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Hangar 18 [Blu-ray]
(James L. Conway, 1980)
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: Sunn Classic Pictures Video: Olive Films
Disc: Region: 'A' (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:37:29.802 Disc Size: 21,446,550,384 bytes Feature Size: 21,391,276,032 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.98 Mbps Chapters: 9 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: June 25th, 2013
Video: Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 869 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 869 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
Subtitles: • None
Extras: • None
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Description: A shocking story of government cover-up in space! What would happen is a UFO was to crash-land on Earth? What the government let us know? Or would they fear nationwide panic and keep it under cover? This intense thriller opens as two astronauts (Gary Collins and James Hampton) are deploying a satellite from a space shuttle when it collides with an unidentified object. The object makes a crippled but safe landing in the remote southwestern desert where it is quickly carted off by government agencies to a secret Air Force base. Meanwhile, the two astronauts are back on earth and are anxious to know what happened, but no one is talking. When they begin to investigate they learn that the government will stop at nothing to keep them from discovering the truth! The stellar cast includes Darren McGavin (A Christmas Story), Robert Vaughn (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Pamela Bellwood (Dynasty). Stylishly directed by James L. Conway (The Boogens) who also co-wrote the story.
The Film: Could it be true? Is the U.S. government really hiding an alien spaceship in the mysterious Hangar 18? According to the producers at Sunn Classic Pictures, the answer is yes, and this sci-fi drama sets out to prove it. The trouble begins when an orbiting satellite runs into the UFO and it crashes. Inside are alien bodies, and the President, who is busy with his re-election campaign, is most eager to conceal them. Excerpt from MRQE located HEREYes, the folks that presented the awful big-screen "documentaries" IN SEARCH OF NOAH'S ARK and IN SEARCH OF HISTORIC JESUS, Sunn Classic Pictures, attempted to present a straightforward, dramatic science-fiction film here, with predictable results. Forbes (Darren McGavin) is the leader of a group of scientists studying a flying saucer that is being hidden by the US government; Gordon (Robert Vaughn) is the slimy, paranoid politician who keeps the lid on this discovery at any cost. Not much of interest here. Excerpt from TV Guide located HERE
Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Hangar 18 has a modest Blu-ray transfer from Olive Films. The single-layered rendering looks clean but there is little to no depth. Colors fluctuate depending on the film's lighting but the contrast of the 1080P seems stable. It tends to improve as the films runs along and detail is acceptable - if not stellar. Even at it's best Hangar 18 probably didn't look much better than this. The Blu-ray improved the presentation over an SD rendering but not by a dramatic amount. Olive was, again, at the mercy of the unremarkable source.
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Audio :Audio comes in the form of a DTS-HD Master mono track at 869 kbps. There are some effects that export bass but overall there isn't anything demonstrative. The score is by John Cacavas (and Bob Summers.) Cacavas had done almost exclusively TV work until Hangar 18 and the music here seems to suit the film passively in the background. There are no subtitles and m y Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked.
Extras : No supplements - not even a trailer which is the bare-bones route that Olive are going with the majority of their releases.
BOTTOM LINE: Gary Tooze June 22nd, 2013
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