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This charming, gentle and perfectly crafted William Wyler film ( produced
with older brother Robert ), based on the Jessamyn West novel, revolves around
the activities of a family of Indiana Quakers circa 1860. How the Mother (
Dorothy McGuire ), Father ( Gary Cooper ), son, Josh Birdwell ( Anthony Perkins
) , sister and younger brother deal with their traditional beliefs and way of
life being challenged over the course of a few crucial weeks in their lives is
the crux of this 1957 Palme D'or winning picture (which, to be fair, should have
gone to Fellini's "Nights
of Cabiria"). |
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Theatrical Release: November 25th, 1956
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DVD Review: Warner - Region 1 - NTSC
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Distribution | Warner Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC | |
Runtime | 2:17:35 | |
Video | 1.66:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.82 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUB: French (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
Subtitles | English, French, None | |
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Edition Details: • Featurette
"Wide Wide World" from Nov 27th, 1955 (10:23) |
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A very strong image considering this DVD came out in 2000. The major failing seems to be some ingrained dirt in the negative, which can be removed with a future restoration. It almost looks like digital noise but I think the grain is just very prevalent (which I prefer). Colors are excellent and don't appear manipulated. What is amazing to see is that even back then Warner was able to anamorphize a 1.66 ratio film that so many (including recent Criterion) don't seem able to do to this day without cropping to 1.78. There are some extras which appear to be filler, but the early attempt with a featurette is a applaud-able effort. There is a French dub optional and the removable subtitles (English and French) are quite good but in a fairly small type. I like this DVD and I love this film. out of |
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