old Lady at Manicurist
Cici Lau	LA Nail Technician
Allyce Beasley	CULA Advisor
Kevin Cooney	Head of Admissions
Ted Rooney	Admissions Guy
David Moreland	Admissions Guy
Wayne Federman	Admissions Guy
James Read	Elle's Father
Tane	Elle's Mother
Niklaus Lange	Annoyed 2L
Doug Spinuzza	Intense Ivan Berliner
Lisa K. Wyatt	Jail House Guard
Jason Christopher	Chuck
Corinne Reilly	Reporter
Victoria Mahoney	Reporter
Lacey Beeman	Nervous 1L Girl
Melissa Anne Young	Blonde Cheerleader
Brody Hutzler	Grant
Chaney Kley	Brandon
John Cantwell	Maurice
Ondrea De Vincentis	Callahan's Assistant
Terence Michael	Desk Clerk
Nectar Rose	Freshman Girl
Jodi Harris	Another Sister
Patricia Kimes	Blonde Biker
Sasha Barrese	Another Girl
Kelly Driscoll	Blonde Card Carrier
Elizabeth Matthews	Sorority Girl
Kennedy Stone	Sorority Girl
John Kapelos	Dewey Newcombe,Dewey Newcombe
Richard Hillman	Burned Out 2L,Burned Out 2L
Melissa Young	Blonde Cheerleader
Lily	Rufus
Rolfe Kent	Composer,Composer
Moonie	Bruiser

Technical Credits

Karen McCullah Lutz

Kirsten Smith

Robert Luketic	Director
Karen McCullah Lutz	Screenwriter
Kirsten Smith	Screenwriter
Ric Kidney	Producer,Producer
Mark Platt	Producer,Producer,Producer
Michael Kamper	Sound Effects,Sound Effects
Javier Bennassar	Sound Effects,Sound Effects
Michael Mullane	Sound Effects
Stuart Abramson	Key Grip
Logical Figments	Special Effects
Frederick Howard	Sound/Sound Designer
Ed White	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Reese Witherspoon adds yet another plucky striver character to her resume with this mostly successful attempt to merge the superlative teen film Clueless (1995) with the fish-out-of-water courtroom farce My Cousin Vinny (1992). Legally Blonde has all the right elements for light entertainment: appropriately overzealous production design, an unflappable heroine played to giddy perfection, and a supporting cast that stays just south of over-the-top. And yet the comedy doesn't quite sing, in large part due to first-time feature director Robert Luketic's ineptitude with staging and shooting. For a movie obsessed with image, Blonde is poorly lit and clumsily framed: Luketic's deference to close-ups all but robs the film of Witherspoon's talent for physical comedy, and an extemporaneous, mid-film musical number fails to register. Still, as a showcase for its ebullient, never-condescending lead performer, Blonde shines, even if its young director doesn't show the same promise as his star.