Gone in 60 Seconds (Magna) (1974) |
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Gone in 60 Seconds (Magna) (1974) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Action |
Introduction Main Menu Audio Deleted Scenes Interviews-Cast & Crew-5 Theatrical Trailer-5 Gallery-Photo-25 |
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| Year Of Production | 1974 | ||
| Running Time | 93:03 | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (80:20) | Cast & Crew | |
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| Region Coding | 4 | Directed By | H.B. Halicki |
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Studio
Distributor |
 Magna Home Entertainment |
Starring |
H.B. Halicki Marion Busia Jerry Daugirda James Mcintyre George Cole |
| Case | Click | ||
| RPI | $29.95 | Music | None Given |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Screen, not known whether Pan & Scan or Full Frame | English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) | |
| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
| 16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles | None | Smoking | Yes |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | Yes | ||
This movie was made famous back in 1974 when tight pants and bell bottoms were popular, as it contained one of the grandest car chases ever to be committed to celluloid. This restored and remastered version allows us to enjoy it with the clarity and quality this classic so rightly deserves. It is also an impressive view of one man's dream. H.B. Halicki wanted to make the best car crash movie ever filmed and I think he accomplished something that may never be equalled. Not only did he take the starring role, but he also wrote, produced, directed, financed and distributed this movie which is a major feat on its own.
Maindrian Pace (H.B. "Toby" Halicki) is a professional car thief and leader of a group that can steal any car you desire. Pace takes on a contract worth $400,000 (considerably more in today's dollars). All he and his group have to do is steal 48 specific cars before Friday or his contract is void. Together with his contacts in the police and insurance agencies, they set out to fulfil the order.
By the end of the movie you will have watched 93 cars be destroyed and hundreds more damaged in 40 minutes without stopping. There is also a magic stunt where Eleanor, the famous Mustang featured throughout the car chase, is jumped 30 feet high and 128 feet in distance.
Just remember...lock your car or it will be Gone In 60 Seconds . . .
The transfer is presented in the non-original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (original aspect ratio 1.85:1), and is therefore not 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer was clear and sharp considering the source material. The shadow detail was quite poor but there were very few areas shot with low key lighting. An example can be seen at 19:46. There is very little low level noise.
The colours are bright and vibrant in this transfer.
There were no MPEG artefacts seen. Aliasing is very rare and very mild when it does occur. Film artefacts are common but small and not distracting at all. At 11:06 and 38:90 the scenes were out of focus with no obvious reason for it. This is most likely a problem with the source material and not the transfer.
There are no subtitles available on this disc.
This disc is an RSDL disc with the layer change located at 80:20. It was very distracting, particularly given that a short time later (at 80:53) a much better place for a layer change was located. This would have been less disruptive to the flow of the movie.
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The audio transfer had more problems than the video transfer.
The dialogue was usually quite soft in the mix and the sound effects overpowered it at times.
There were no problems with audio sync. The movie relies on a lot of voice-overs off-camera while showing footage of other actors. I would guess that Halicki was still working on parts of the dialogue or may have just wanted some more flexibility in case of a dialogue change being required later on.
The music was a collection of titles from the 70s and repetitive tunes that were quite dull. These were soon replaced by the sound of cars being ripped apart and no longer proved irritating.
The surrounds were used early on and were driven by a matrixed audio track only. The best examples can be heard at 0:28, 20:31 and 54:22.
The subwoofer was not active at all during the movie.
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This section is of varying quality and some clips contain no audio.
These interviews are on-camera discussions with people varying from Lee Iacocca through to an extra. They all give an insight into Halicki the man and what their impressions were of him and the movie.
There are a total of five trailers to view. One is from another movie of Halicki's called Junkman which also involved wrecking cars.
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;
This movie has a car chase that the remake of the same name comes nowhere near to reproducing.
An excellent job has been done on restoring the video to this level.
Unfortunately, Region 4 has been treated to the Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack only.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Pioneer XV-DV55, using S-Video output |
| Display | Loewe 72cm. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Pioneer XV-DV55 |
| Speakers | Pioneer S-DV55ST-K Satellite wall mouted 5-Speaker System; Pioneer S-DV55SW-K Powered Subwoofer |