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    Red Dawn


    Collector's Edition
    Genre: Action Adventure

    Reviewed In Issue 123 (Sept 2007) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 2.5
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
    Internet Links
    http://www.mgm.com/dvd
    Special Features
    The single special feature on Disc One is a Carnage Counter. A what? For you mathematicians with a flare for the gore, the Carnage Counter will keep a tally of violent acts throughout the film. Nice. On Disc Two, you can find four featurettes: Red Dawn Rising at 23 minutes, Building The Red Menace at ten minutes, the ten-minute Training For WW III, and WW III Comes To Town in 13 minutes; and some trailers.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): MGM Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): M108131
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Rating Reason):

    		 NA
    (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): 114
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 1984
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 07/17/07
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): John Milius
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Red Dawn is the hypothetical situation of a communist invasion of the United States. The absurd story is about eight teenagers who escape to a mountainous area in Colorado seeking refuge as their small mid-western town is occupied by foreign nationals. In disparity, the youth wage a guerrilla attack in defense of their families and their community. Red Dawn is noted for being the first movie given the PG-13 rating.

    DVD Picture:
    This anamorphically enhanced 1.82:1 DVD is a marked improvement over the previous release (Issue 30), with a noticeable improvement in resolution and more natural color fidelity. Still, images can be soft and shadow delineation isn

    Soundtrack:
    The Dolby

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