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| Scout, The |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 13 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
8674-85 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG13 |
| (Retail Price): |
$$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
102 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1994 |
| (LD Release Date): |
3/1/95 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Michael Richie |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Andrew Bergman, Albert Brooks & Monica Johnson |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Bill Conti |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Stephen Hendrickson |
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| (Editor): |
Don Zimmerman, ACE & Pambroke Herring |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Herbert S. Nanas & Jack Cummins |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Albert S. Ruddy & André E. Morgan |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.82:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
The Scout, based on the New Yorker article by Roger Angell, is a comedic baseball movie with Albert Brooks as Al Percolo, a veteran scout for the New York Yankees who is sent to Mexico to find a star player. He finds the gifted player in Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser) who has a pitching speed of 100 mph and is an expert at hitting, the fastest Al has ever seen. Al returns to America and the Yankees triumph with his discovery. While the Yankees are suitably impressed by Nebraska’s skills, his bizarre personality and unruly behavior leads them to suspect he is emotionally unstable and they bring in a psychiatrist, (Dianne Wiest) to determine if he is fit to play baseball.
LaserDisc Picture:
The matted 1.82:1 picture is overall inconsistent in quality with poor fleshtones that are rendered with a yellowish hue and oversaturated color. The picture, however, is noise- and artifact-free with solid, deep blacks and good shadow detail.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is underutilized but for the slightest ambient surround effect. This is essentially mono with some stereo embellishment.
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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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