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| Top Gun |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 18 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV 1692-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
109 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1986 |
| (LD Release Date): |
11/1/95 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Tony Scott |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Harold Faltermeyer |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
John F. DeCuir, Jr. |
| (Visual Effects): |
USFX/Colossal Pictures |
| (Costume Designer): |
NA |
| (Editor): |
Billy Weber & Chris Lebenzon |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Donald O. MitcCecelia Hall, MPSE & George Watters IIhell, Kevin O’Connell & Rick Kline |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Bill Badalato |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Don Simpson & Jerry Bruckheimer |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Super 35 |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.39:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.95:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A & 70mm 6 Track Dolby |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Top Gun is a fast-paced, highly entertaining ride in the wild blue skies with a group of ace jet pilots taught at the Navy’s prestigious Fighter Weapons School. Tom Cruise stars as Maverick Mitchell, a daring pilot whose ambition is to become the best of the best—the Top Gun. When Maverick lets the rules slide, he learns that he can’t always succeed with split-second decisions when he’s flying against the best pilots in the world.
LaserDisc Picture:
The THX® digitally mastered picture, supervised by Tony Scott, varies in sharpness and is marred b y variable element quality. Grain and noise are prevalent in the scenes with flying jets and this is somewhat of a distraction. Interior scenes are generally sharp and detailed with minimal noise. Fleshtones are always natural, and blacks are deep and solid with good shadow detail. The film’s original framing has been altered to a 1.95:1 aspect ratio.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
A new Dolby® Digital AC-3® encoded surround soundtrack was made from the original 70mm six-track printmaster, which delivers a full throttle SPL and dynamic range experience. Both matrix and discrete 5.1-channel versions excel in below 25Hz bass extension and power, and spatial envelopment, but the discrete has the edge with directional effects in the surrounds. However, the music is more subdued on the discrete version.
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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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