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by John Cromwell
U.S.A. 1947
The DVDs of Dead Reckoning are compared to the Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart
Blu-ray HERE
Faced with the synthetic Scott instead of genuine Bacall, Bogart reacts with a hint of self-parody. Or maybe it's just that the film, cast in flashback form with a guilt-ridden narration by Bogart, tries too hard to maintain its note of doomed noir romance. Excellent hardboiled shenanigans as Bogart's ex-paratrooper sets out with a 'Geronimo!' on his lips to investigate the disappearance of his buddy, uncovering a web of duplicities at the centre of which is the alluringly equivocal Lizabeth Scott. But the relationship never quite convinces, leading to a faintly embarrassing emotional climax as death conjures one last 'Geronimo!' Highly enjoyable all the same. |
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Theatrical Release: 2 January 1947
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DVD Comparison:
Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL
Big thanks to Gregory Meshman and Ole Kofoed for the Screen Caps!
(Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - RIGHT)
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Columbia Tri-Star Region 1 - NTSC |
Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) Region 2,4,5 - PAL |
Runtime | 1:40:24 | 1:36:24 (4% PAL speedup) |
Video |
1.33:1
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1.33:1
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono , Dubs in French, German, Italian and Spanish. |
Subtitles | English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, none | English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or none |
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Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tri-Star Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 28 |
Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD
Release Date: January 27, 2003 Chapters 28 |
Comments |
The DVDs of Dead Reckoning are compared to the Columbia Noir
#5: Humphrey Bogart
Blu-ray
HERE As in our "In a Lonely Place" comparison the same is true - image quality on the NTSC version is superior with more detail and film grain. Yellow subtitles again on the Region 1 (why?). The NTSC seems to have another extra that the PAL edition doesn't - some trailers. I suspect the PAL edition to have some contrast boosting. There are more subtitle and DUB options on the PAl edition, but we recommend the NTSC again for the better image. |
Recommended Reading in Film Noir (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
Film Noir: An Encyclopedia Reference to the
American Style by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward |
The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir by Foster Hirsch |
Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher |
Film Noir Reader 4 : The Crucial Films and Themes
(Film Noir Reader) by Alain Silver |
The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the
Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller |
The Little Black and White Book of Film Noir:
Quotations from Films of the 40's and 50's by Peg Thompson, Saeko Usukawa |
Film Noir by Alain Silver |
More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts by James Naremore |
DVD Menus
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Subtitle sample
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Screen Captures
(Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - BOTTOM)
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(Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - BOTTOM)
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(Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC - TOP vs. Columbia Tri-Star (U.K.) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - BOTTOM)
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Extras: | NTSC |
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