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| Virtuosity |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 18 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe, Louise Fletcher, William Fichtner, Kevin J. O’Connor |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV 33144-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
105 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1995 |
| (LD Release Date): |
2/1/96 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Brett Leonard |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Eric Bernt |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Christopher Young |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Nilo Rodis |
| (Visual Effects): |
L2 Communications |
| (Costume Designer): |
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck |
| (Editor): |
B.J. Sears & Bob Kobrin |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Beth Sterner & Sandy Berman, MPSE |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Howard W. Koch, Jr. |
| (Co-Producers): |
Gimel Everett |
| (Producers): |
Gary Lucchesi |
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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): |
2.13:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS & Dolby Digital |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Virtuosity is an exciting and thrilling cyberspace ride into the world of virtual reality. Denzel Washington stars as Parker Barnes, an ex-L.A. cop out to stop Sid 6.7, a computer-generated virtual reality creation composed of 200 maniacal personalities, every one a notorious killer. Sid (Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous), played by Russell Crowe, was designed to help police officers better understand the criminal mind and put the department to test. But Sid has managed to assume a corporeal form and escape to bounds of cyberspace and is loose in the real world.
LaserDisc Picture:
The theatrical 2.35:1 aspect ratio has been altered to approximately 2.13:1. The picture quality, however, is stunning, with extremely sharp and detailed imagery, and excellent shadow delineation. Colors are vivid, blacks are exceptionally deep and solid, and fleshtones are natural. There is no apparent noise and just an occasioanl minor artifact.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
This is one of the better 5.1-channel mixe and provides a terrifically satisfying and aggressively enveloping surround experience with distinctive localized and directional spatial cues that define each scene’s sonic signature. The matrix Dolby® Surround version is dramatically more vague in spatial character, although there is a comparative aggressive presence to the surround envlopment. Fidelity is excellent and bass extension and power is felt down to below 25Hz, even in the surrounds. The music score is dynamic, and both Foley and sound effects are well recorded. This proves that a good 5.1-channel surround mix is what distinguishes the better soundtrack experiences from matrix surround delivery.
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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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