WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

From Dusk Till Dawn
Genre:Horror

Reviewed In Issue 22 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis.

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 4
Sound Rating: 3
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Dimension Home Video
(Catalog Number): 8016 AS
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $39.99
(Running Time In Minutes): 108
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1996
(LD Release Date): 11/96
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

Credits Information
(Director): Robert Rodriguez
(Screenplay/Written By): Quentin Tarantino
(Story): Robert Kurtzman
(Music): Graeme Revell
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Cecilia Montiel
(Visual Effects): VIFX
(Costume Designer): Graciela Mazón
(Editor): Robert Rodriguez
(Supervising Sound Editors): Dean Beville
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): Lawrence Bender, Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino
(Co-Producers): Elizabeth Avellan, Paul Hellerman, Robert Kurtzman & John Esposito
(Producers): Gianni Nunnari & Meir Teper

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.82:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
(Theatrical Sound): SDDS (8)
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
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WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
From Dusk Till Dawn is a non-stop blood-and-guts vampire spree. When the Gecko brothers—disturbed sex-offender Richard (Quentin Tarantino) and thief Seth (George Clooney)—escape from prison and head for the border, they leave a bloody trail behind them. On their way, they kidnap the Fullers—a former minister (Harvey Keitel) and his two kids, Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu)—ending in a seedy strip bar filled with vampires. The Geckos and the Fullers engage in an all-night battle resulting in death, gore and strewn body parts.

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Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
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Reference LaserDisc:
No
Collector Edition:
No