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    Inside Man
    Genre: Thriller

    Reviewed In Issue 112 (Sept 2006) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe & Chiwetel Ejiofor

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Critics' Composite Score: 4
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    Special Features
    Special features include five deleted scenes, a ten-minute The Making Of Inside Man featurette, ten minutes with Director Spike Lee and Actor Denzel Washington discussing the four films they have made together, commentary with Lee, and up-front ads.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 28847
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 For language and some violent images
    (Retail Price): $29.98
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 129
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2006
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 08/08/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Spike Lee
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    When Dalton Russell (Owen) and his gang take over a bank full of hostages, Detective Keith Frazier (Washington) is called to the scene of the crime. After Frazier unsuccessfully tries to negotiate with the mastermind thief, the bank

    DVD Picture:
    Although long shots can look overly soft, the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD picture can be quite detailed, easily showing off the intricacies of the different textures in the footage well. Edge enhancement can be a problem on high-contrast transitions. Source element artifacts are rarely a problem, and film grain is generally limited. Shadow delineation is good, as is contrast. This is a solid image, although not quite reference quality. (Danny Richelieu)

    Soundtrack:
    For much of the presentation, the Dolby

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