WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Dirty Harry Collection, The: Dirty Harry
Genre:Action Adventure

Reviewed In Issue 12 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Rene Santoni, Andy Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 3
Sound Rating: 3
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Supplementals
The Dirty Harry Collection celebrates Clint Eastwood’s 40 years in movies by bringing together for the first time all five appearances of Eastwood as the iconoclastic San Francisco cop made between 1971 and 1988. The six-disc box set is priced at $199.98 and includes an hour-long profile, “Clint Eastwood: The Man From Malpaso,” with highlights from 19 Eastwood productions and reminiscences from Eastwood, his colleagues and co-stars. A colorful six-page foldout booklet is also enclosed with descriptive narrative and a complete chapter ordering of the films. “The Dead Pool” is also included in the boxed set, but is not presented in the widescreen format.

DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Warner Home Video
(Catalog Number): 13513
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $199.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 103
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1971
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(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

Credits Information
(Director): Don Siegel
(Screenplay/Written By): Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink & Dean Riesner
(Story): Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink
(Music): Lalo Schifrin
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Dale Hennlgy
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(Editor): Carl Pingitore
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(Executive Producers): Robert Daley
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Don Siegel

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Panavision
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
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DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Stereo
(Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
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WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Filmed on location in San Francisco, Dirty Harry is a riveting action thriller dedicated to the police officers “who gave their lives in the line of duty.” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is a tough, streetwise cop assigned to find a vicious rooftop sniper, known as Scorpio (Andy Robinson), who is demanding a ransom with the threat of killing again. Callahan’s desperation to catch the ruthless killer leads him to disregard the Bill Of Rights—and their cat-and-mouse game becomes even more deadly.

LaserDisc Picture:
The Panavision® frame in Dirty Harry is 2.37:1. The picture is soft and the colors are bland, although fleshtones are, for the most part, naturally rendered. Grain and noise is noticeable as are artifacts.

LaserDisc Soundtrack:
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