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| Tarzan And The Lost City |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 30 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington, Winston Ntshona, Rapulana Seiphemo, Ian Roberts |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
16647 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
84 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Carl Schenkel |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
J. Anderson Black & Bayard Johnson |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Christopher Franke |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Herbert Pinter |
| (Visual Effects): |
CineMagic & HDO |
| (Costume Designer): |
Jo Katsaras-Barklem |
| (Editor): |
Harry Hitner |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Andreas Biegler |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Gregory Coote, Lawrence Mortorff & Kurt Silberschneider |
| (Co-Producers): |
Peter Siegler |
| (Producers): |
Stanley S. Canter, Dieter Geissler & Michael Lake |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Super 35 |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS, 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:
After returning to England after his childhood in the jungles, John Clayton, aka, Tarzan (Van Dien), begins life as Lord Greystoke. But when he discovers that unscrupulous explorers are attempting to ravage the legendary African City of Opar as well as sacred tombs, he and his fiancée Jane (March) return to the jungles to put a stop to the looting. Adapted from the stories of Edger Rice Burroughs, Tarzan And The Lost City shows us some inviting scenery and has a nice score to match the action.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, framed at 2.35:1, exhibits vivid and richly hued colors with natural fleshtones and deep solid blacks with good color resolution. Images are generally sharp and detailed and shadow delineation is nicely rendered throughout with excellent contrast. There is no distracting noise or artifacts for an overall satisfying visual experience.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1 and matrix PCM soundtracks are dynamic sounding and spatially dimensional. The matrix PCM version actually sounds harmonically richer and fuller with an overall deeper bass presence, though at times the discrete’s .1 LFE is effectively deep and powerful. Surround envelopment is aggressive and the Dolby Digital’s discrete surrounds are often directionally effective. The music score is well recorded with an expansive and deep soundstage. And effects are produced in stereo. The dialogue is ADR-produced and often wanting in spatial integration. Overall, both renderings are thoroughly exciting and sure to please.
| (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): |
Yes |
| (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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