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| Omega Man, The |
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Genre:Science Fiction
Reviewed In Issue 11 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash. |
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| Supplementals |
| A 10-minute “making of” featurette, The Last Man Alive, has Charlton Heston somberly discussing his character’s motivation with white-haired anthropologist Ashley Montagu. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
11210 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
98 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1971 |
| (LD Release Date): |
10/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Boris Sagall |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
John William & Joyce H. Corrington |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Ron Grainer |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Arthur Loel, Walter M. Simonds |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
William Ziegler |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Walter Seltzer |
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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 |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
The Omega Man is based upon the novel, “I Am Legend,” by Richard Matheson about a plague-ridden future in which biological warfare has decimated life on Earth. A survivor named Robert Neville (Charlton Heston) forages by day in the windswept and burned-out ghost town remnants of Los An-geles, but gets undercover before sundown, when other “survivors” emerge. “The Family,” white-haired mutant ghouls spawned by the plague, are out to get him. While fending off attacks he finds that he is not the only un-infected survivor when he meets Lisa (Rosalind Cash) and some healthy children who he becomes protector to.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is presented in its Panavision® aspect ratio at 2.35:1. While a little dark overall, blacks are deep but the grain is annoyingly noticeable in the dark scenes as well as noise and artifacts. Fleshtones appear naturally rendered throughout and the picture has good color fidelity and detail.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished, but well recorded monaural.
| (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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