| MOVIE |
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David Helfgott, a child
prodigy on the piano who is treated awfully by his father who won't let him grow up, has a
complete breakdown while a teenager.
David is not able to express himself properly until
his 40's when he meets the woman who changes his life. The young Helfgott is played by
Noah Taylor and as he ages the role moves onto Geoffrey Rush, in his academy award winning
role.
Also in the cast are Armin Mueller Stahl as David's father and Lyn Redgrave and
Gillian, David's wife.
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| VIDEO |
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Yet another Roadshow DVD I
am not exactly happy with, while the transfer is generally clean, although there is a
little noise in the darkened scenes, the bloody thing is in pan & scan, and if there
is anything that peeves me off more it that. Why couldn't Roadshow release it in it's
original format? That's what I thought DVD was good for! Two versions, P&S and
Widescreen. So you guys lose points big time. Now I know that Wild Rhapsody is also in
P&S as well, but as that was a television program originally they wouldn't have filmed
it in a widesceen format, that's why it gets off. But Shine and Priscilla have a lot to
answer for!
Shine is framed in 4:3
Pan & Scan.
This is a single-sided, single layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
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Again another mislabeled
disc, the only sound formats on the disc are Dolby Surround and MPEG 2, and while they
sound more clear than it's VHS counterpart (though not much) it's is an acceptable
sound-field.
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| EXTRAS |
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Scene selections,
trailers and a Featurette, so not overly bad on the extra side, but is missing stuff like
subtitles, other sound formats, production notes, etc.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| If you like the movie,
it's not a bad buy, but I would still go for the widesceen VHS version that is available,
it includes all the same extras as well. Oh and the movie isn't chaptered as well as I
like, only 13 chapters for a 130 minute movie, no thanks. I would expect around 30. |
| 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 21:20:30 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
PG |
| Running
Time: |
130
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Clip
Case |
| Release
Date: |
21/11/1997 |
| Catalog
Number: |
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| List
Price: |
$34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Village
Roadshow |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
| Chapters: |
13 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
DVM |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
4:3
Pan & Scan |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
|
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
|
English |
| Subtitles: |
None |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
Yes |
| 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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THIS DISC ONLINE |
| INTERNET
MOVIE DATABASE INFO |
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| OFFICIAL
WEB SITE |
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| VIEW
TRAILER |
| NONE |
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