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| Hurricane Streets |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Brendan Sexton III, Shawn Elliott, José Zuniga, Isidra Vega, L. M. Kit Carson |
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| Supplementals |
| Includes the theatrical trailer. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML106831 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
88 |
| (Color Type): |
Color With Black & White Sequences |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Morgan J. Freeman |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Morgan J. Freeman |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Theodore Shapiro |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Petra Barchi |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Sabine Hoffman |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
L. M. Kit Carson & Cynthia Hargrave |
| (Co-Producers): |
Nadia Leonelli |
| (Producers): |
Galt Niederhoffer, Gill Holland & Morgan J. Freeman |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.82:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Stereo |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Ultra Stereo |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Hurricane Streets—sometimes tenderly; often, with harsh reality—tells the story of Marcus (Brendan Sexton III), a good-hearted teenage thief growing up in a bad neighborhood. When he meets and falls for a girl who could turn his life around, they plan to go off together to live with her uncle in New Mexico until a gang talks Marcus into just one more job.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is matted at 1.82:1. The opening black and white sequence exhibits a generally good grayscale with sharp and detailed images and good contrast. The picture exhibits fully saturated colors, with natural fleshtones, rich and vibrant colors and deep, solid blacks. Sometimes colors appear slightly oversaturated and plugged up in darker interiors. Images are generally sharp and detailed, with good contrast and shadow delineation. There is minor noise apparent throughout, but no distracting artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The matrix PCM soundtrack is a low budget production with inconsistencies. Dialogue sounds natural but wanting in spatial integration. The music score is genenally well recorded, with occasionally effective deep bass and aggressive surround, but the overall sound is mediocre at best.
| (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 |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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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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