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| Little Big Man |
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Genre:Western
Reviewed In Issue 06 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Dustin Hoffman, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
7130-85 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$69.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
139 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1970 |
| (LD Release Date): |
08/01/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Arthur Penn |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Calder Willingham |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Alan Silvestri |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Dean Tavoularis |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
NA |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Stuart Millar |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Little Big Man is humorous tall tale of Jack Cobb, a feisty 121-year-old man who claims to be the sole survivor of Custer’s Last Stand. The master storyteller is played by Dustin Hoffman who also narrates the character’s ever changing predicament from a young orphaned boy to an old man in a wonderful mixture of both fact and myth, irreverently exposing some of the epic contradictions of the wild West. Jack pursuits start out when he is orphaned and raised as a Cheyenne named ”Little Big Man” At age 16 he winds up with the fanatic Rev. Pendrake for proper religious training, only to find himself receiving very different lessons from the preacher’s lecherous wife (Faye Dunaway). After that, a succession of occupations land him in the middle of countless extraordinary situations, all the while miraculously surviving bloody massacres, raids and gunfights.
LaserDisc Picture:
This film deserves a better element than was provided for this transfer which is faithful to the 2.35:1 scope ratio. The overall picture quality has dulled colors but generally natural looking flesh tones. Slight artifacts are visible due to the source element.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The mono soundtrack is acceptable but lacks the necessary dynamics and dimension that would have better connected the viewer with the story.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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