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| Rosemary’s Baby |
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Genre:Horror
Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans & Ralph Bellamy |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV6831-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
134 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1968 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Roman Polanski |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Roman Polanski |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Christopher Komeda |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Richard Sylbert |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Sam O’Steen & Bob Wyman |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
William Castle |
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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): |
1.88:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (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:
Based on the best-selling novel by Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby is perhaps the creepiest horror film ever made. Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes star as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a young married couple who are new tenants at a New York City apartment. After months of trying, Rosemary gets pregnant… but Guy mysteriously becomes distant. Has he joined forces with a coven of witches to send his career skyward and bewitch Rosemary with the child of the Devil? Or is her prenatal nervousness making her neurotic? Ruth Gordon stars in an Academy Award®-winning performance as Rosemary’s creepy neighbor
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, matted at 1.88:1, looks dated and exhibits some inconsistencies. Color fidelity sometimes looks oversaturated with brownish fleshtones, while other times subdued and more natural in appearance. Images are generally wanting in sharpness, exhibiting a soft focus and lacking fine detail and definition. Shadow detail and contrast are mediocre. The picture is wanting in better clarity, but is generally solid, with only minor artifacts detected.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural and is distorted, but the chants are still just as chilling.
| (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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