directed by Atom Egoyan
Canada 1991


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DVD Comparison:

MGM - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Alliance Atlantis- Region 1 - NTSC

Thanks to Gregory for both sets of Screen Captures

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - RIGHT)

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Distribution

MGM

Region 1  - NTSC

Alliance
Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime 1:42:00 1:41:48
Video

2.26 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 4.97 mb/s
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s

1.92:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 6.15 mb/s
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s

Bitrate:

MGM

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Bitrate:

Alliance

Audio English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), DUB: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

Subtitles Spanish, French and none English and none
Features Release Information:
Studio: MGM Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 1992

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.26:1



Edition Details:
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Theatrical trailer
• Widescreen anamorphic format

DVD Release Date: April 10, 2001
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Chapters 16

Release Information:
Studio: Alliance Atlantis
Theatrical Release Date: July 1992

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen  - 1.92:1

Edition Details:
• Director Egoyan commentary
• Interview with Egoyan
• Short feature  'En Passant'

•  Theatrical trailer and Egoyan 

•  Filmography/biography

DVD Release Date: July 1st, 2001
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Chapters 24

Comments:

The hacks of Alliance Atlantis have been at it again... their version is squeezed, cropped and washed-out. Judge for yourself. However, they win with extras (Egoyan Commentary, short film "En Passant", interview with Egoyan).  English sound is the same, but Canadian edition also has French stereo dub.  MGM disc is closed-captioned and has French and Spanish subtitles, while Alliance includes only English subtitles.  I liked animated menus on Alliance better than static menus of MGM. There's no clear winner in this competition.   - Gregory Meshman




DVD Menus

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - RIGHT)

 

Screen Captures

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - BOTOM)


(MGM - R1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - BOTOM)

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - BOTOM)

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - BOTOM)

(MGM - R1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Alliance - R1 - NTSC - BOTOM)

 

Report Card:

Image:

MGM

Sound:

-
Extras: Alliance
Menu: Alliance

 

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