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Jerry Maguire (Blu-Ray)
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Jerry Maguire (Blu-Ray)Sony | 138 minutes | 1996
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Jerry MaGuire has it all, or so it would seem.In the fast-paced world of sports agents, million dollar deals, advertising, marketing and who knows what else--Jerry is the king.Jerry is the man when it comes to putting that sports idol on a box of Wheaties or making sure that "so and so" has a new model of his shoe out every year.An industry that is still booming...the sports agent.We are introduced in a very strange manner, to the world of a sports agent.It doesn't take long to assume that it's very busy, very phony and a high stress job.Some people can't do it, while others are naturals at it.Jerry is a natural, or so it would seem.
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After visiting a client, Jerry is verbally assaulted by the man's 10 year old son.Water off a duck's back, right?Wrong.Jerry lingers on it and finds himself disgusted at what he has truly become.A powerful, money-grubbing, egotistical S.O.B. Of course, he doesn't like it.So, at 2 AM, he starts writing on his laptop what he calls a "Mission Statement".His view of what the company he works for, SMI (Sports Marketing International), should set their goals for.Without thinking, he runs to the nearest Kinko's and makes copies for everyone to read.Ironically, it's this mission statement of this that promptly gets him fired, but also gains the respect of a very special young lady.In a "must see" Tom Cruise scene, he takes what is left of his life (which consists of a goldfish that he names "Flipper") and the accountant who was so taken with his document and they're off to start their own sports agency.Make sense?Why would he leave the most successful agency to start another?First, he was fired, and second the point of his mission statement can be summed up as "less clients--more attention".Of course to the nature of the sports agent, it's pure blasphemy!So, Jerry is off with his one client, Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr. in his Oscar-Winning performance) and his accountant Dorothy (Renee Zellweger) to start his new company...
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To top all of this off, Jerry is leaving his girlfriend who fits right into that whole "sports agent" motif.This is where the plot starts to thicken.You see, Jerry is committed to his job, he loves it.
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Jerry Maguire was one of Columbia/Tri Stars (now Sony) initial releases on the DVD format and weve come a long way since then.The title is perhaps one of the better-selling in their catalog which is why were seeing it now, on the dawn of a new football season perhaps?The 1.85:1 HD AVC transfer certainly improves upon the old anamorphic widescreen transfer of the standard DVD.I noticed that the colors and the entire palette seemed to be a bit brighter and the level of detail seems improved as well.The movie is now a dozen years old and there seems to be a bit of fault with the original source print as I did notice a few scratches here and there, but nothing to get worked up about.Quite simply, Jerry Maguire has never looked better and this Blu-Ray showcases the image very nicely.
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Jerry Maguire was an initial title released early on and later revisited as a special edition.