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    Vertical Limit


    Genre: Action Adventure

    Reviewed In Issue 51 (Aug 2001) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Chris O

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4.5
    DD Sound Rating: 5
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Includes director and producer audio commentary, the 24-minute making-of featurette, Surviving Vertical Limit, eight short behind-the-scenes segments with accompaning real-life stories, filmographies, a 13-minute National Geographic Channel featurette, Quest For K-2, a production notes booklet, the theatrical trailer, and bonus trailers for


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): 05066
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
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    (Retail Price): $27.96
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 124
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2000
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 05/22/01
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Martin Campbell
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    High drama on one of the highest peaks in the world, Vertical Limit takes us to the base of the frigid K2 mountain in Pakistan

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits excellent image quality. The picture is sharp and detailed, with only a few softly focused scenes. Colors are bold and vibrant, with excellent balance and rich saturation. Blacks are deep and solid. Fleshtones push a slightly orange appearance at times. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely balanced, with good visual information available into the darkest scenes. Only occasionally do images appear slightly hard-edged with apparent edge enhancement, but pixelization does not pose much of a threat to the picture. Despite a somewhat

    Soundtrack:
    The audio presentation is both an excellent recording and a truly outstanding demonstration of dynamics and dimension. The soundtrack (originally created for 8-channel SDDS

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