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| Mississippi Mermaid |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 07 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferriere. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML102330 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
109 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1969 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/01/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Francois Truffaut |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Francois Truffaut |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Antoine Duhamel |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Jean Chiabault |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Marcel Berbert |
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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): |
2.29:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Mag Stereo |
| (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:
Francois Truffaut’s Mississippi Mermaid is a romantic tale of desire, money, murder and mystery. Catherine Deneuve plays a mail order bride of a successful yet lonely plantation owner played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Mysteriously, she does not appear to be the bride he ordered. From the moment she steps ashore from La Siene du Mississippi, the mystery begins. Her appearance does not match the photo she had sent. Her likes and dislikes are not those described in her letters. Is she the woman he loved from afar? In the end he will kill to keep her in this compelling mystery-drama.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture on this disc is over matted. It appears to have been taken from a poor quality 35mm print and transferred at barely over 2.0:1 and then over matted to look 2.35:1, but in fact it measures 2.29:1. This can be detected by the positioning of the space around the credits and the composition in some scenes. The picture looks film-like but with inconsistencies in color fidelity and color balance. It is soft and inflicted with print artifacts and grain throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is mono and stringent.
| (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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Reference LaserDisc: |
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