MOVIE |
The Client is one of the 3 John Grisham movies that Warner Bros. have made, the
others being The Pelican Brief and A Time to Kill. Now while this one is and enjoyable
watch, it didn't seem to have the same pulling power as the other two John
Grisham movies, although
in it's defense it is pretty true to the book.
The story revolves around a young boy named
Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) who a rebellious young boy who goes to the local town hideout
with his brother the have a sneaky smoke but gets more than he paid for. Suddenly an
expensive car comes and parks and out gets a large man who puts a hose from his tail-pipe
into the car.
Mark sees he is trying to top himself so Mark tries to stop him, but the
large man grabs him and takes him into the car with him. We learn that the man is a lawyer
for the mob, and he knows where the body of a senator is buried, Mark escapes and the man
kills himself, but this leaves Mark a wanted boy.
Wanted by the mob and wanted by the
prosecutors of the Muldano Mafia family because he knows where the body of the senator is
hidden. He enlists the help of Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon) a small time lawyer to help
him out of his plight, but with all the obstacles he faces, he wonders if there is a way
out. Fun Stuff.
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VIDEO |
Another great Anamorphic transfer from Warner Bros. The picture is very crisp and clean and there are very few picture faults at all,
dark scenes are very well rendered and is almost reference quality. There are the
occasional film specks, but that looks like it came from the film master, not the DVD
transfer. Pleasing stuff.
The Client is framed at 2:35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a Single Sided, Single Layer
disc.
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AUDIO |
A little bit of a let down here, the movie is only encoded in Dolby Digital 2.0
or Dolby Surround basically, the surrounds get a little bit of use, mainly for music and
ambient noise and the .1 channel went into a coma for this one. But in the long run it
doesn't matter as most of the movie is based toward the front soundstage.
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EXTRAS |
Disappointing here, just the Theatrical trailer framed at 1:85:1, 16x9 enhanced,
DD2.0. You also get some production notes and some minor cast lists but that is your lot.
Subtitles galore in English, Arabic,
Polish, Greek, Czech, Turkish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Croatian, Closed
Captions.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
Not one of the best on the market, even though the picture quality is top
quality the lack of DD5.1 sound, extra features and the fact that it is not as good as the
other two John Grisham DVD's I couldn't really recommend this one over The Pelican Brief or A Time
to Kill. The only thing this one has over the others is it isn't a flipper. |
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 00:06:02 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
Running
Time: |
116
minutes |
Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
Release
Date: |
29/12/1998 |
Catalog
Number: |
13233 |
List
Price: |
$29.95 |
Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
Chapters: |
47 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
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2:35:1 |
Anamorphic: |
Yes |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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2.0 Surround |
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: |
Yes |
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