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| Private Parts |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 27 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris & Paul Giamatti |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV332513-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
108 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Betty Thomas |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Len Blum & Michael Kalesniko |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Van Dyke Parks |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Charles Rosen |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
Joseph G. Aulisi |
| (Editor): |
Peter Teschner |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
John Dunn |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck & Keith Samples |
| (Co-Producers): |
Celia Goldberg |
| (Producers): |
Ivan Reitman |
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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): |
1.80:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Based on Howard Stern’s best-selling novel, Private Parts is the hilarious account of the rise of America’s most famous “shock jock.” With the tireless support of his wife Allison (Mary McCormack), Howard works his way from small-town radio stations to his first big break at DC101 in Washington, D.C. There, with the help of his news assistant Robin Quivers (herself), Stern learns he can no longer hold back against slimy broadcasting executives, bitter disc jockeys and his own self-doubts to emerge as the most controversial “King Of All Media.”
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.80:1 picture exhibits mediocre color fideity with generally natural fleshtones, sometimes rich and warm colors and deep blacks. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail, but close-up shots can be extremely detailed. Shadow detail and contrast is good. Slight noise and minor artifacts are apparent.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is inconsistent in sound quality throughout with interior scenes rendered with very natural and spatially integrated dialogue and others poor sounding. The narrative dialogue is distracting split mono on the Dolby® Digital and PCM versions for a mediocre sonic presentation.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (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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