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    Saddest Music In The World, The
    Genre: Musical

    Reviewed In Issue 92 (Jan 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria De Medeiros, David Fox & Ross McMillan

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 4.5
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Special features include three short films from director Guy Maddin, a making-of featurette, a highlight on the cast, the theatrical trailer, and teasers. There are also up-front ads.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): MGM Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 1007029
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 Some sexuality and violent images
    (Retail Price): $29.98
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 100
    (Color Type): Color With B/W Sequences
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2003
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 11/16/04
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Guy Maddin
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    During the Great Depression in Canada, the legless beer baroness Lady Port-Huntly (Rossellini) announces a contest calling a search for The Saddest Music In The World, with the hopes that it will increase the sales of her ale. Fantastically filmed with the look and sound of movies from a nearly-forgotten era, this unforgettable musical drama

    DVD Picture:
    Viewers will easily be fooled into believing that this anamorphically enhanced DVD picture is sourced from 70-year-old film elements. However, the look is intentional and perfectly depicts the storytelling with black-and-white images that are extremely soft, blurry, and especially gritty with inherent film grain from the source element. There are occasional scenes with washed-out monochromatic blue color. This DVD delivers the incredibly artistic picture as it is supposed to appear, with no obtrusive edge enhancement and only minor pixel breakup. (Suzanne Hodges)

    Soundtrack:
    This Dolby

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