TY - ADVS AU - Kasdan,Lawrence AU - Nasatir,Marcia AU - Benedek,Barbara AU - Shamberg,Michael AU - Berenger,Tom AU - Close,Glenn AU - Goldblum,Jeff AU - Hurt,William AU - Kline,Kevin AU - Place,Mary Kay AU - Tilly,Meg AU - Williams,JoBeth AU - Galloway,Don AU - Littleton,Carol AU - Random,Ida AU - Bailey,John AU - Bouzereau,Laurent AU - Foundas,Scott AU - Dunham,Lena AU - Jacobson,Harlan ED - Columbia Pictures Corporation, ED - Carson Productions, ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - The big chill T2 - The Criterion collection PY - 2014///] CY - [United States] PB - Columbia Pictures Industries KW - Suicide KW - Drama KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Friendship KW - Reminiscing KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983; Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Success in the system (interview with filmmaker Kasdan, he discusses the challenges of creating personal work within the Hollywood studio system and his remarkable career as a collaborative screenwriter and writer-director); "The big chill" : a reunion (1998 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau about the making of the film, including writer-director Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams); Thirtieth anniversary Q&A (Q&A with cast and crew, moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas, held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival); Deleted scenes. Booklet features an essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunhan and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson; disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus features; Editor, Carol Littleton ; production designer, Ida Random ; director of photography, John Bailey; Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway; Rating: R N2 - After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirty-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending a weekend together, reminiscing about their shared pasts as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties ER -