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    Doc Savage
    Genre:Action Adventure

    Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Ron Ely

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 2.5
    Sound Rating: 2
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 11510
    (MPAA Rating): G
    (Retail Price): $34.98
    (Running Time In Minutes): 100
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1975
    (LD Release Date): 6/98
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Michael Anderson
    (Screenplay/Written By): George Pal & Joe Morhaim
    (Story): NA
    (Music): John Philip Sousa, Frank De Vol & Don Black
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Fred Harpman
    (Visual Effects):
    (Costume Designer):
    (Editor): Thomas McCarthy, ACE
    (Supervising Sound Editors):
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): NA
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): George Pal

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

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

    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Based on the first novel—in a series of 181—by Kenneth Robeson, Doc Savage The Man Of Bronze stars Ron Ely as the toned and tanned surgeon, astronomer, inventor and all-around good deed-doer. The story begins in Doc’s Arctic Circle “Fortress of Solitude” where Doc endeavors to improve his mind until the occasion that a wrong needs righting. With the able-minded assistance of his brain-trust, The Fabulous Five, Doc takes on any and all who seek to undermine the American way of freedom and justice for all. Doc Savage sets off to the Valley of the Vanished to confront and vanquish the power-mad Captain Seas. A campy good time.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The picture, matted at 1.85:1, appears dated, but exhibits generally natural color fidelity with accurate fleshtones and warm colors, though blacks lack true depth and solidity. Colors are inconsistently rendered, sometimes appearing plugged up and wanting in better clarity with brownish fleshtones. The picture is nicely contrasted, but is wanting in better visual information between shadows and total darkness. Noise is apparent throughout, and is sometimes distracting, but artifacts are minimal.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that sounds bright and strident, as well as distorted.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
    (Aggressive System Surround): No
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
    (Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
    (Holosonic Soundfield): No
    (Aggressive Split Surround): No
    (Center Back Surround Imaging): No
    (Directionalized Dialogue): No
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    		 No
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    		 No
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    		 No
    Superb Cinematography:
    		 -
    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 No
    Collector Edition:
    		 No
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