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    In The Army Now
    Genre:Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 13 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Pauly Shore, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier.

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 3.5
    Sound Rating: 3
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Hollywood Pictures Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 3079 AS
    (MPAA Rating): PG
    (Retail Price): $$39.99
    (Running Time In Minutes): 92
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1994
    (LD Release Date): 2/1/95
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Daniel Petrie Jr.
    (Screenplay/Written By): Ken Kaufman, Stu Krieger, Daniel Petrie, Jr., Fax Bahr & Adam Small
    (Story): Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai & Robbie Fox
    (Music): Robert Folk
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Craig Stearns
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    (Editor): O. Nicholas Brown
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    (Executive Producers): Nicholas Hassitt & Cyrus Yavneh
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Michael Rotenberg

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): Dolby Stereo A
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    In The Army Now is a off-beat comedy with Pauly Shore starring as a recruit in the Army Reserves. Fired for incompetency as a sales clerk Bones Conway (Shore) and a buddy enlist in the Army Reserves taking advantage of the $2,000 the Army pays for training. With his shaggy locks shorn, he attempts to finish basic training along with his neurotic dental student pal (David Alan Grier) and a band of misfits who are being trained as water purifiers, (necessary if called to a desert war). The inevitable happens, they are shipped to the desert to fight and in a series of adventures with their water truck find themselves in a position of importance.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The 1.85:1 matted picture is sharply de-fined with solid night scenes and good shadow detail. There is a slight orange cast to fleshtones and color fidelity is inconsistent, but otherwise colors are vivid. The picture is generally noise-free with some slight artifacts.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack is uneventful with limited dynamics and subtle ambient envelopment provided strickly by the music score and the occasional special effect. Dialogue was recorded within the vacuum of ADR.
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