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| Simple Wish, A |
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Genre:Family
Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer, Francis Capra & Kathleen Turner |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Universal Studios Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
43359 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
90 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Michael Ritchie |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Jeff Rothberg |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Bruce Broughton |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Stephen Hendrickson |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
William Scharf, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
Michael S. Glick & Jeff Rothberg |
| (Producers): |
Sid Sheinberg, Bill Sheinberg & Jon Sheinberg |
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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 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:
Anabel (Mara Wilson) has A Simple Wish. She desperately wants Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), her widower father, to get the part in a Broadway musical so the family doesn’t have to move to Nebraska. So she calls upon her fairy godmother, but discovers that the spellcaster assigned to her neighborhood is Murray (Martin Short), a bumbling first-timer—not to mention the only male in the North American Fairy Godmothers Association. When Murray accidentally turns Oliver into a statue, instead of a star, he and Anabel only have until midnight to reverse the spell—or it will last forever. At the same time, the pair must thwart fairy-godmother-turned-black-magician Claudia’s (Kathleen Turner) evil plans to take over all spell-casting services.
LaserDisc Picture:
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
| (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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