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| Kingpin |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 24 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM/UA Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML105769 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG13 |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
115 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1996 |
| (LD Release Date): |
1/1/97 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Freedy Johnson |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Sidney Jackson Bartholomew, Jr. |
| (Visual Effects): |
Cinesite & Digiscope |
| (Costume Designer): |
Mary Zophres |
| (Editor): |
Christopher Greenbury |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Craig Clark |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Keith Samples |
| (Co-Producers): |
Jim Burke & John Bertolli |
| (Producers): |
Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler & Bradley Thomas |
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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): |
2.30:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS Digital Sound |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Kingpin is the off-beat comedy of gross-out humor and bowling, from the makers of Dumb And Dumber. Roy Munson (Harrelson), one-time champion bowler, now big-time loser after his bowling hand is amputated, finds a promising protégé in Ishmael (Quaid), a naive Amish farmboy. Soon Ishmael delves into worldly corruption with Munson, as they head to compete in a million dollar tournament against the narcisistic Ernie McCraken (Murray).
LaserDisc Picture:
Contrary to the cover, the aspect ratio is 2.30:1, not 1.85:1. The picture exhibits good color fidelity that is sometimes oversaturated, natural fleshtones and deep blacks. Images are generally sharp and detailed with excellent shadow detail. Artifacts are minor.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
Dialogue on both the discrete 5.1 Dolby® Digital and matrix linear PCM, other than the ADR-produced variety, often sounds spatially integrated. The music score is dramatically more expansive in the discrete version with the matrix often collapsing the stereo to the center. Overall this is a mediocre soundtrack with mostly subtle surround that sometimes sounds mono
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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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