Freaky Friday (2003)

[2099net]

Cherny, you're right. December 19th. Christ, even crap like Scary Movie 3 is being released before this. (That said, Scary Movie 3 might be good being as it's written by Kevin Smith). But it doesn't alter the fact that Beuna Vista are releasing it before Freaky Friday.

It's being shown starting 2nd November at the London Film Festival.

[feedmelinguini]

Has anyone heard anything about the DVD release of the original? (You remember, that obscure film released with that obscure actor Jodie Foster--whoever THAT is...).

I guess we can assume that it won't come out the same time as the remake.

Lon

[Luke]

Lon, it was supposed to come out at the same time as the remake, but now it is only tentatively scheduled for sometime in 2004.

[Luke]

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<font size="4"><i>ON DISNEY DVD and VHS DECEMBER 16
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DVD Includes TWO Alternate Endings, Deleted Scene, Freaky Bloopers, Music Videos and More</font></center>

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BURBANK, Calif., October 6, 2003 – Just in time for the holidays, Disney’s comedy hit FREAKY FRIDAY comes to Disney DVD and VHS on December 16 from Walt Disney Home Entertainment. On Disney DVD, FREAKY FRIDAY will include two alternate endings, comical bloopers, deleted scene, backstage pass, music videos and more. Both full-screen and wide-screen versions of the film will be included on the same DVD.

Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis, “Halloween”) and her fifteen-year-old daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan, “The Parent Trap”) are not getting along. They don’t see eye-to-eye on clothes, hair, music, and certainly not in each other’s taste in men. One Thursday evening, their disagreements reach a fever pitch – Anna is incensed that her mother doesn’t support her musical aspirations, and Tess, a widow about to remarry, can’t see why Anna won’t give her fiancé (Mark Harmon, TV’s “Chicago Hope”) a break. Everything soon changes when two identical Chinese fortune cookies cause a little mystic mayhem. On the next morning, their Friday gets freaky when Tess and Anna find themselves inside the other’s body. As they literally walk a mile in each other’s shoes, they gain a newfound respect for the other’s point of view. But with Tess’s wedding coming on Saturday, the two have to find a way to switch back, and fast! Available on Disney DVD for $29.99 (S.R.P.) and VHS for $24.99 (S.R.P.).

Street Date: December 16, 2003

Suggested retail price: $29.99 DVD (S.R.P.). $24.99 VHS (S.R.P.).
Rated: Rated “PG” For Mild Thematic Elements And Some Language. DVD Bonus features unrated and subject to change.
Feature Run Time: Approximately 97 minutes
DVD Aspect Ratio: Full Frame and Widescreen on the same disc
Sound: Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

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[MickeyMousePal]

Yes Freaky Friday is coming in December. Finally I will have it on DVD.
It was better than the original film.

[Satoshi]

Never saw this in theaters but definitely will be picking it up come December. Looks to be an adequate DVD.

[Jake Lipson]

Very suprising that they aren't opting for seperate WS and P&S releases, but this will make nice demo material when uneducated friends come over and I try to show them the benefits of widescreen. Won't replace Mask of Zorro SE, Anastasia and Sleeping Beauty as my best WS vs. P&S discs, but it's always nice to have a variaty of titles to choose from when convincing people.

I'll probably pick this one up. It was good -- nothing as classic as the original, but very good nonetheless and it seems llike a decent disc.

[Luke]

Very suprising that they aren't opting for seperate WS and P&S releases, but this will make nice demo material when uneducated friends come over and I try to show them the benefits of widescreen.

May not be the ideal choice, since it's probably open-matte.

[Jake Lipson]

Well, no, the ideal choice as far as Disney goes is Sleeping Beauty. But you're probably right. In any case, we'll be able to find out come December.

[Uncle Remus]

freaky friday DVD looks alright. i havent seen the movie though.

[BasilOfBakerStreet427]

The outtakes are fake,like on Pixar DVD's

[Luke]

The outtakes are fake,like on Pixar DVD's

What did they make a CGI Mark Harmon or something?

[BasilOfBakerStreet427]

No,it's just a whole bunch of goof-ups done on purpose.

[2099net]

Some importers in the UK have already received their Freaky Friday discs from Canada. Reports seem to be that the disc is Full Screen only.

Just got this today from DVDSoon, but for some strange reason it's the canadian version. It also states on the case it's just Full Screen and when I played the disc it reverted to widescreen mode on my TV, but the picture seemed like it had been stretched slightly , there doesn't seem to be an option on the disc to choose what ratio to watch either, I thought that it was supposed to contain both on the disc.

