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    Half Baked

    Featured In Issue 119, April 2007

    Picture3.5
    SoundNR
    WSR Score3
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    61032811
    (MPAA Rating):
    R
    (Rating Reason):
    For pervasive drug content, language, nudity, and sexual situations
    (Retail Price):
    $34.98
    (Disc Type):
    Dual Side/Dual Layer (HD DVD30/DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    82
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    1
    (Theatrical Year):
    1988
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    01/30/07
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    Tamra Davis
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    Dolby Digital+ 5.1
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    A comedy about best buds, Half Baked finds four underachieving friends who live, play and party together, caught in a sticky situation. One night, while on a munchies run, Kenny (Williams) innocently stops to share some junk food with a diabetic NYPD patrol horse. When the horse keels over dead, Kenny is arrested as a cop killer! Thurgood (Chappelle), Scarface (Diaz) and Brian (Breuer) hastily resolve to raise Kenny's bail of $100,000. Our marginally employed heroes find their only way to raise the money is to start a home delivery weed service using the marijuana found in the government-funded research lab where Thurgood works as a janitor.

    The only special feature on Side A is commentary with Director Tamra Davis. On Side B, there's the Davis commentary (again), ten minutes of deleted scenes, an alternate ending, five minutes with The Guy On The Couch, a five-part featurette examining different types of smokers (First Timer, Overhitter, Adventurer, Ritual, and Paranoid), six minutes "baking" some homestyle recipes with Granny, and seven pages of production notes. And up-front previews.

    The VC-1-encoded 1.85:1 HD DVD exhibits bold colors, but details are not as well resolved as on the best high-definition releases. Contrast is well balanced, as is shadow delineation, but fleshtones are rather pink. (Danny Richelieu)

    The Dolby® Digital Plus 5.1-channel encoding is rather basic, generally relegated to the center channel. Fidelity is good, although there are times when the dialogue is obviously ADR-produced. (Danny Richelieu)

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