MOVIE |
I first saw this movie on a plane trip a few years ago, at first I was hesitant
about watching it, but it is a really touching and delightful movie. It stars Anna Paquin
as Amy Alden a young girl living in New Zealand with her mother. After a terrible car
accident her mother dies and we have enter stage right Jeff Daniels as her father Thomas.
After her recovery he takes her home to Canada. At first she doesn't like this and has
trouble adjusting. When she meets her father's girlfriend things seem to go from bad to
worse, but then she finds a bunch of goose eggs and decides to look after them.
After they
hatch she becomes an adoptive mother towards them, this is a good thing though as it
slowly helps her adjust to her new life. But then we have the resident bad guy enter into
the story, a park ranger. He wants the birds wings clipped so they cannot fly, well our
little hero won't have anything to do with this and refuses, so now with the local park
ranger after them they need to figure out a way to keep them safe.
They learn of a
parkland area in the U.S. that will look after the birds if they can migrate there. But
the birds can't fly that well and not without there adoptive mother. Now plans begins to
fly in ultra-light aircraft to assist in the birds migration to there new home.
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VIDEO |
Pretty impressive really, the movie is very clear and looks clean. Of course there is the
occasional speck and a little noise in the print in certain scenes but this is rare. The
colors look vibrant and look good. I'm was impressed seeing this is one of the earlier
Columbia/Tri-Star releases.
Fly Away Home is Framed at 1:85:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a single sided, single layer disc.
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AUDIO |
There are several formats on this movie. DD5.1 MPEG 5.1 and MPEG Surround. I
listened to the Dolby mix. Now while it's not the most aggressive and enveloping
soundtrack around, it is acceptable for this type of movie. The surrounds were used mainly
for music, and the .1 channel only really made a couple of sound effect noises and to
assist some of the music. Pretty light on really.
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EXTRAS |
An early Columbia disc, so this only has the DVD trailer and that's it!
Subtitles include: English, Cantonese,
Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Polish, Czech, Hungarian.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
Not the best disc around. But if your looking for one for the kids, grab it. I
only brought it because I liked the movie, not for it's sound and picture features.
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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
5.1 speaker system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 May 2000 14:26:45 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
PG |
Running
Time: |
103
minutes |
Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
Release
Date: |
5/5/98 |
Catalog
Number: |
D24511 |
List
Price: |
$34.95 |
Distributor: |
Columbia/Tri-Star |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Label
only |
Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
Chapters: |
20 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
Sony
DVD Center |
Aspect
Ratio:
|
1:85:1 |
Anamorphic: |
Yes |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround |
DTS: |
None |
PCM
Stereo: |
None |
Other: |
MPEG
5.1
MPEG 2.0 |
Languages:
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English |
Subtitles: |
Yes |
Audio
Commentary: |
None |
Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
TV
Spots: |
None |
Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
Documentary: |
None |
Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
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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