Corky Romano (2001) |
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Corky Romano (2001) |
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| Category | Comedy |
Trailer-High Heels And Low Lifes Main Menu Audio & Animation Featurette-All Access Corky Romano Additional Footage-Corky Visits Skinheads Additional Footage-The Sparring Gym |
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| Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
| Running Time | 82:19 (Case: 86) | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (59:58) | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Language Select Then Ads Then Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 2,4,5 | Directed By | Rob Pritts |
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 Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. |
Starring |
Chris Kattan Peter Berg Chris Penn Richard Roundtree Vinessa Shaw Fred Ward Peter Falk |
| Case | Amaray-Transparent | ||
| RPI | $34.95 | Music | Randy Edelman |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) Czech Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) |
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | ||
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles |
English Dutch English for the Hearing Impaired Czech Hungarian Swedish Hebrew Norwegian Greek Danish Russian Finnish Estonian Icelandic Czech Titling Hungarian Titling |
Smoking | No |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | No | ||
Most films from the current generation of Saturday Night Live stars have not been great successes. With the exception of Chris Rock, Mike Myers and Adam Sandler, most of the personalities from the show in recent years have failed to 'crack the big time' like previous stars of the show like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy did in the 80s. That is not to say that there are no diamonds in the rough. Personal taste taken into consideration, SNL spin-off films like 'A Night at the Roxbury' and 'The Ladies Man' have at least something to offer, even if the SNL brand is forever scarred with the likes of 'Superstar', starring Molly Shannon. Like Will Ferrell and Tim Meadows, Chris Kattan is one of the current batch of SNL personalities that could bring something to the movie world.
Sadly, 'Corky Romano' is not such an auspicious start for his 'solo' career. Kattan's character walks an awkward (and very thin) line between being entertaining and annoying. Personally, I found Kattan's Corky to be pretty funny, but I could easily see how others maybe won't be as kind as me. Kattan plays on his incredibly small stature and 'cute' looks to get him by in this film, and in my mind, he plays it pretty well and the character of Corky has a bit to offer to the audience.
The basic plot is pretty simple stuff. Corky is the outcast of 'the family'. Compared to his gangster brothers (Chris Penn and Peter Berg) and his mafia boss father (Peter Falk) he is seen as a shame on his family. After not taking an interest in the family business, being decidedly camp and chasing his dream of becoming a veterinarian, Corky has been exorcised from the family for years. When the heat from the FBI starts getting too close to the family, their only hope is to send in Corky to infiltrate the FBI and destroy any evidence they have on the family.
Again, this is Hollywood wheeling out the ol' 'fish out of water' story for another turn around the arena, but as I said above, if you are in the right frame of mind to watch it, then it works well enough.
The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, 16x9 enhanced.
Sharpness is not a problem with this transfer. There is some minimal grain to be seen at times throughout the film, but nothing worth noting. The main problem that I found with this transfer was some edge enhancement that appears from time to time. The most noticeable instance is at 8:18 down Corky's left cheek, with other instances to be found at 17:19, 18:01, 19:44 and 28:38. These artefacts are never overbearing and they only stood out because I was looking for them. Shadow detail is of a decent quality throughout the film, and there is some telecine wobble during the opening titles.
The colours in this film are very bright and vibrant throughout the feature. The palette used has a very wide range and there are plenty of bright yellows, reds, greens and blues on show. There are no colour-related artefacts to be found.
There were no MPEG artefacts, and only some minor aliasing to be found at 13:43 and 19:39. There were some very minor film artefacts in the form of flecks of dust and dirt throughout the film, but nothing worth a mention.
I watched about 10-15 minutes of the English subtitles and found them to be fairly accurate to the spoken word.
This is an RSDL disc, with the layer change found at 59:58 - it is in the middle of a scene, but is almost unnoticeable.
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There are three audio tracks on this DVD. The default is an English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack running at 384kb/s and there are also Hungarian and Czech 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtracks.
The dialogue was clear and easy to understand at all times, and there were no problems with audio sync.
The musical score in this film is by Randy Edelman. It is fairly uneventful, but it serves its purpose. There are a lot of other musical cues to be found here that revolve around Corky's character. Most of these songs are 80s party songs like 'Take On Me', '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' and 'Ring My Bell' which play on Corky's camp nature.
The surrounds are used to enhance background effects and give a bit more oomph to explosions and gunshots. Probably the best example of surround use is when we hear a variety of different animals at Corky's veterinary clinic.
The subwoofer gets a modest workout in this film, with only a couple of opportunities to be heard/felt.
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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 disc misses out on;
The video transfer is quite nice.
The audio transfer is suitable.
The extras are forgettable.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Sony DVP-S525, using Component output |
| Display | Loewe Xelos (81cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to DVD player. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Onkyo TX-DS797- THX Select |
| Speakers | Jamo X550 Left and Right, Jamo X5CEN Centre, Jamo X510 Surround |