 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Product Detail |
 |
|
Audio Format: DD 5.1, DD 2.0
Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English, Korean
Region Code: 3
Year Made: 2007
Running Time: 125 + 100
Release Date: 03/10/2008
"Seven Days", starring "Lost" star Kim Yoon-jin is getting an explosive response. With a fast-paced storyline and a complicated plot, the movie released on Nov. 14 appeals especially to movie fans in their 20s. Overseas markets have also shown interest: at the American Film Market recently, U.S. production firm Summit Entertainment, the maker of popular movies such as "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005) and "Vanilla Sky" (2001) snapped up the right to a remake for US$1 million. It plans to spend $30 million on the Hollywood version.
Kim Yoon-jin recalls the moment when she was offered the lead during shooting of "Lost" in Hawaii. At first, she says, she didn't think she could take the offer due to the tight shooting schedule for the drama series. "I printed out the screenplay, just to give it a shot. But once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. I finished reading the last page standing beside the printer and decided to take the offer immediately".
In the movie, Kim plays a top lawyer who has to fight against a kidnapper to rescue her daughter. She has seven days to swap her daughter for a convicted murderer. "The leading character is unusually strong for a Korean movie; that's why she's so attractive", Kim says. The heroine pushes ahead with her impossible mission to release a murderer on death row rather in the style of Hollywood warriors like Jodie Foster and Sigourney Weaver. Kim's charismatic performance and explosive presence are instantly riveting. "Once the camera is on, I never lose my concentration for a moment", she says.
To maximize the speed, director Won Sin-yeon shot a large amount of scenes with three cameras. That did not allow Kim to consider reactions from her co-stars and required her to perform impeccably at all times. The fast pace of shooting was exhausting. "I got completely worn out while shooting a running scene in mid-summer. But I didn't feel it was too much, because we all believed that Won will make a great movie", Kim recalls.
Kim Yoon-jin, winner of the best actress award at the 2002 Cheongryong (Blue Dragon) Film Awards for her role in "Deep Loves" ("Ardor"), suddenly upped sticks and went to the U.S. in 2003, and there she made the rounds of Hollywood agencies with her portfolio by herself.
She says she can cool-headedly give up anything when she comes to the conclusion that it doesn't work. But if she decides to do something, she puts it into action without fail. Despite the worries of her acquaintances, she did not quit in her efforts to become a star in the U.S. and eventually she established a worldwide name for herself in "Lost". But Kim says she has not forgotten her Korean fans or that her starting point was Chungmuro, Korea's Hollywood. Asked whether she has achieved her dream, Kim says she is just getting ready for another leap forward.
Ji-yeon is a successful lawyer and single mother to a seven-year-old girl. On her daughter’s field day, Ji-yeon competes with other parents in a running race and almost comes in the first place. However, nowhere could she find the girl who’s been watching and rooting for her mother to win. Later that day, Ji-yeon’s receives a phone call from an anonymous man, who tells her he has her daughter in custody and proposes a deal. To see her daughter alive, Ji-yeon needs to prove a convicted murderer not guilty on his second trial, only within a week. Ji-yeon tries to convince herself the murderer should be innocent, but the encounter with the victim’s mother makes her understand what drove crime-to-crime.
Special Features
Disc 1
- Commentary Track 1
- After Commentary
Disc 2
- 1 DAYS (Making)
- 2 DAYS (Art Making)
- 3 DAYS (Music Making)
- 4 DAYS (Deleted Scene)
- 5 DAYS (Premier)
- 6 DAYS (Interview)
- 7 DAYS (Trailer)
- Short Film
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
