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Shakespeare Behind Bars
Genre: Documentary

Reviewed In Issue 111 (Aug 2006) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Inmates From The Luther Luckett Correctional Complex In La Grange, Kentucky

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3
DD Sound Rating: 2
DTS Sound Rating: NR
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Reference Systems
Critics' Composite Score: 3
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Special Features
This DVD should go behind bars for the up-front ads. Includes three separate audio commentary tracks: one by filmmakers Rogerson and Spitzmiller and the other two feature some people behind bars. There are also 11 deleted scenes, nine selected performances, and a troupe update.


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Shout Factory
(Catalog Number): 10072
(MPAA Rating): Not Rated
(Rating Reason):

(Retail Price): $19.98
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 92
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): No
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 2005
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 07/18/06
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Hank Rogerson
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
If you were a high school drama club member...then later found yourself robbing banks for a living, then Luther Luckett Correction Complex in LaGrange, Kentucky, is the prison for you. This fascinating documentary explores the prison

DVD Picture:
Anamorphically enhanced at 1.78:1, this documentary features generally pleasing and adequate image quality for the genre. As is typical of documentaries, image quality is usually quite mediocre, depending on the source element. And with DV-originated images, this documentary can look quite soft at times. Still, the DVD does a nice job at delivering the imagery with little bothersome pixelization. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby