MOVIE |
The plot of Forever Young is a good one but not one we haven't seen before in
one way or another. Daniel McCormick (Mel Gibson) is a test pilot in the 30s with no
fears, and life for him is great, he has a great friend Harry (George Wendt) and is
devoted to the love of his life, Helen (Isabel Glasser). Daniel only has one problem, he
doesn't have the courage to ask Helen to marry her, thinking he will ask her tomorrow.
But
there is one little snag to that Helen is hit by a car and falls into a coma, months pass
with no change in her condition so Daniel asks Harry who is researching cryogenics to
freeze him for 1 year hoping by the time he wakes up, Helen will have awakened by that
time. 50 years pass and the place where Daniel lived has changed, 2 young boys, one the
brother of an Army recruit are playing in an Army warehouse when they come across a funny
shaped case.
They play with it and when it opens we find Daniel in there still young and
in a cryogenic freeze. Daniel awakens, the world is different and he is scared. After
going to the military and telling them of his story and there disbelief of it, Daniel
manages to find one of the boys who opened the chamber and asks for his assistance.
With
the help of the boy, Daniel manages to find out what had happened to him and his friends
years ago and he also has the chance to right his past problems. Fun stuff.
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VIDEO |
Forever Young is a fine transfer for a 7 year old movie. There were no visible
artifacts in the print and the shadow detail was very well rendered.
Color & flesh
tones seemed a little lacking, but this is only a minor problem. There is also a 4:3 full
frame version on the other side of this
Side A contains the Widescreen 1:78:1, 16:9 version.
Side B contains the 4:3 full frame version.
The disc is a double-sided, single
layered disc with the
widescreen version on side A and the Full Frame 4:3 version on side B.
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AUDIO |
Yet again another letdown by Warner Bros. This one is only encoded in Dolby
Digital 2.0, I listened to the English soundtrack. Granted the movie wasn't released in
Dolby Digital 5.1 a 5.1 master would have been appreciated.
The surrounds are used
occasionally in this movie to add to the effect of some more exciting scenes and for the
music, the movie was mainly staged toward the front though. There are also a French and
Italian languages on the disc as well.
The Dialog was clear and easy to listen to and was quite
a surprise, even during scenes with a lot of ambience.
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EXTRAS |
The extras on this disc are limited. Production Notes and Cast Notes along with
Scene Access. That is your lot on this one, disappointing.
Subtitles include: English, French,
Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Closed Captions.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
A good light hearted movie for your collection, but it isn't really worth the
price considering the lack of extras. It's worth a rental though.
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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 14:28:40 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
PG |
Running
Time: |
97
minutes |
Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
Release
Date: |
2/4/99 |
Catalog
Number: |
12571 |
List
Price: |
$29.95 |
Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
No
Label |
Disc
Format: |
DS-SL |
Chapters: |
29 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1
Side A
4:3 Side B |
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
French
Italian |
Subtitles: |
Yes |
Audio
Commentary: |
None |
Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
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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