The Assignment (1997) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Action |
Filmographies Dolby Digital Trailer-City |
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Year Of Production | 1997 | ||
Running Time | 115 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | No/No | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 4 | Directed By | Christian Duguay |
Studio
Distributor |
Sony Pictures Home Entertain |
Starring |
Aidan Quinn Donald Sutherland Ben Kingsley |
Case | Brackley-Trans-No Lip | ||
RPI | $36.95 | Music | Normand Corbeil |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) English Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) French Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | ||
16x9 Enhancement |
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Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles |
English French Dutch Arabic |
Smoking | No |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | No |
A typical example of the dialogue is when Annibal is informed that he will need to make love to Carlos' ex-girlfriend - "consider it f***ing for your country". Yeah, right.
The movie becomes very slightly interesting towards the end, but only after having to suffer through over an hour of tedium first.
The transfer is presented at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer was usually sharp and clear, though a significant number of scenes appear grainy. Shadow detail was good, and no low level noise was apparent.
The colours were quite saturated, almost to the point of oversaturation at times.
No MPEG artefacts were seen. Film-to-video artefacts were non-existent. Film artefacts were more prevalent than I would have expected, but they were not particularly troublesome.
The back cover of the DVD denotes this disc as dual-layered. It is not dual-layered. Originally, this disc was announced as being dual-format, so perhaps this is where the dual-layered designation comes from.
Dialogue was usually clear and easy to understand, though a number of lines of dialogue were drowned out by surrounding music.
There were no audio sync problems.
The score by Normand Corbeil was unremarkable.
The surround channels were used for music and for special effects, but not to any spectacular degree.
The .1 channel was used lightly.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The Region 4 version of this DVD misses out on;
Full Screen version
Theatrical Trailer
The Region 1 version of this DVD misses out on;
Filmographies
There is nothing compelling to prefer one version over the other.
The video quality is acceptable.
The audio quality is acceptable.
The extras are very limited.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Pioneer DV-505, using S-Video output |
Display | Loewe Art-95 (95cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. This display device has a maximum native resolution of 576i (PAL). |
Audio Decoder | Denon AVD-2000 Dolby Digital decoder. Calibrated with 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 |