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    Road To Wellville, The
    Genre:Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 14 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, Dana Carvey.

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 5
    Sound Rating: 5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia/TriStar Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 73426
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Retail Price): $$39.95
    (Running Time In Minutes): 120
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1994
    (LD Release Date): 5/1/95
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Alan Parker
    (Screenplay/Written By): Alan Parker
    (Story): NA
    (Music): Rachel Portman
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Brain Morris
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    (Editor): Gerry Hambling, ACE
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    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): Tom Rosenberg & Marc Abraham
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Alan Parker, Armyan Bernstein & Robert F. Colesberry

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.82:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): SDDS Digital
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    (Remastered Dolby Digital):
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    The Road To Wellville is a bold and outrageously hilarious film based on the novel by T. Coraghessan about Dr. John H. Kellogg, the food and scientific inventor, who in 1876 be-came the owner of and ran the famous health spa/hospital/grand hotel, the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, which was a destination of the rich and famous including such luminaries as Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt and John D. Rockefeller. Dr. Kellogg’s inventions were numerous and unique and in-cluded 75 different kinds of foods amongst them cornflakes (which his brother Will K. Kellogg marketed) and peanut butter.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The 1.82:1 matted picture is sharp and de-tailed with virtually no artifacts. Fleshtones are accurate, blacks are deep and solid, and contrast and color fidelity are excellent.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack features a wonderfully entertaining music score that is beautifully recorded with a wide stereo stage. Surround envelopment is aggressive with a pleasant ambience and dialogue that sounds recorded in real spaces.
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    (Aggressive System Surround):
    (Intense 25Hz Bass):
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    (Directionalized Dialogue):
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    Superb Cinematography:
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