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| Grosse Pointe Blank |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 28 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven & Hank Azaria |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Hollywood Pictures Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
10040 AS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
107 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1996 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
George Armitage |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Tom Jankiewicz, D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Joe Strummer |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Stephen Altman |
| (Visual Effects): |
CIS Hollywood |
| (Costume Designer): |
Eugenie Bafaloukos |
| (Editor): |
Brian Berdan |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
David Mankins |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Jonathan Glickman & Lata Ryan |
| (Co-Producers): |
John Cusack & Steve Pink |
| (Producers): |
Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth & Roger Birnbaum |
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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): |
SDDS & 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:
Grosse Pointe Blank is a thrilling, unconventional black comedy that features John Cusack as Martin Blank, a professional assassin with an upcoming high school reunion. There, he discovers that the girl (Minnie Driver) he ditched on prom night still wants retribution, and that he is being followed by his arch rival (Dan Aykroyd), corrupt federal agents and a lunatic who all want something from him.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, matted at 1.80:1 is oversaturated in color fidelity with deep, rich colors and blacks that are often undistinguished with grotesquely red fleshtones. Occasionally, exteriors look more natural. Images are generally sharp and detailed with minor noise and artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital discrete and matrix PCM soundtracks vary in sound quality. While the music score is well recorded and expansive, dialogue is veiled and mono focused, though sometimes natural sounding. The matrix actually creates a better sense of subtle surround envelopment. This is an uneven experience that sounds mediocre.
| (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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