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| Rainmaker, The |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 30 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman, Cameron Prud’Homme, Wallace Ford & Yvonne Lime |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV5606-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
121 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1956 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Joseph Anthony |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
N. Richard Nash |
| (Story): |
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| (Music): |
Alex North |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Hal Pereira & Walter Tyler |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Warren Low, ACE |
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| (Executive Producers): |
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| (Co-Producers): |
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| (Producers): |
Hal B. Wallis |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
VistaVision |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
Variable |
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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 |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Based on N. Richard Nash’s play produced on the New York stage, The Rainmaker is a genuinely appealing and wonderfully executed romance spiced with humor and emotion. Burt Lancaster is brilliantly cast as Starbuck, a traveling con man who sells his rainmaking “powers” to unsuspecting, drought-ridden towns. But when he arrives in the arid town of Three Point, he meets a lonely tomboy of a ranch girl named Lizzy (Katharine Hepburn) and helps her blossom into a woman.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture looks dated, but features fully, if not over saturated colors, with brownish fleshtones and deep undefined blacks. The overall picture looks a bit plugged-up and lacking clarity. Images are wanting in sharpness and fine detail, with mediocre shadow delineation and contrast. Visual information is lost in the darker scenes. Noise is apparent, especially in interiors, as well as minor artifacts. Overall, the picture is wanting in naturalness and needs to be a little less saturated in chroma fidelity. The aspect ratio is 1.75:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The dated soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that sounds distorted and compressed.
| (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 |
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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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