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

    Reviewed In Issue 12 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Audrie J. Neenan, Jack Thibeau, Michael Currie, Albert Popwell, Mark Keyloun

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 3.5
    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): 117
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1983
    (LD Release Date):
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Clint Eastwood
    (Screenplay/Written By): Joseph C. Stinson
    (Story): Earl E. Smith & Charles B. Pierce
    (Music): Lalo Schifrin
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Edward Carfagno
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    (Editor): Joel Cox
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    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): Fritz Manes
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Clint Eastwood

    DVD Picture Information
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    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
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    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Stereo
    (Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
    (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
    (Remastered Dolby Digital):
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    LaserDisc Picture:
    Sudden Impact has been reframed at 2.18.1. Fleshtones are natural although the noise and artifacts mar the otherwise excellent picture quality.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
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    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
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    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 No
    Collector Edition:
    		 No