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    Krippendorf’s Tribe
    Genre:Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 30 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Smith, Carl Michael Linder, Stephen Root, Elaine Stritch, Tom Poston, David Ogden Stiers & Lily Tomlin

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 4
    Sound Rating: 3.5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Touchstone Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 13570 AS
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Retail Price): $39.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 94
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1998
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    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Todd Holland
    (Screenplay/Written By): Charlie Peters
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    (Music): Bruce Broughton
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    (Production Designer): Scott Chambliss
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    (Editor): Jon Poll
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    (Executive Producers): Whitney Green & Ross Canter
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    (Producers): Larry Brezner

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
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    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): DTS, SDDS & Dolby Digital
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Based Frank Parkin’s book, Krippendorf’s Tribe is the story of James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss), an anthropologist who, for the last two years has been living off a grant to study an “undiscovered” tribe in New Guinea. When James learns that the grant requires filmed proof of the tribe’s existence, he uses his family—as primitive as they are—to serve as the tribe.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The picture, matted at 1.82:1, exhibits excellent color fidelity with accurate fleshtones, rich colors and deep, solid blacks. Only some interior scenes appear a bit plugged up with fleshtones appearing orange in hue. Images are sharp and detailed with nicely rendered clarity, excellent shadow detail and contrast.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1 soundtrack is a bit less dimensionally dynamic and does not resolve low level ambience sound effects well. The music score is nicely recorded and expansive. Dialogue is often effectively staged off-screen but the overall fidelity is strident sounding and at times annoying. Low frequency extension is generally deep and occasionally punctuated with .1 LFE bass. Surround is aggressive throughout and discrete on the Dolby Digital version.
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