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The China Syndrome is a very relevant movie in this day and in
the time when it was released, in fact the movie was released a few weeks
before the 3 mile island meltdown in Pennsylvania. The story revolves
around a reporter and her cameraman played by Fonda & Douglas respectively
who are touring a nuclear power plant when it has what is deemed a little
glitch. Secretly Michael Douglas films this and it is revealed that it was
more than a glitch, what they have uncovered is an accident waiting to
happen. Jack Lemmon plays the control room supervisor who knows that there
is something wrong and is convinced to come out and tell the truth about
the danger this plant is, there is one little catch though, the plant
operators they will stop at nothing to make sure there secret never gets
out. Great Stuff.
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| VIDEO |
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As
great as the movie is, sadly the same cannot be said for the transfer. At
times it seemed somewhat fuzzy and lacked detail compared to other CTHV
releases but on the whole the transfer was better than others I have seen
and the movie looks much cleaner than the previous versions I have seen.
The China Syndrome is framed at 1:85:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a single-sided, single layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
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Because of the age of this movie there is only a Dolby Digital
2.0 soundtrack. The case states a 1.0 soundtrack. The 2.0 mix does sound
very flat though and does sound mono so the box is technically correct.
The dialog was clear throughout
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| EXTRAS |
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Whoa, look at all those subtitles. Although technically not an
extra it's good to see a disc getting more subtitles for people who cannot
understand the languages on offer. As for the main extras all you really
get is a Theatrical Trailer that is in a 4:3 full screen version in DD 2.0
sound and some Filmographies
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Not a demo disc at all, but if your looking for a very well acted
movie this is a good candidate. |
| 16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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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: 25 May 2000 00:02:27 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
PG |
| Running
Time: |
120
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
| Release
Date: |
18/10/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
D10002 |
| List
Price: |
$34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Columbia/Tri-Star |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
| Chapters: |
28 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
Sony
DVD Center |
| Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
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2.0
Mono |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
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English |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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