So take this either as a warning (if the information is correct), or a misguided request for more information (if the information is wrong).

[2099net]

Well, the general opinion is the Canadian Freaky Friday is P&S only.

Just got mine too, and yes the Canadian DVD is P&S only. What's most annoying is that everything else- menus, FBI warning is all 16:9! I have to admit I didn't check the details on DVDSoon very closely when I ordered, but it now says quite specifically "Freaky Friday (P&S)" in the title.

Just a warning guys!

[chrisrose]

If I wanted to buy this movie, I'd be, ahem, freaking out right now.

But I'm a little disturbed anyway. I hope it doesn't become a trend (different versions for the US and Canada). Makes no sense to me...

Speaking of Freaky Friday, wasn't the original with Jodie Foster supposed to come out on DVD to coincide with the remake's release? Anybody heard anything else about that?

[Choco Bear]

yup u guys are right the canadian is fullsscreen only it was really disapointing and didnt find found out till i got it o well on the good newes at work today they were sold out of all freaky friday dvds

[acboy05]

Is there?

[ichabod]

<center>Freaky Friday (2003)

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Originally released - 6 August 2003
Director - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914134/">Mark Waters</a>

Main Cast
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517820/">Lindsay Lohan</a> - Anna Coleman
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130/">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> - Tess Coleman
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614877/">Chad Michael Murray</a> - Jake
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332390/">Harold Gould</a> - Grandpa
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/>Mark Harmon</a> - Ryan
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269329/">Ryan Malgarini</a> - Harry Coleman

Budget - 26,000,000
Domestic Box Office Gross - $110,230,332 ($120,284,508 adjusted)
Worldwide Box Office Gross - $160,846,332 ($175,517,224 adjusted)
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In the tradition of THE PRINCESS DIARIES, Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY is the extremely funny and heartwarming comedy everyone will love. Dr. Tess Coleman (the hilarious Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (rockin' Lindsay Lohan) have one thing in common -- they don't relate to each other on anything. Not clothes or men or Anna's passion to be in a rock band. Nothing. Then one night a little mystic mayhem changes their lives and they wake up to the biggest freak-out ever. Tess and Anna are trapped inside each other's body! But Tess's wedding is Saturday and the two must find a way to switch back -- fast! Literally forced to walk in each other's shoes, will they gain respect and understanding for the other's point of view? Filled with comedy, rock 'n roll and lots of heart, FREAKY FRIDAY is freaking fun everyone can enjoy together.

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Disney's current teen/tween movies don't really do much for me on the whole, but I really must confess to liking Freaky Friday, probably because it does have in my opiniong a wonderful concept for a plot.

Again it is a Disney remake, which again is not something which usually excites me, but being different to the original, whilst remaining in the spirit of the original goes a long way to help me enjoy this film, in fact I'd say that even though it's very difficult to compare the two movies as they travle down different paths, this modern retelling would be my favourite of the two.

The performances of the film's two main characters are wondeful, both Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are superb, Curtis gives a wonderfully convincingly performance of a teenager trapped in her mother's body, and God help me for saying this but Lohan does a fantastic job of acting (Yes, she can act!) as a middle aged woman in the body of a teenager.

Whilst by no means being on the level of an epic, Freaky Friday manages to be a very strong film, and most importantly seems to have been made without an agenda, unlike films such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie and The Princess Diaries which to me reek of being made to hit a certain genre, and for all the money that went into them seem rather fake. Likewise it does not have the "cash in update, lack of imagination" agenda that most of the remaked have. Perhaps that it why it is so satisying that this film became a rather substantial hit in 2003, probably outperforming Disney's (and probably the critics and publics) expectations.

Another reason I must praise this film is because the film makers seem to understand that people don't like having soppy morals being rammed down their throat. The film makes it's point, but not in a sappy, tear filled, drawn out, "Let's look at the errors of our ways" fashion. It makes the point for the necessity of the story, then it leaves it without overdramatics.

A very satisfying film from modern Disney, which I feel very closely is in the same belt of good hearted innocent whimsy and fun which 1960s films such as "That Darn Cat" and "The Parent Trap" live in, and I wish that movies in the teen genre were more like this one. It proves that films about teen girls with teen angst and high school troubles can be made without them being generic and cheap. A thorough reccommendation from me.

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[TheSequelOfDisney]

This is a HILARIOUS movie! I remember laughing so hard when I heard Jamie Lee say "Oh I'm like the Crypt Keeper!". I much rather enjoy this movie and I try to watch it as often as I can. In fact, I think I might just go and do that right now.