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    Fly II, The
    Special Edition
    Genre: Science Fiction

    Reviewed In Issue 102 (Nov 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Eric Stolz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, Harley Cross & John Getz

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 3.5
    DTS Sound Rating: 3.5
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Before the menu, you can view an up-front anti-piracy ad and a fly landing on the FBI warning (nice touch). As a fly zooms around the menu screen, cat owners (with a decent home theatre speaker system) may observe their feline pets searching frantically for the insect (as mine did). Director Chris Walas joins film historian Bob Burns for an engaging audio commentary on Disc One. There are also bonus trailers, a deleted scene, and an alternate ending. Disc Two adds two impressively in-depth documentaries: the 48-minute Transformations: Looking Back At The Fly II and the 58-minute The Fly Papers: The Buzz On Hollywood


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 2229209
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 NA
    (Retail Price): $19.98
    (DVD Type): Two DVD-9 Discs
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 105
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 1989
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 10/04/05
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Chris Walas
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Since the WSR staff was pretty much

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD picture exhibits a color scheme that is comparable to The Fly

    Soundtrack:
    Both the Dolby

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