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| True Crime |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 34 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Diane Venora, James Woods |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
16323 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
127 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1999 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Clint Eastwood |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Larry Gross, Paul Brickman & Stephen Schiff |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Lennie Niehaus |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Henry Bumstead |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
NA |
| (Editor): |
Joel Cox |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Alan Robert Murray, Bob Asman |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Tom Rooker |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Clint Eastwood |
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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): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS, SDDS & Dolby Digital |
| (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:
In the suspense drama, True Crime Steve Everett (Eastwood) is a womanizing, boozing reporter who is barely hanging on at his current job. When he is assigned a story on death row inmate Frank Beachum (Washington) he discovers that Beachum did not commit the crime for which he is about to be executed. Racing against the clock, Everett must prove his innocence while trying to save himself as well. Based on the novel by Andrew Klavan. Four words Clint: Keep your shirt on.
LaserDisc Picture:
While the LaserDisc is pleasing, with generally sharp images, the picture is wanting in true depth and definition. Contrast and shadow delineation and rendered nicely, with a natural gradation between darkness and total picture black. Colors are naturally rendered, with rich and vibrant hues, natural fleshtones and deep blacks. There is minor noise apparent on the 1.82:1 picture, but still the imagery is pleasing.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel discrete audio offers an engaging and holosonic experience with aggressive surround presence. The matrix Dolby Surround soundtrack is very good. Dialogue sounds natural, with effective spatial integration. Sound effects, both subtle and aggressive in nature, consistently span all dimensions of the multichannel soundfield. Bass is effectively enhanced with .1 LFE. The music has good fidelity and soundstage spread. The soundtrack is enhanced with an EX-type of decoder such as our reference SMART Devices Center Surround® 3X unit.
| (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): |
Yes |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
Yes |
| (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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Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
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