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| Heart And Souls |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer, Alfre Woodard |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Image Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID4483MC |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG13 |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
103 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1993 |
| (LD Release Date): |
7/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Ron Underwood |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, Gregory Hansen & Erik Hansen |
| (Story): |
Gregory Hansen, Erik Hansen, Brent Maddock & S.S. Wilson |
| (Music): |
Marc Shaiman |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
John Muto |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
O. Nicholas Brown |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Cari-Esta Albert & James Jacks |
| (Co-Producers): |
Erik Hansen & Gregory Hansen |
| (Producers): |
Nancy Roberts & Sean Daniel |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Panavision |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
DTS Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS Digital Sound |
| (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:
Four strangers are brought together in a very unusual way in the charming comedy Heart And Souls. A bus overturns, killing its passengers (Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore and Alfre Woodard). At the very same moment, baby Thomas (Robert Downey, Jr.) is born, and for 20 years, the souls finds themselves earthbound with him.
LaserDisc Picture:
The scope aspect ratio has been matted to 2.40:1. The picture has a soft quality with a very natural color spectrum. Shadow detail is excellent and there are no glaring artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The DTS® Digital Surround discrete 5.1 soundtrack is inconsistent in spatial dimension. In scenes where full scale holosonic sound design is employed, the spatial character is outstanding. But overall, the split surrounds are used for effects more than consistently delivering surround envelopment. At times, the soundfield collapses to stereo. Effective .1 LFE enhancement has been added to the bass track. Dialogue is nicely integrated spatially.
| (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: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
The LaserDisc, framed at 2.40:1 exhibits the same pleasing, but occasionally soft quality as the LaserDisc reviewed in Issue 7. Color fidelity is naturally balanced, with nice contrast and shadow delineation. There is minor noise and artifacts. The DTS® Digital Surround discrete 5.1 soundtrack is inconsistent in spatial dimension. In scenes where full scale holosonic sound design is employed, the spatial character is outstanding. But overall, the split surrounds are used for effects more than consistently delivering surround envelopment. At times, the soundfield collapses to stereo, while the matrix PCM LaserDisc soundtrack consistently delivers. Effective .1 LFE enhancement has been added to the bass track. Dialogue is nicely integrated spatially.
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