DRIVEN takes viewers into the world of automobile racing with Sylvester Stallone playing a retired expert who coaches a young racer. Stallone's Joe Tanto is brought out of retirement to mentor Jimmy Blye (newcomer Kip Pardue), a rising young superstar in the racing circuit. Featuring amazing racing action and crashes, DRIVEN knows how to deliver.
Theatrical Release: April 27, 2001
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Music Video: Jo Dee Messina - "Burn"
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary: Renny Harlin - Director
Making Of:
1. THE MAKING OF DRIVEN
2. CONQUERING SPEED THROUGH LIVE ACTION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Executive Producer
Andrew Stevens: American Actor/Director/Producer, THE FURY
Executive Producer
Don Carmody: Producer/Executive
Executive Producer
Kevin King:
Director of Photography
Mauro Fiore: Director of Photography
Review 1:
"...Crisp, slick and kinetic enough to make even pit stops look thrilling..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.4 04/27/2001
Review 2:
"...The race sequences here are expertly done..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.46-7 12/01/2001
Review 3:
"...[Harlin] delivers the goods here and adds a wall-to-wall music track that pumps up the volume..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.31 04/27/2001
Review 4:
"...[The] auto races in DRIVEN have a jazzy fatalistic surge....The racing scenes hold you in their death-grip..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.44 05/04/2001