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| Illustrated Man, The |
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Genre:Science Fiction
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
11211 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
103 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1969 |
| (LD Release Date): |
9/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Jack Smight |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Howard B. Kreitsek |
| (Story): |
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| (Music): |
Jerry Goldsmith |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Joel Schiller |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Archie Marshek, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
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| (Co-Producers): |
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| (Producers): |
Howard B. Kreitsek & Ted Mann |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Panavision |
| (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): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (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:
Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man presents three short stories that all stem from elaborate the tattoos covering a man’s body. Put there over the years by a mysterious artist named Felicia (Claire Bloom), Carl (Rod Steiger) warns Will (Robert Drivas), a young drifter, not to stare at the illustrations he carries because they contain stories of frightening events to come. But Will is determined to see the future, and he soon finds himself a terrified character in these nightmarish sagas.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is extremely soft, with muddy, smeared colors, brownish-orange fleshtones and deep undefined blacks. Images completely lack sharpness and detail, and due to poor contrast, appear hazy. The picture appears totally unnatural in all aspects, with distracting noise and video artifacts. The darker scenes lack detail and appear plugged-up throughout. Only occasional exterior scenes appear sharper, with better color balance, but still, the overall appearance is poor, and is sourced from a film print. The picture is measured at 2.32:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that sounds distorted.
| (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 |
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