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| Cimarron |
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Genre:Classic
Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O’Connell, Russ Tamblyn & Mercedes McCambridge |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML101075 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$49.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
147 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1960 |
| (LD Release Date): |
6/9/97 |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Anthony Mann |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
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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:
Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Edna Ferber and a remake of the Academy Award®-winning 1931 film, Cimarron is a sprawling epic that begins at high noon on April 22, 1889, when a gunshot settles an entire territory—Oklahoma. Yancey “Cimarron” Cravet (Glenn Ford) and his wife Sabra (Maria Schell) have dreams of that territory, but before long, Yancey begins to suffer from wanderlust. Setting out for unsettled land, Yancey turns his newspaper empire over to Sabra—a move that turns his wife into a woman of strength and his son into a young man of independence. Cimarron is a tale of the men who won the west and the women who shaped it into civilization.
LaserDisc Picture:
The CinemaScope® picture, framed precisely at 2.35:1, exhibits dated, slightly oversaturated brown color fidelity with deep blacks that otherwise is natural looking. Images are sharp and detailed, but marred with artifacts, noise and grain. Some scenes look really great, while others, like the obvious sets, do not. Shifts in color intensity appear in some scenes as well.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is predominantly monaural in character and the stereo music score has a very narrow soundstage.
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No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
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No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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