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| Category | Drama | Theatrical Trailer(s) | None |
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| Other Trailer(s) | None |
| Year Released | 1992 | Commentary Tracks | None |
| Running Time | 97 minutes | Other Extras | Cast & Crew Biographies |
| RSDL/Flipper | No/No |
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| Start Up | Movie | ||
| Region | 4 | Director | Steve Miner |
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Warner Brothers |
Starring | Mel Gibson
Elijah Wood Isabel Glasser George Wendt Jamie Lee Curtis |
| Case | Snapper | ||
| RRP | $29.95 | Music | Jerry Goldsmith |
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| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame | MPEG | None |
| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | Dolby Digital | 2.0  |
| 16x9 Enhancement | Yes | Soundtrack Languages | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French (Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 ) |
| Theatrical Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 |
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| Macrovision | ? | ||
| Subtitles | English
French Italian Dutch Arabic Spanish Portuguese English for the Hearing Impaired Italian for the Hearing Impaired |
Smoking | Yes |
Unfortunately, war breaks out, Harry is killed, and Daniel's cryogenic capsule is forgotten...until 1992, when it is found by Nat (Elijah Wood) and his friend. In a somewhat incredulous sequence, Daniel is awoken from his cryogenic slumber, and then begins to attempt to piece his life together. Like all good romantic adventures, there are obstacles and complications in his way.
This is, above all, a nice movie. It is definitely one to enjoy with pleasant company, and you are a hard-hearted soul indeed if a tear cannot be raised by this movie.
The transfer is presented at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, 16x9 enhanced. The other side of the disc carries a Full Frame presentation of the movie, which slightly crops the sides but provides more picture information at the top and the bottom of the screen.
The transfer was clear and sharp throughout. Shadow detail was good, and no low level noise was apparent.
The colours were well rendered with no under or oversaturation noted. There is some very attractive cinematography in this movie.
No MPEG artefacts were seen. Film-to-video artefacts consisted of some very rare and trivial aliasing, none of which was of any consequence. There was also considerable film weave during the opening credits, though this is presumably an issue with the film itself rather than with the DVD transfer. Film artefacts were only very rarely present.
Dialogue was clear and audible, except for early on in the movie, where it was drowned out by ambience.
There were no audio sync problems with this disc other than some ADR work which was slightly off occasionally.
The musical score by Jerry Goldsmith was excellent, and created a very suitable atmosphere for this movie, from tense to romantic when necessary.
The surround channel had limited use for occasional music and sound effects, but generally this was a front soundstage mix. It was not particularly enveloping.
The .1 channel received a small amount of signal at times from the processor.
The video quality is quite good.
The audio quality is good.
The extras present are very very limited.
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© Michael Demtschyna
23rd April 1999
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| DVD | Pioneer DV-505, using S-Video output |
| Display | Loewe Art-95 95cm direct view CRT in 16:9 mode, via the S-Video input. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
| Audio Decoder | Denon AVD-2000 Dolby Digital AddOn Decoder, used as a standalone processor. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | 2 x EA Playmaster 100W per channel stereo amplifiers for Left, Right, Left Rear and Right Rear; Philips 360 50W per channel stereo amplifier for Centre and Subwoofer |
| Speakers | Philips S2000 speakers for Left, Right; Polk Audio CS-100 Centre Speaker; Apex AS-123 speakers for Left Rear and Right Rear; Yamaha B100-115SE subwoofer |