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3 + 4 |
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Transfer |
NTSC Anamorphic (2.35:1) |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
Subtitles | English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Thai, Bahasi, Spanish, Portuguese | |
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Director : Michael Cimino
Screenplay: Oliver Stone & Michael Cimino
Starring: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Araine.
Review After
years of MPM asking me "Have you seen it yet...have you see it?!"
I finally tracked it down - on Hong Kong DVD of all places - and after
giving it several airings. I gotta say this is one cool movie despite
itself!
The
DVD looks great, presented in the correct ratio of 2.35:1 and enhanced
for 16:9 TV's this will look mind-blowing to those people who've spent
years living with the P&S VHS release. I'll spare you the usual
rhetoric and bumf and just give you some screenshots to look at. Encoding
wise, I noticed no artifacts on my 32" 16:9 TV. (Click for full size) Sound For a movie made in 1985 this has no right to sound as good as it does. Dialogue is always clear and locked to the center channel with music and sound effects filling the front sound stage. Other than the opening New Year celebrations with fire crackers going off in every speaker, I didn't really notice any other split rear effects. However the soundtrack really does have a kick (that would be lacking if it was only 2 channel Pro-Logic). It's particular impressive during the opening restaurant massacre surrounding you with gunshots and mayhem. Final Thoughts This is to all extents and purposes a DVD of the quality one would expect from MGM in r1 land. In fact the only thing that stops this been released there is the fact it' s dual encoded to Region 3 + 4. No extra's are on the DVD apart from the interesting trailer (which is anamorphic too tho' cropped to 1.85:1). Even the subtitles are great (unlike most native HK DVDs) to the extend there's two English ones, one that just subs the Chinese characters speaking, and one that subs the whole movie. \o/ So come on MGM get your shit in order and get this DVD out, so the non multi-region masses have an option to see this classic. STOP PRESS: Our good friends at HKFlix are offering this at the low price of $17.95! So what you waiting for?
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