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| Meteor |
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Genre:Science Fiction
Reviewed In Issue 12 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Sean Connery, Natatlie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Joseph Campanella, Henry Fonda |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Orion Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID2842OR |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
107 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1979 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Ronald Neame |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Stanley Mann & Edmund H. North |
| (Story): |
Edmund H. North |
| (Music): |
Laurence Rosenthal |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Edward Carfagno |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
Albert Wolsky |
| (Editor): |
Carl Kress |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Charles Moran |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Sandy Howard & Gabriel Katzka |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Arnold Orgolini & Theodore Parvin |
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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): |
Dolby Surround |
| (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:
Meteor is an action-packed disaster film starring Sean Connery as Dr. Paul Bradley, a former NASA scientist who left the space program after one of his inventions was exploited for military use. Now he alone holds the key to saving the world from a massive five-mile-wide meteor heading earth’s way at 30,000 miles per hour. Unfortunately, he must grapple with a cautious president (Fonda), a devious army general (Landau), a Russian colleague (Keith) and his beautiful translator (Wood).
LaserDisc Picture:
The Panavision® scope 2.35:1 aspect ratio has been retained but distracting artifacts, grain and noise spoil this transfer. The picture appears to be out-of-focus and undefined with inconsistent fleshtones and poor color, and insufficient shadow detail.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound has its moments of surround grandeur with an expansive music score and directional effects but fidelity is wanting.
| (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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