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| Sliver |
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Genre:Thriller
Reviewed In Issue 06 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Nina Foch, CCH Pounder & Colleen Camp |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV32722-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
106 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
No |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1993 |
| (LD Release Date): |
11/01/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Phillip Noyce |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Joe Eszterhas |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Howard Shore |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Paul Sylbert |
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| (Editor): |
Richard Francis-Bruce |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Howard W. Koch, Jr. & Joe Eszterhas |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Robert Evans |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.10:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo SR |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Ira Levin, Sliver is a top-notch thriller punctuated with sexual intensity. The story is about a beautiful divorcee (Sharon Stone) who takes an apartment in one of the Big Apple’s chic and sleek “sliver” buildings. She soon is the target of two handsome suitors, a best-selling author (Tom Berenger) and a wealthy computer-software designer who also owns the building (William Baldwin).Suspenseful entanglements ensue as Stone’s character is drawn into the dark passions of a voyeur techno-world that blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
LaserDisc Picture:
This is one gorgeous looking image with a soft film-like quality. The matted transfer has an aspect ratio of 2.10:1. Dark scenes have excellent shadow detail and contrast. Color fidelity is excellent with deep blacks and flesh tones that look exceptionally accurate. There is not a trace of artifacts to mar the picture quality.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is good and well balanced with with a subtle surround envelopment. A more aggressive surround presence would have intensified the suspense however.
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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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