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| Green Mansions |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 28 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Audrey Hepburn, Anthony Perkins, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa & Henry Silva |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML100661 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
104 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1959 |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Mel Ferrer |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.32:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Mag Stereo |
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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 romance novel by Wiliam Henry Hudson, Green Mansions features Anthony Perkins as Abel, a political fugitive seeking gold in South America to fund his revenge against his father’s assassins. He meets with a group of natives and discovers a forest forbidden by the chief. Believing the tribe is hiding gold, Abel scouts the pristine jungle, but learns the chief’s son was supposedly murdered by an evil spirit known as Rima (Audrey Hepburn), or the “bird girl.” The Indians force Abel to go back into the forest with a mission to kill the innocent Rima, but when the two meet, they are drawn to one another and forced to run for their lives from the savage tribe.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, framed at 2.32:1 looks dated with generally good color fidelity, natural fleshtones and deep blacks. Images are generally sharp and detailed, but scenes in the forbidden forest with Audrey Hepburn are much softer in focus. Contrast and shadow detail is mediocre. Slight noise and excessive artifacts are apparent throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is stereo and has matrix encoding errors which can be heard in dialogue leakage. Subtle surround envelopment is provided by the sweeping music score, but the fidelity on this soundtrack is dated.
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No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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