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    30 Days Of Night


    Genre: Horror

    Reviewed In Issue 130 (Apr 2008) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior & Mark Rendall

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 3.5
    DD Sound Rating: 3.5
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Special Features
    Special features include the following featurettes: Pre-Production (eight minutes), Building Barrow (four minutes), The Look (six minutes), Blood, Guts And Nasty #@$&! (six minutes), Stunts (six minutes), The Vampire (five minutes), Night Shoots (five minutes), and Casting (nine minutes); an episode of the anime T.V. series Blood+ (21 minutes); a commentary track by cast and crew; and previews. The Blu-ray Disc also includes a 30 Images Of Night storyboarded slide show.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 19615
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 For strong horror violence and language
    (Retail Price): $28.95
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 113
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2007
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 02/26/08
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): David Slade
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Located far north of the Arctic Circle, Barrow, Alaska experiences 30 Days Of Night, a natural phenomenon that occurs each winter. From the darkness, across the frozen tundra, an evil will come to Barrow that will bring the town

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 2.40:1 DVD has a cold, desaturated look that matches the storytelling nicely. Resolution is well rendered, with fine textures nicely detailed. Even with the desaturated colors, fleshtones look fairly natural. Black levels aren

    Soundtrack:
    The Dolby

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