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    Steel Magnolias


    Genre: Drama

    Reviewed In Issue 42 (Oct 2000) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 3.5
    DD Sound Rating: 3
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Critics' Composite Score: 4
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    Special Features
    Includes director


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 70247
    (MPAA Rating): PG
    (Rating Reason):

    		 NA
    (Retail Price): $24.95
    (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): 1989
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 07/25/00
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Herbert Ross
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Steel Magnolias is based on the play by Robert Harling (who also wrote the screenplay), and is also loosely based on incidents in his own family. Sally Field is M

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits pleasing quality in all aspects. The picture is bright, with vibrant hues throughout, though certain scenes exhibit minor consistency problems. Images are sharp, with good shadow delineation and contrast. Fine film grain is noticed. There are no major distractions in the way of pixelization or artifacts, for an image that is quite solid, though occasionally wanting in dimension.

    Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack is matrixed 2.0 Dolby

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