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1900
Special Collector's Edition
Genre: Drama

Reviewed In Issue 117 (Feb 2007) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Werner Bruhns, Stefania Casini, Sterling Hayden, Anna Henkel, Ellen Schwiers, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland & Burt Lancaster

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3
DD Sound Rating: 2.5
DTS Sound Rating: NR
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Critics' Composite Score: 3
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Special Features
Part I is played on Disc One, and there are no supplements. Disc Two contains Part II and two featurettes: 1900: The Story, The Cast (14 minutes) and 1900: Creating An Epic (14 minutes).


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Paramount Home Entertainment
(Catalog Number): 08804
(MPAA Rating): Unrated
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(Retail Price): $19.99
(DVD Type): Two DVD-9 Discs
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 316
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 1976
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 12/05/06
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Bernardo Bertolucci
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Two boys, born on the same day in 1900 in Parma, Italy, are forced to lead very different lives due to their social class. Once playing together as kids, Olmo (Depardieu), born unto peasants, is now a passionate socialist, whereas Alfredo (De Niro) is a wealthy, pacified land owner. But their paths cross again in 1945 when Alfredo is called back to Parma to preside over Olmo

DVD Picture:
The windowboxed/pillarboxed 1.78:1 DVD picture is generally lacking in definition, colors are vibrant, and black levels are deep. Greens can look slightly undersaturated, but the reds of revolution pop from the screen. Shadow delineation is good, and the image can look naturally dimensional. While the picture does look good when considering the film

Soundtrack:
The Dolby