| MOVIE |
| How hard is it for Hollywood to make a movie these days? It seems that nearly
everything being released is a remake of another movie or TV show.
Some bad some good.
Why remake Dial M for Murder though, it's a classic Hitchcock movie at it's best. After
seeing this though I am happy that the remake isn't that bad. Anyway, for those of you who
haven't seen it revolves around a plan for Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) to have his
wife knocked off, she's worth a few dollars if she dies.
See Steven is having money
problems so he thinks this will solve the problem. His wife, Emily Taylor (Gwenyth
Paltrow) is having an affair and Michael knows this, he also knows that her lover has a
shady past so he proposes that he knock off his wife for him and then they part ways.
This
is where things start to go downhill, while trying to kill Emily she ends up killing her
lover and Steven's plan goes all pear shaped. The movie itself basically keeps in line
with the original although it does deviate slightly in parts. Above Average. |
| VIDEO |
|
Generally high quality on this release. Blacks are deep blacks. Contrast &
color saturation are all fine. There is some MPEG artifacts in the print for about 5
Mins in the middle of the movie, but that is the biggest gripe.
A Perfect Murder is a dual sided disc with the 1:85:1
version on side A that is 16:9 enhanced and the 4:3 full frame version is on side B.
This is a dual sided, single layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
|
The movie has a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack and on the whole it sounds very
flat. The surrounds were mainly used for ambience and some music. The .1 channel was
barely used at all.
|
| EXTRAS |
| A few extras on this disc, but they are still pretty limited. Firstly there is
the alternate ending, and I can see why they left it out of the movie.
There are also 2
commentary tracks. One by Andrew Davis, Michael Douglas & Patrick Kelly.
The
Second is by Peter MacGregor Scott & Dariuz Wolski. The First track is easily the best
and it shows a lot of info about the movie, direction & script.
The second is more
limited and seemed a little more lifeless and dull. Subtitles
included are: English, Arabic, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Closed Captioned. |
| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| This is a good movie and a worthy addition to your collection. The only downside
is the extras, maybe a trailer or documentary could have completed this set nicely. |
|
REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
|
Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 24 May 2000 15:08:52 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
103
minutes |
| Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
| Release
Date: |
17/5/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
16643 |
| List
Price: |
34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
No
Label |
| Disc
Format: |
DS-SL |
| Chapters: |
32 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
|
1:85:1 Side A
4:3 Side B |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital: |
5.1
Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
Languages:
|
English
French
Italian |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
Yes
(2) |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
Alternate
Ending |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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