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    Quest For Camelot
    Genre:Animation

    Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    The Voice Talents Of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Don Rickles, Eric Idle, Gary Oldman, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne, Bronson Pinchot, John Gielgud, Frank Welker, Jaleel White

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 4.5
    Sound Rating: 5
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    Supplementals
    Include making-of segments on the progression of animation and voices.

    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 16607
    (MPAA Rating): G
    (Retail Price): $29.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 86
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1998
    (LD Release Date): 11/98
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Frederik Du Chau
    (Screenplay/Written By): Kirk De Micco, William Schifrin, Jacqueline Feather & David Seidler
    (Story): NA
    (Music): Patrick Doyle
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Steve Pilcher
    (Visual Effects):
    (Costume Designer):
    (Editor): Stanford C. Allen
    (Supervising Sound Editors):
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): NA
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Dalisa Cooper Cohen

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.78:1

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

    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Based on the book “The King’s Damosel” by Vera Chapman, Quest For Camelot tells the story of Kayley, daughter of Round Table Knight Sir Lionel who died defending King Arthur from the evil knight Ruber. Some years later, Ruber returns to Camelot and steals the sword Excalibur and then kidnaps Kayley. She escapes, and sets out to retrieve the sword and return it to its rightful place in Camelot with the help of a blind squire who received his swordplay training from Kayley’s father.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The LaserDisc looks beautiful with magnificent colors and sharp images. Minor noise is apparent, but there are no artifacts. Overall, the picture will surely please with fantastic animated images. The LaserDisc measures 1.78:1.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete and matrix PCM soundtracks are terrific. The music score is wonderful and beautifully recorded with an expansive soundstage presence that images wide and deep, especially the discrete version. Bass extension is excellent and natural sounding, with the Dolby Digital version is enhanced with .1 LFE impact. Surround envelopment is aggressive and spatially dimensional, the discrete delivering at times effective split surrounds. Dialogue, while completely ADR-produced sounds generally natural.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
    (Aggressive System Surround): Yes
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
    (Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
    (Holosonic Soundfield): Yes
    (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:
    		 Yes
    Superb Cinematography:
    		 -
    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 Yes
    Collector Edition:
    		 No
    DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
    The LaserDisc looks beautiful with magnificent colors and sharp images, but pales when compared to the anamorphically enhanced DVD and viewed through the component video output. The DVD’s increased vertical and horizontal resolution make for a more solid experience with better clarity. Minor noise is apparent on the LaserDisc, but the DVD is completely noise-free. There are no artifacts on either version, and both are sure to please with fantastic animated images. The anamorphic and letterbox DVD aspect ratios, as well as the LaserDisc, measure 1.78:1. Both the DVD and LaserDisc Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete soundtrack and the LaserDisc matrix PCM soundtracks are terrific. The music score is wonderful and beautifully recorded with an expansive soundstage presence that images wide and deep, especially the discrete version. Bass extension is excellent and natural sounding, with the Dolby Digital version is enhanced with .1 LFE impact. Surround envelopment is aggressive and spatially dimensional, the discrete delivering at times effective split surrounds. Dialogue, while completely ADR-produced sounds generally natural.