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| Get Shorty |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML107093 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
105 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1995 |
| (LD Release Date): |
10/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Scott Frank |
| (Story): |
Scott Frank |
| (Music): |
John Lurie |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Peter Larkin |
| (Visual Effects): |
Sessums Engineering |
| (Costume Designer): |
Betsy Heimann |
| (Editor): |
Jim Miller |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Philip Stockton & Skip Lievsay |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
| (Co-Producers): |
Graham Place |
| (Producers): |
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg & Stacey Sher |
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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): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
DTS Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS Digital Sound |
| (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:
Get Shorty is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and stars Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who is sent to Los Angeles to collect on a gambling debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm (Hackman). Chili is an avid movie fan—even of the B-movie screamers, starring sexy Karen Flores (Russo), that Harry churns out. Instead of breaking Harry’s legs, Chili pitches him an idea that could be a big break for Harry’s career and suddenly he is swept into the Hollywood scene and schmoozes a major actor (DeVito) who agrees to star in his movie.
LaserDisc Picture:
The DTS® Digital Surround LaserDisc exhibits the same transfer as the Dolby® Digital LaserDisc reviewed in Issue 20, though it is not credited as THX®-quality assured. All aspects of image quality are excellent. When compared to the anamoprhically enhanced DVD reviewed in Issue 25, picture quality is inferior. The picture is matted at 1.85:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The DTS Digital Surround 5.1 discrete soundtrack is better resolved and articulated than the Dolby Digital soundtrack on the previous LaserDisc and DVD. The music score is terrific and beautifully recorded with an open soundstage presence, and overall spatial definition and stereo imaging is improved. As with the Dolby Digital soundtrack, effective aggressive surround envelopment is wanting. Dialogue sounds natural with generally good spatial integration. The differences between the DTS and Dolby Digital soundtracks are subtle but can be appreciated on good home theatre systems.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
Yes |
| (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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