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| Purple Noon |
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Genre:Classic
Reviewed In Issue 25 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Elvire Popesco, Frank Latimore, Bill Kearns, Viviane Chantel & Ave Ninichi |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Criterion Collection |
| (Catalog Number): |
CC1476L |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$49.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
118 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1960 |
| (LD Release Date): |
4/9/97 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
René Clement |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
René Clément & Paul Gegauff |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Nino Rota |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Francoise Javet |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Robert Hakim & Raymond Hakim |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Foreign. Based on the novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith, Purple Noon stars matinee model Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, an angelic-looking young American whose talents for everything but holding down a job make him a favorite of the social set. When a concerned father recruits him to travel first class, all expenses paid, to bring back his errant son Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet)—Tom accepts. The two young men enjoy the good life in Italy until Tom finds his money source cut off and finds a more sinister way to maintain his lifestyle.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is unnatural looking with oversaturated fleshtones, rich colors and deep undefined blacks. Sometimes images are soft and look “milky,” bleeding into their backgrounds, but are generally sharp. Contrast and shadow detail is poor and undefined, with grain and noise apparent throughout. Subtitles are cut off the bottom of widescreen monitors. The measured aspect ratio is 1.68:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is undistinguished monaural with distorted ADR-manufactured dialogue and a poorly rendered music score that is forward and unnatural.
| (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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