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Divorce lawyer Danny De Vito warns his prospective client that the story he's about to tell isn't a pretty one, but the client listens with eager intensity -- as do the folks out there in the movie in the audience. "The War of the Roses" can best be described as a slapstick tragedy concerning the decline and literal fall of a marriage. After 17 years, Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) Rose want a divorce. Not for this couple is there anything resembling a "civilized understanding": Barbara wants their opulent house, and Oliver isn't about to part with the domicile. Barbara nails the basement door shut while Oliver is downstairs, Oliver disrupts Barbara's fancy party by taking aim at the catered dinner, Barbara lays waste to Oliver's sports car....and so it goes, culminating in a disastrous showdown around, about and under the living room's fancy chandelier. DeVito and screenwriter Michael Leeson never let us forget that the couple's self-indulgent imbroglio exacts an awful price upon their children (Sean Astin and Heather Fairfield). "The War of the Roses" was adapted from the novel by Warren Adler. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Director's Commentary by Danny DeVito
Deleted Scenes Montage
Storyboards
The Dinner Party
The Dog and Cat Chase
The Sauna Sequence
The Chandelier Sequence
Trailers
Trailer A
Trailer C
Trailer D
Trailer E
TV Spots
"Christmas Map"
"Going to War"
"Days of Christmas"
"Number 1 Movie"
"Countdown"
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Sketches of the Rose House
Director's Computer Sketches
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Production
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Spoken Languages: English Dolby Surround
Spoken Languages: French Dolby Surround
Captions/Subtitles: English
Captions/Subtitles: Spanish
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1. Main Titles [2:15]
2. A Divorce Story [4:16]
3. A Dinner Party [6:13]
4. House Hunting [1:10]
5. Different Interests [5:10]
6. Oliver's Attack [1:32]
7. Barbara's Decision [3:35]
8. Settlement Talks [1:43]
9. The Civil Code [6:28]
10. A Fire [2:17]
11. A Solution [4:34]
12. An Accident [5:18]
13. Payback [1:02]
14. Showdown [4:57]
15. The Ultimate Injury [1:22]
16. Flying High [3:27]
17. The Moral [2:55]
18. End Titles [2:23]
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Director's commentary
Deleted scenes
Computer sketches
Storyboards
Still galleries
Trailers & TV spots
Anamorphic widescreen [aspect ratio 1.85:1]
Audio: English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
Art Director - Mark Mansbridge
Book Author - Warren Adler
Camera Operator - Dustin Blauvelt
Casting - David Rubin
Cinematographer - Stephen H. Burum
Composer (Music Score) - David Newman
Costume Designer - Gloria Gresham
Executive Producer - Doug Claybourne
Executive Producer - Polly Platt
Makeup - Steve Abrams
Makeup - John M. Elliott, Jr.
Makeup - Stephen Abrums
Production Designer - Ida Random
Special Effects - John Frazier
Stunts - Mike Runyard
Danny De Vito's flesh-crawling black comedy makes a very convincing case against hastily conceived marriages. In a tense battle between husband and wife, Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner plummet headlong into the abyss of a soured relationship. Turner and Douglas play their roles sublimely as their characters square off in a fierce knockdown, dragout battle over territory and worldly possessions. The pettiness of their competition is sometimes unbearable, but the film is wound so tightly that the viewer is forced to watch it to the bitter end; the thin line of love and hatred De Vito has delineated through his nerve-wracking direction is truly unforgettable. De Vito himself turns in another superlative performance as the slimy but sage divorce lawyer. All in all the film works superbly but it certainly will leave viewers with a sick feeling in the pit of their stomachs. ~ Mike DiBella, Rovi
Danny Devito : In Competition - Berlin International Film Festival, 1990
Michael Douglas : Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1989
Kathleen Turner : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1989
Stephen H. Burum : Best Cinematography - American Society of Cinematographers, 1989
