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| Welcome to the Dollhouse |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 23 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Daria Kalinina, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Eric Mabius, Will Lyman, Rica Martens, Angela Pietropinto & Bill Buell |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Columbia/TriStar Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
82566 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
87 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1996 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/96 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Todd Solondz |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Todd Solondz |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Jill Wisoff |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Susan Block |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
Melissa Toth |
| (Editor): |
Alan Oxman |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Margaret Crimmins |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Donna Bascom |
| (Co-Producers): |
Dan Partland & Ted Skillman |
| (Producers): |
Todd Solondz |
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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): |
1.72:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo SR |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Welcome To The Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about Dawn Weiner (Matarazzo), the least popular girl in her junior high. She is tormented by her classmates who call her names and deface her locker and she is forever picking spitballs out of her hair. The feisty Dawn gets no relief at home either where her mother clearly favors her angelic little sister, her father has emotionally checked out and her big brother is obsessed with getting into a good college.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.72:1 picture exhibits good color fidelity with vibrant colors, natural fleshtones and deep solid blacks. Images are slightly soft, but with good shadow detail and contrast. Noise is apparent but there are no artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is a conventional production with the music score providing most of the surround envelopment. Dialogue is sometimes natural sounding with good spatial integration, while at other times it is poorly ADR-produced.
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| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
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| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
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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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