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    Brother Bear
    Genre: Animation

    Reviewed In Issue 82 (Mar 2004) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    The Voice Talents Of Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Jason Raize, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, D. B. Sweeney, Joan Copeland & Michael Clarke Duncan

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 5
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: 4.5
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    Reference Systems
    Critics' Composite Score: 3
    Internet Links
    http://www.disneydvd.com
    Special Features
    Disc One of this two-disc set offers this movie in a non-theatrical, yet still widescreen 1.66:1


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 31553
    (MPAA Rating): G
    (Rating Reason):

    		 NA
    (Retail Price): $29.99
    (DVD Type): Two DVD-9 Discs
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 85
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2003
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 03/30/04
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): Yes

     Credits Information

    (Director): Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
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    Story Synopsis:
    "Brother Bear" is the story of a boy who becomes a man by becoming a bear. Kenai (Phoenix) is a young man set on revenge against a bear he feels is responsible for his brother

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphicallly enhanced 2.35:1-framed DVD picture on Disc Two (with the first 20-minutes or so presented in 1.78:1 within the 2.35:1 frame) offers digital-to-digital animated images that are of excellent quality. Supporting the natural environments depicted in the story, the colors of the wild are offered in a lovely palette of greens and browns of the earth and gorgeous oranges and violets of sunsets. There are a few instances in which minor halos are noticed around images, but nothing that is seriously distracting. (Suzanne Hodges) An alternate non-theatrical, yet still widescreen 1.66:1

    Soundtrack:
    Both 5.1-channel Dolby

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