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    Mystery, Alaska


    Genre: Comedy Drama

    Reviewed In Issue 40 (July/Aug 2000) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack, Lolita Davidovich, Ron Eldard, Colm Meaney, Maury Chaykin, Michael McKean, Judith Ivey, Burt Reynolds

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Critics' Composite Score: 2.5
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    Special Features
    Includes a short making-of featurette, the theatrical trailer and bonus trailers for


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Hollywood Pictures Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 18291
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Rating Reason):

    		 Rated R for language and sexuality.
    (Retail Price): $32.99
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 119
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 1999
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 05/09/00
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Jay Roach
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Unfortunately, you

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD picture exhibits pleasing visual quality throughout. Color fidelity is nicely balanced, with rich and vivid hues and deep solid blacks. Fleshtones are nicely balanced, though slightly orange in interior scenes. The picture sometimes has a softly focused appearance, while other scenes are sharp and finely detailed. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered throughout. Some scenes appear slightly pixelized.

    Soundtrack:
    The Dolby

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