Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition (1994) |
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Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition (1994) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Drama |
Menu Animation & Audio Audio Commentary-R Zemeckis (Dir), S Starkey (Prod) & R Carter (Prod Des) Audio Commentary-Wendy Finerman (Producer) Featurette-Through The Eyes Of Forrest Gump Featurette-Screen Tests (7) Featurette-Building The World Of Forrest Gump: Production Design Featurette-Seeing Is Believing: The Visual Effects Of Forrest Gump (11) Featurette-Through The Ears Of Forrest Gump: Sound Design (5) Featurette-The Magic Of Makeup Theatrical Trailer-2 Gallery-Photo |
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| Year Of Production | 1994 | ||
| Running Time | 136:17 | ||
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RSDL (67:00) Dual Disc Set |
Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Language Select Then Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 4 | Directed By | Robert Zemeckis |
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 Paramount Home Entertainment |
Starring |
Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Sally Field |
| Case | Amaray-Transparent-Dual | ||
| RPI | $39.95 | Music | Alan Silvestri |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) Catalan Dolby Digital 2.0  (192Kb/s)Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 2.40:1 | ||
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles |
Greek English Spanish Hebrew Croatian Portuguese Slovenian English Audio Commentary Spanish Audio Commentary English Audio Commentary Spanish Audio Commentary |
Smoking | Yes |
| Annoying Product Placement | Yes, Dr Pepper anyone?? | ||
| Action In or After Credits | No | ||
Set primarily through the 60s and 70s, the movie weaves a rich tapestry of living, and loving, in this era. Although not old enough to have experienced this for myself, it is still a wonderful insight into those incredible years. The Directors and Producers make constant reference to this movie reliving parts of their own lives and how amazing it is that the doings of Forrest Gump can stir memories in just about everyone.
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) narrates the story of his life to anyone who chooses to listen, while waiting at a bus stop for the number nine bus. The incredible story starts in Alabama with Forrest's mum (Sally Field) and childhood friend Jenny (Robin Wright). The tale weaves through school, university and Forrest's football career, Vietnam, personal tragedy, natural disaster, and prosperity. Entwined throughout this story is Forrest's chance meetings with many famous figures, including Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon.
Overlaying and forming the backbone of Forrest's life is his love for Jenny. The incredible faith that Forrest has in this love drives him on throughout his life, even with so many disappointments and rejections. It is this love that makes the story and drives home the human emotion.
Wonderfully written and portrayed, Forrest Gump is a movie that few people don't like. Even after numerous viewings the magic lives on, a truly engrossing tale done justice on this DVD.
Presented in the 16x9 enhanced aspect ratio of 2.35:1, at a very generous average bitrate of 9.8Mbps, this video transfer has all the makings of excellence. As you shall soon see, this is not quite to be.
Sharpness is acceptable throughout with good levels of shadow detail. Grain is present throughout the beginning of the movie but decreases with time. The grain is not terrible but does detract from the overall level of detail on offer. There was no low-level noise present, and blacks were quite black.
The colours on offer vary with the different settings of the movie but are generally well saturated. There is nothing worthy of noting down against the colours presented in this transfer.
Film-to-video artefacts are the major problem with this film. There is quite a lot of noticeable aliasing throughout. Some examples can be found at 7:05 (house) and 69:52 (bus). Telecine wobble rears its ugly head at various times throughout the transfer. Although not bad enough to be glaringly obvious on a TV, it really stands out on a PC player. This is most unfortunate and surprising for a big budget movie. There is the usual spattering of film artefacts on display, but nothing out of the ordinary.
The subtitles are mostly accurate to the spoken word. I listened to the Audio Commentaries with English subtitles turned on and noticed on many occasions the subtitles leaving out bits of slang and generally doing fixes of grammar. This was mildly annoying.
This is an RSDL disc with the layer change occurring at 67:00. The change is minimally disruptive and quite well placed.
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There are five audio tracks available on this DVD; two Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks at 448Kbps in English and Spanish, two English Audio Commentary tracks in 192Kbps Dolby Digital 2.0 and a Catalan 192Kbps Dolby Digital 2.0 track. I listened to all the English tracks in their entirety.
Dialogue and audio sync were fine throughout with no noticeable problems.
Forrest Gump has a very memorable score. The recurring theme is a very moving piece of music that never grows old. Alan Silvestri has certainly excelled himself with this score, suiting the varying moods of the movie at all times. Combined with the excellent score is a collection of contemporary favourites from the era that really add a lot to the movie.
The surrounds are used sparingly throughout the movie, apart from the Vietnam action sequence and helicopter fly-overs. The audio really comes to life in Vietnam with the incredible action sequence getting the support from the soundtrack it truly deserves. The subwoofer also remains fairly dormant throughout, only getting a true work-out in Vietnam, but what a workout!
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Michael Conner Humphrey (Young Forrest) and Hanna R. Hall (Young Jenny)
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 quality is good.
The audio quality is very good.
The extras are excellent.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Pioneer DV-535, using S-Video output |
| Display | RCA 80cm. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Onkyo TX-DS787, THX Select |
| Speakers | All matching Vifa Drivers: centre 2x6.5" + 1" tweeter (d'appolito); fronts and rears 6.5" + 1" tweeter; centre rear 5" + 1" tweeter; sub 10" (150WRMS) |