The War of the Roses Filmmaker Signature Series
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Synopsis
In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes unglued and the gleefully evil Barbara (Kathleen Turner) and Oliver (Michael Douglas) Rose single-mindedly inflict as much misery as possible on each other. Rather than just get divorced, they declare war, fighting to the bitter end over their huge mansion and every possession in it. Not even the calculating guidance of Oliver's lawyer (Danny DeVito) can stop this uncompromisingly nasty two some as their vicious battle sends them on an increasingly dark and dangerous path.
Disk Information
**Theatrical Feature Blu-ray
**Commentary by Director Danny DeVito
**Danny DeVito and Producer James L. Brooks: Revisiting The War of the Roses
**The Music of War of the Roses: A Conversation with Danny DeVito and Composer David Newman
**Deleted Scenes Montage
**Trailers
**TV Spots
**Production Gallery
**Script
Cast & Crew
Reviews
DeVito's taste for unorthodox camera angles and striking camera movements occasionally verges on overreaching but for the most part admirably serves the action.
DeVito's direction is distinctively odd (with a lot of low-angle shots looking up at things), enjoyably mischievous and always somehow mindful that there may be, at the heart of all this comic mayhem, something substantial going on.
DeVito triumphs by instilling this caustic satire with truth and consequence.
It's to the credit of DeVito and his co-stars they they were willing to go that far, but maybe it shows more courage than wisdom.
