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| Seven Hills Of Rome/For The First Time |
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Genre:Musical
Reviewed In Issue 23 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Mario Lanza, Renato Rascel, Marisa Allasio, Peggie Castle, Celia Matania, Carlo Rizzo, Rossella Como & Guido Celano |
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| Supplementals |
| The dual feature widescreen presentation also includes the original theatrical trailers for both films. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM/UA Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML104828 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$69.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
104 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1957 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Roy Rowland |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Art Cohn & Giorgio Prosperi |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
George Stoll |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Piero Filippone |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Gene Ruggiero, A.C.E. |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Lester Welch |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Technirama |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (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:
Seven Hills Of Rome and For The First Time are two delightful musical love stories that star one of the world’s most beloved tenors, Mario Lanza. The LaserDiscs themselves are incorrectly labeled, however, with the first disc, Seven Hills Of Rome labeled as For The First Time and vice versa. Based on a story by Giuseppe Amato, Seven Hills Of Rome stars Mario Lanza as Marc Revere, a popular American television singer who sets out for Rome in search of his fickle fiancé Carol (Peggie Castle). On the train he befriends Rafaella (Marisa Allasio), a beautiful young girl without a ticket or a place to stay. Marc invites Rafaella to move in with him at his cousin Pepe’s (Renato Racsel), not realizing how hurt she would be when he meets up with Carol.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is framed at 2.35:1 and has inconsistent fleshtones and a dated color fidelity that is completely undersaturated. Images are soft, overall wanting in sharpness and detail, and contrast is poor. This problematic picture is overly bright with apparent noise and serious artifacts throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural that is compressed, distorted and poorly recorded.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (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: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
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