Reviewer's Rating 4 out of 5
Free Enterprise DVD (2000)

"Free Enterprise" is a hilarious comedy, born from two minds obsessed with cult film, television, and comics. The packed DVD release lets you explore the wonderfully weird world of writer Mark A Altman and director Robert Meyer Burnett.

The film itself does well with a modest budget and it looks good in a quality anamorphic transfer that copes admirably with the garish title sequence.

The sound comes in a clean 2.0 mix that makes the most of the music score.

This is a disc stuffed with the types of background features that you'll find on many other DVDs. The difference with "Free Enterprise" is that all of them are not only interesting but entertaining too. Despite the 'making of' documentary running at just under an hour, it is both funny and self-deprecating.

More of this humour is abundant in the audio commentary by Altman and Burnett. They discuss how they got round the many licensing problems the movie threw up, and cover 30 minutes of deleted scenes available on the disc.

Plenty more fun is on offer from the screen tests and the 'Julius Caesar' music video with the 'Eminem' of the movie world, Mr William Shatner.

Chapters: 20
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
Extra Features: Scene selection, 'making of' documentary, deleted scenes, feture commentary from Mark A Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett, screen tests, trailer, TV spots, music video, 'Ebionics' (movie terminology glossary), cast and crew list, filmographies and biographies of cast and crew, production notes, animated menus, subtitles.

End Credits

Director: Robert Meyer Burnett

Writer: Mark A Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett

Stars: Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack, Audie England, Patrick Van Horn, Jonathan Slavin, Phil LaMarr, William Shatner, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marilyn Krinz, Holly Gagnier, Jennifer Sommerfield, Lori Lively, Russell Young

Genre: Comedy

Length: 110 minutes

DVD: 13 November 2000

Country: USA