| MOVIE |
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So here it is, the movie that everyone was talking about last year, The Truman
Show. Jim Carrey stars as Truman Burbank a man living in the small town of Seahaven,
blissfully unaware that his whole life has been staged for the world to watch on
television. Through his life he has been given clues that something is different about his
existence and the place he lives in, but he just goes on dismissing these as Co-incidence.
One day a light falls from the sky, this one thing begins a series of events that finally
get Truman really thinking about his life, and by the time he realizes that the world
isn't as it seems. It is a race against time for Truman to make it to the outside world.
Great Stuff.
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| VIDEO |
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Not overly bad in the quality department, it actually looks a
little like a stock standard Region 4 Warner release. There are a few artifacts in the
print in the first 30 mins of the movie and there are also some scenes where the colors
seem over saturated, but on the whole the image transfer is acceptable, it's just a pity
it's not 16:9 enhanced.
The Truman Show is framed at 1:66:1 and is not 16:9
enhanced, also one other annoying thing I found is that the picture is not framed properly
at the center either, but this is a little gripe.
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| AUDIO |
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There are several sound formats on this disc. English Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0
& French Dolby Digital 2.0. I listened to the English DD5.1 soundtrack. On the whole
the soundtrack is lacking with very little subwoofer use except when there are some storm
scenes near the end. Mostly the sound stage is located towards the front and the surrounds
are used for the music score.
The dialog is easy to listen to and is very well mixed.
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| EXTRAS |
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A couple of good extras, you get 2 trailers, a teaser & theatrical trailer.
The teaser is a 4:3 or full frame trailer with DD2.0 sound and the theatrical trailer is
framed at 1:66:1 with DD2.0 sound. The picture quality of the trailers is touch & go.
The theatrical trailer looks better and sounds better than the teaser, turn it up and it
sounds good. There is also an animated menu which is one of the best I have seen yet, an
animated airship flies by when accessing menus, plus you get some great fireworks as well.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Highly enjoyable, and well worth the price of admission. |
| 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: 26 May 2000 00:19:48 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
1 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| MPAA Rating |
PG |
| Running
Time: |
109
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Black
Amaray |
| Release
Date: |
9/6/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
331127 |
| List
Price: |
Personal
Import |
| Distributor: |
Paramount |
| Disc
Format: |
NTSC |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
| Chapters: |
24 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
DVCC |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
1:66:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
|
5.1 Surround
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
Languages:
|
English
French |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
Yes |
| 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: |
Yes |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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