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The Right Stuff is a movie based on Tom Wolfe's biography of the first seven
astronauts for the NASA space program and to a lesser extent the first man to break the
sound barrier Chuck Yeager. (Sam Shepard) The movie begins in 1947, right about the time
that Chuck Yeager becomes the first man to break the sound barrier.
As the movie moves
along the story of the space race begins between Russia and the U.S.A. The race to get the
first man in space is waged and this is where the story seven pilots, Grissom, Shepard,
Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, Cooper & Slayton become the first seven astronauts who
captivate a nation.
The story show there highs and lows and how they were the pioneers of
today's space program. Top viewing.
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| VIDEO |
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The transfer on In The Right Stuff is
generally high in quality but there is the occasional picture scratch or flaw, but this
not the fault of mastering but more a problem with the film master seeing the movie is
about 15 years old. Now I know you are probably thinking that's not very old, but I have
seen worse quality video on the Priscilla DVD (See Review soon). On the whole the picture
is very clean though and there is very little noise in dark scenes and it's a damn site
better than the last version of the movie I've seen on Laserdisc. The only gripe I can
have with the movie is the fact that you have to turn the disc over at half way.
The Right Stuff is framed at
1:85:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a dual-sided,
single-layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
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Sound in The Right Stuff is outstanding, the movie has been remixed in Dolby
Digital 5.1 and makes great use of the surround and .1 speakers and is something very
special indeed, it really sounds great when a jet flies over top of you, and the channels
separate very well, considering the movie was only originally mixed in Dolby Stereo. Now I
can finally see why the movie won Academy Awards for best sound & sound effects.
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| EXTRAS |
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This disc has many extras including the original theatrical trailer, scene
indexes, cast profiles, great info on the real life astronauts and a history &
timeline of NASA itself. The Disc also contains a glossary of terms that are included in
the movie, so if you are a little confused you can look it up, on top of the awards it has
won. So there is an outstanding collection of extras on this disc that makes this great
disc a wonderful disc.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| This is the best disc I have seen from Warner Brothers so far, the quality of
the disc, sound format and many extras really make this the must have disc for your
collection. |
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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 21:15:01 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
185
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
| Release
Date: |
7/10/1998 |
| Catalog
Number: |
20027 |
| List
Price: |
$29.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
No
Label |
| Disc
Format: |
DS-SL |
| Chapters: |
42 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
| Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 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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