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    Windtalkers

    Featured In Issue 117, February 2007

    Picture3
    Sound4.5
    WSR Score3
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    M106338
    (MPAA Rating):
    R
    (Rating Reason):
    For pervasive graphic war violence, and for language
    (Retail Price):
    $39.98
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Single Layer (BD-25)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    134
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    A
    (Theatrical Year):
    2002
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    11/28/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    John Woo
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    (Disc Soundtrack):
    DTS HD Lossless 5.1
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    In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, tormented marine Sergeant Joe Enders (Cage) is given the mission to guard native American Ben Yahzee (Beach), a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the Japanese: the Navajo Code. "Windtalkers" is loosely based on a real-life WWII operation. (Suzanne Hodges)

    There are no supplements.

    The 2.40:1 Blu-ray Disc picture is very pleasing, with well-balanced colors and deep blacks. Details can be impressively sharp, but the entire image often looks flat and unrealistic. (Danny Richelieu)

    The lossless DTS-HD™ Master Audio 5.1-channel soundtrack can very exciting, I'm sure, with well-placed images around the room and very good fidelity. Still, the core DTS stream features superb dynamic range, with subtle sound cues that are easy to pick out, even in the most extreme scenes. The lossless version of the track should sound even better. (Danny Richelieu)

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