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| Smoke Signals |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Miramax Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
15779AS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG13 |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
89 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
1/99 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Chris Eyre |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Sherman Alexie |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
BC Smith |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Charles Armstrong |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Brian Berdan |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
David Skinner & Carl Bressler |
| (Co-Producers): |
Sherman Alexie & Chris Eyre |
| (Producers): |
Scott Rosenfelt & Larry Estes |
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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): |
1.82:1 |
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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:
A 1998 Sundance Film Festival winner, Smoke Signals is based on stories from “The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven” by Sherman Alexie. Victor and Thomas have grown up in the same small Idaho town their entire young lives, but the self-assured Victor wants little to do with Thomas. But when Victor needs money to go to Arizona after his father’s death, Thomas will give it to him provided he can go along. A witty and unusual story.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.82:1 picture has a slightly dark appearance to it, with fully saturated colors, generally natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. Images are generally sharp and detailed, but wanting in fine detail and texture. Contrast and shadow delineation are mediocre, but exterior scenes are more naturally rendered. There is minor noise apparent in darker interiors, but artifacts are not distracting.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital discrete soundtrack delivers a nicely articulate music score with deep bass and split surround dimensionality that is more effective than the matrix PCM soundtrack. Even so, the sound is rather thin and wanting in warmth on both versions, with .1 LFE enhancement almost non-existent. Dialogue sounds generally natural and is nicely integrated spatially.
| (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: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
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