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    Six Days Seven Nights
    Genre:Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 4.5
    Sound Rating: 5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Touchstone Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 16069 AS
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Retail Price): $59.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 102
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1998
    (LD Release Date): 1/99
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Ivan Reitman
    (Screenplay/Written By): Michael Browning
    (Story): NA
    (Music): Randy Edelman
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): J. Michael Riva
    (Visual Effects):
    (Costume Designer):
    (Editor): Sheldon Kahn, ACE & Wendy Greene Bricmont, ACE
    (Supervising Sound Editors):
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg & Julie Bergman Sender
    (Co-Producers): Gordon Webb & Sheldon Kahn
    (Producers): Ivan Reitman, Wallis Nicita & Roger Birnbaum

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Panavision
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.30:1

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

    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Magazine editor Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) is whisked off by boyfriend Frank Martin (David Schwimmer) for Six Days Seven Nights on a remote Pacific island. But when Robin must travel to Tahiti, she becomes stranded with a hard-boiled cargo pilot (Harrison Ford) on an even more remote island by a furious storm, they are forced to cope with the island’s dangers, gun-toting pirates and each other.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The LaserDisc, framed at 2.30:1, exhibits sharp and detailed images throughout. Colors are naturally rendered throughout, as are contrast and shadow delineation. Occasional artifacts are apparent, but not terribly distracting. The picture will surely please throughout.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The DTS® Digital Surround 5.1 discrete and matrix PCM soundtrack is effectively spatial. The aggressive surround presence is further enhanced with split surrounds on the discrete versions. The music score is well recorded and dynamic sounding with excellent soundstage imaging. While the discrete versions image slightly wider, the matrix version at times sounds more dimensional. Bass extension is deep and powerful, especially when .1 LFE enhancement is engaged. The weak element is the dialogue, which, while natural sounding and very intelligible, is wanting in spatial integration due to occasional ADR-processing.
    (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:
    		 No
    Superb Cinematography:
    		 -
    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 Yes
    Collector Edition:
    		 No
    DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
    The LaserDisc and non-anamorphic DVD are framed at 2.30:1, and exhibit similar pleasing qualities. Images are sharp and detailed on both versions, but the DVD exhibits better clarity and resolution. Colors are naturally rendered throughout, as are contrast and shadow delineation. Occasional artifacts are apparent on both versions and the DVD appears to be created from a composite source due to occasional NTSC motion artifacts. The Dolby Digital 5.1 discrete soundtrack on both the DVD and LaserDisc, the DTS® Digital Surround 5.1 discrete LaserDisc, and matrix PCM soundtracks are effectively spatial. The aggressive surround presence is further enhanced with split surrounds on the discrete versions. The music score is well recorded and dynamic sounding with excellent soundstage imaging. While the discrete versions image slightly wider, the matrix version at times sounds more dimensional. Bass extension is deep and powerful, especially when .1 LFE enhancement is engaged. The weak element is the dialogue, which, while natural sounding and very intelligible, is wanting in spatial integration due to occasional ADR-processing.