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    Wrongfully Accused
    Genre:Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly Le Brock, Sandra Bernhard, Michael York, Melinda McGraw

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 3.5
    Sound Rating: 5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 16129
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Retail Price): $39.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 86
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1998
    (LD Release Date): 2/99
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Pat Proft
    (Screenplay/Written By): Pat Proft
    (Story):
    (Music): Bill Conti
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Michael Bolton
    (Visual Effects):
    (Costume Designer):
    (Editor): James R. Symons, ACE
    (Supervising Sound Editors):
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): Robert L. Rosen, Martin Moszkowicz & Gary Barber
    (Co-Producers):
    (Producers): Pat Proft, James G. Robinson & Bernd Eichinger

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): Dolby Digital
    (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
    (Remastered Dolby Digital): No
    (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
    (Additional Languages):

    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    In this spoof on The Fugitive (that pokes fun at just about every other ‘90s movie as well), Leslie Nielsen stars as violinist Ryan Harrison who is Wrongfully Accused of murder. On his way to the death house, his bus is involved in an accident and he is able to escape to search for the real killer—a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The 1.85:1 picture exhibits rich color fidelity with occasionally orange fleshtones, vibrant colors and deep blacks. Images are often softly focused, making colors appear smeared and lacking clarity. Other times the picture is natural with good detail. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered, but noise is apparent throughout.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    Both the Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1 and matrix Dolby Surround PCM soundtrack are nicely spatially enveloping with an aggressive surround presence. Sound effects and Foley are great and bass extension is deep and powerful. Overall, the discrete bass track is preferred for .1 LFE enhancement, though bass is deep on the matrix as well. The music score is well recorded with a sweeping soundstage. Split surround directionality and presence is superb on the discrete version. Dialogue is intelligible throughout, but sometimes wanting in spatial integration.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
    (Aggressive System Surround): Yes
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
    (Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
    (Holosonic Soundfield): No
    (Aggressive Split Surround): Yes
    (Center Back Surround Imaging): No
    (Directionalized Dialogue): No
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    		 Yes
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    		 No
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    		 No
    Superb Cinematography:
    		 -
    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 No
    Collector Edition:
    		 No
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