Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31136 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-11-29
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 90 minutes

On the DVD
Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video
Widescreen and full-screen presentations
Audio: English [mono], French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Interactive menus
Scene selections

Synopsis
In this film, young singer Lauri Robinson (Didi Conn) struggles to make it in the harsh music business while dealing with her romantic problems. The title song from this movie won an Oscar. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

DVD Menu

• Side #1 -- Widescreen
  • Play Movie
  • Audio Set Up
    • English
    • French/Fran�ais
  • Subtitles
    • English
    • French/Fran�ais
    • Spanish/Espa�ol
    • Portuguese/Portugu�s
    • Chinese
    • Thai
    • Subtitles Off
• Side #2 -- Full Screen
  • Play Movie
  • Audio Set Up
    • English
    • French/Fran�ais
  • Subtitles
    • English
    • French/Fran�ais
    • Spanish/Espa�ol
    • Portuguese/Portugu�s
    • Chinese
    • Thai
    • Subtitles Off

Customer Reviews

An excellent movie to keep for a long time
Believe it or not, I watched this DVD yesterday and it was my first time watching it ever. Obviously, what had drawn me to the movie was the title track "you light up my life". The movie itself was an inspiration as well. I must agree with the write up from the viewer below that the primary audience for this DVD is for the young adults who try to make it through life. Let's just say that if you are 25 year old and have the talent of Laurie Robinson to write a song, and sing it with the finest musicians in L.A in their rehearsal room and received a big applause from them, you are somebody. I am a musician myself, and I have played with some of the big orchestras at the age of 19 - 25, so I can really relate to this movie. The scene with the conductor and Laurie discussing the ¾ times and the violins up an octave are as real as it can be.

The tune itself is fairly simple, so it was conceivable that someone like Laurie can actually came up with it. As far as the acting is concern, not all the casts were bad. I thought Didi Conn did a great job, so is her pop, the conductor, and Laurie's lover Michael Zaslow.

By the way, I always had the album by Debby Boone, and always thought that Debby Boone sang in the movie. Then one day, I found the original vinyl LP soundtrack in my local Goodwill store for 50 cents, and I was totally shock! The title track in the record was 100% better then the Debby Boone version, and it was not sang by Debby Boone. It was sung by Kasey Cysik, One of New York's top session singers at the time. Here is what Debby Boone had to say about Kacey: "Joe Brooks wrote a screenplay and hired Kacey Cisyk to sing five songs for the soundtrack, including the title theme. Later, Kacey claimed she was never paid for that recording session, and her name did not appear in the movie credits. When the soundtrack album came out, her name was misspelled and she was listed as a "background singer."

Kacey Cisyk is the reason I purchased the DVD. She actually had a small part in the movie. She played the 1st Bridesmaid, and you can actually see her recording with Didi Conn in Chapter 3 of your DVD. She said to Didi Conn after the song Do you have a Piano: that was a really good song, and Didi Conn replies: Thanks Casey. Then you also will see Kacey sat in the studio while Didi Conn talks to Si (your pop in the movie) on the phone.

Anyhow, after watching the DVD, my vinyl LP version is still the best of the best, Kacey's voice dominates through out the record. They must have recorded the long version in the soundtrack in a latter session just for the record. By the way, Kacey was married to Jack Cortner (Song writter) and later married to Ed Rakowicz (sound man). Sadly, Kacey recently died of Cancer 5 days before her 45th birthday. Enjoy the DVD and the vinyl LP if you can get it.

An excellent movie to keep for a long time
Believe it or not, I watched this DVD yesterday and it was my first time watching it ever. Obviously, what had drawn me to the movie was the title track "you light up my life". The movie itself was an inspiration as well. I must agree with the write up from the viewer below that the primary audience for this DVD is for the young adults who try to make it through life. Let's just say that if you are 25 year old and have the talent of Laurie Robinson to write a song, and sing it with the finest musicians in L.A in their rehearsal room and received a big applause from them, you are somebody. I am a musician myself, and I have played with some of the big orchestras at the age of 19 - 25, so I can really relate to this movie. The scene with the conductor and Laurie discussing the ¾ times and the violins up an octave are as real as it can be.

The tune itself is fairly simple, so it was conceivable that someone like Laurie can actually came up with it. As far as the acting is concern, not all the casts were bad. I thought Didi Conn did a great job, so is her pop, the conductor, and Laurie's lover Michael Zaslow.

By the way, I always had the album by Debby Boone, and always thought that Debby Boone sang in the movie. Then one day, I found the original vinyl LP soundtrack in my local Goodwill store for 50 cents, and I was totally shock! The title track in the record was 100% better then the Debby Boone version, and it was not sang by Debby Boone. It was sung by Kasey Cysik, One of New York's top session singers at the time. Here is what Debby Boone had to say about Kacey: "Joe Brooks wrote a screenplay and hired Kacey Cisyk to sing five songs for the soundtrack, including the title theme. Later, Kacey claimed she was never paid for that recording session, and her name did not appear in the movie credits. When the soundtrack album came out, her name was misspelled and she was listed as a "background singer."

Kacey Cisyk is the reason I purchased the DVD. She actually had a small part in the movie. She played the 1st Bridesmaid, and you can actually see her recording with Didi Conn in Chapter 3 of your DVD. She said to Didi Conn after the song Do you have a Piano: that was a really good song, and Didi Conn replies: Thanks Casey. Then you also will see Kacey sat in the studio while Didi Conn talks to Si (your pop in the movie) on the phone.

Anyhow, after watching the DVD, my vinyl LP version is still the best of the best, Kacey's voice dominates through out the record. They must have recorded the long version in the soundtrack in a latter session just for the record. By the way, Kacey was married to Jack Cortner (Song writter) and later married to Ed Rakowicz (sound man). Sadly, Kacey recently died of Cancer 5 days before her 45th birthday. Enjoy the DVD and the vinyl LP if you can get it.

Train wreck
We love this movie only because you can make so much fun of it during the entire film. Not really sure what the true plot of the movie is? Truly can say that we do not root for the Didi Conn character at all during the movie or do we feel the warm fuzzies that others express. Her ruthless abandonment of her father at the end of the movie goes against all of morality she tried to uphold during the movie. Best parts of the film: The Neptune Wedding Chapel, Didi Conn being picked up in a bar with the worst one-liners ever, watching her flat hair become even flatter during each scene, her feeble attempt to lip-sync to the song "You Light up my Life" and the one after another disastrous 70's wardrobe outfits. This movie also leaves you with a lot of questions: If the film is based in LA then why does everyone talk with a New York accent? Why does she not take better care of her classic Thunderbird? Why was there not a "Light Up my Life 2" made so all the unanswered plots of the end of this movie could be answered?