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    Dark Water

    Featured In Issue 115, December 2006

    Picture4
    Sound3.5
    WSR Score4
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Touchstone Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    52755
    (MPAA Rating):
    PG13
    (Rating Reason):
    For mature thematic material, frightening sequences, disturbing images, and brief language
    (Retail Price):
    $34.99
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Single Layer (BD-25)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    103
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    A
    (Theatrical Year):
    2005
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    10/17/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    Walter Salles
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    (Disc Soundtrack):
    Dolby Digital 5.1
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    After separating from her husband, Dahlia (Connelly) and her daughter Ceci (Gade) move into a run-down apartment. Although Dahlia struggles with debilitating migraines and nightmares from her childhood, she tries to make ends meet and provide a good life for her daughter. But when Dark Water begins seeping from the apartment above theirs, Dahlia soon learns that her troubles cannot be fixed by calling a plumber. Based upon Koji Suzuki's novel "Honogurai Mizuno Soko Kara" and the Hideo Nakata film "Dark Water." (Suzanne Hodges)

    Special features include a Movie Showcase, two deleted scenes, a featurette Analyzing Dark Water Scenes—Blue Robe and Wall Of Water, and up-front ads.

    The understated colors of the MPEG-2-encoded 2.35:1 Blu-ray Disc picture can make the imagery look dark and cheerless, matching the storytelling well. Some colors can be vibrant, but they are generally muted to better reflect the story. Images are generally well detailed, although it is not at the level of the best high-definition releases. How much of this can be attributed to the Samsung BD-P1000 player is unknown at this time. (Danny Richelieu)

    The uncompressed linear PCM 5.1-channel soundtrack only provides a slight improvement over the Dolby® Digital encoding that is also included on the disc. Deep bass is slightly tighter with the PCM encoding, but there is not much else that has been improved. (Danny Richelieu)

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