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| Dementia 13 |
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Genre:Classic
Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick McGee, Ethne Dunn, Peter Read, Karl Schanzer, Ron Perry, Derry O’Donovan & Barbara Dowling |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
The Roan Group |
| (Catalog Number): |
RGL9606 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$49.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
81 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1963 |
| (LD Release Date): |
3/9/97 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Francis Ford Coppola |
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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): |
1.50:1 |
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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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Story Synopsis:
At 23 years-old, Francis Ford Coppola made his directorial debut with Dementia 13, a horrifying look at the ill-fated Haloran family fortunes set in the moors of Ireland. Beginning with the untimely death of the youngest daughter, Kathleen, years before. But when the conniving Louise drops her dead husband in a nearby pond, for fear of being cut off from the family inheritance, she begins to investigate deep into the mystery behind Kathleen’s death—only to discover the hard way that there is an axe-wielding fiend with plans to thin out selected Halorans.
LaserDisc Picture:
The black and white picture, matted at 1.50:1, exhibits a poor grayscale with major distracting artifacts. Blacks are, at best, a newspaper dark gray and the whites glow with halos. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail with extremely poor contrast.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is undistinguished and compressed monaural that is distorted.
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No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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