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    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist

    Featured In Issue 138, January/February 2009

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    SoundNR
    WSR Score2
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    28592
    (MPAA Rating):
    PG-13
    (Rating Reason):
    Mature thematic material including teen drinking,sexuality, language and crude behavior
    (Retail Price):
    $39.95
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-50)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    90
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    A, B & C
    (Theatrical Year):
    2008
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    02/03/09
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    Peter Sollett
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    (Disc Soundtrack):
    Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.0
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    Based on the novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is about two young people (Cera & Dennings), who, after a chance encounter, embark on a journey through New York City's indie rock scene on a quest to find the secret show of a legendary band, and wind up finding each other. (Gary Reber)`

    Special features on Disc One include Cinechat—send on-screen instant messages to friends around the world while watching the movie together; Nick & Norah's Interactive Playlist—create and share a playlist of your favorite Nick & Norah songs; Telestrator commentary with Director Peter Sollett and Actors Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, and Ari Graynor; running audio commentary with the above, and audio commentary with Sollett, Authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, and Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria; nine deleted scenes (SD 09:14); outtakes (SD 04:12); the music video: "Middle Management" by Bishop Allen (SD 02:53); a Nick & Norah Puppet Show by Kat Dennings (SD 05;12); Ari Graynor's Video Diary: A Look Behind-The Scenes (SD 03:56); a faux interview with Cera, Dennings, and Thomas (SD 02:50); storyboard animations with optional filmmakers' commentary (SD 09:07); a photo gallery; BD-Live capability; and previews. Disc Two contains a digital copy of the film.

    The 1.85:1 1080p AVC picture quality overall is fine, with an aggressive stylized color palette, exhibiting saturated hues and a very orange tint under various stage lighting during performances. Colors are warm, often leaning toward orange throughout, as exhibited in fleshtones. Resolution is generally soft. Blacks are deep and shadow delineation is quite good, revealing excellent depth. Contrast also is excellent, exhibiting a dimensional picture. Noise and other artifacts are virtually nonexistent, for a pristine picture. And at times the image quality is very eye-pleasing. Overall, this is a pleasing picture, if a bit on the over-saturated side. (Gary Reber)

    The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack is conventionally produced with no support for center-channel dialogue, in terms of spatial integration. Dialogue sounds ADR-produced and often muffled, especially when Nick (Cera) speaks. Surround envelopment is limited to the music, which at times, during live concerts, is aggressive. But at other times there is no signal in the surrounds or it is at such a low level that it leaves the sound to collapse to the front channels. The music is from prerecorded cuts that are generally average in sound quality, though, some cuts are nicely recorded. Overall, this is a mediocre soundtrack. (Gary Reber)

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