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| Pagemaster, The |
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Genre:Fantasy Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 14 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd & The Voices Of Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Frank Welker, Leonard Nimoy, Ed Begley, Jr. & Mel Harris |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
8641-85 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
G |
| (Retail Price): |
$$29.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
75 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1994 |
| (LD Release Date): |
4/1/95 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Joe Johnston & Maruice Hunt |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
David Casci, David Kirschner & Ernie Contreras |
| (Story): |
David Kirschner & David Casci |
| (Music): |
James Horner |
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| (Production Designer): |
Cay Lawrence, Valerio Ventura & Roy Forge Smith |
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| (Editor): |
Jeffrey Patch & Kaja Fehr |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
David Steinberg & Barry Weiss |
| (Producers): |
David Kirschner & Paul Gertz |
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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): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS & Dolby Digital |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
The Pagemaster is an animated tale with live action and stars Macauley Culkin as fraidy-cat Richard Tyler whose adventure begins when he ducks into an old mysterious library. The man in charge (Christopher Lloyd) is no ordinary librarian, he is The Pagemaster and sends Richard on a literary adventure (transformed into animation). His three guidebook companions are Adventure (Patrick Stewart), Fantasy (Whoopi Goldberg) and Horror (Frank Welker) as they take him through the timeless magic and adventure of the world’s greatest books. Kids will love this wonderful and terrifically imaginative animated journey.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is perfectly matted at 1.85:1 Colors are vivid although the picture is slightly soft with some slight grain and noise.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The matrixed Dolby Surround® soundtrack is wonderfully enveloping with a sweeping and dynamic John Horner score.
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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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