Director Bruce Beresford's Oscar-winning adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play arrives on DVD in fine form in this Special Edition release from Warner Brothers Home Video. The feature is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, accompanied by audio rendered in closed-captioned Dolby Digital Stereo, French Dolby Digital Stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono, and optional English Spanish, and French subtitles. In addition, viewers can go behind the scenes for three featurettes: "The All-New Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen," "Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star," and the original 1989 featurette. Feature-length commentary by director Beresford, writer Uhry, and producer Lili Fini Zanuck is also included, as are writer/director/cast highlights, awards notes, and a theatrical trailer.
This movie touches the heart in a way that many others seem insincere. The writing, staging, costumes of the time and production in general was wonderful. Again, the condition of the DVD was outstanding, neatly packaged and easy to use. The mailing packaging could have been more substantial. I was fearful of what I might find because of the way the package was "stuffed" into my mailbox. However, as it turns out...it arrived in excellent condition.
What's great about it: The cast of characters
What's not so great: I can't think of any drawbacks.
Martin Ritt's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Hombre comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer, and a still photo gallery. This less than spectacular 20th Century Fox release may be of interest to genre enthusiasts and fans of Leonard or Paul Newman, but there is little here for the average DVD consumer.
Beside having a great cast of characters, it had outstanding writing that made each character believable.
The quality of the DVD was wonderful and it was neatly packaged. However, I would have felt better, if the shipping packaging had been more substantial. I was fearful of opening the package because of the way it had been "stuffed" in my mailbox. However, it shipped in perfect condition.
What's great about it: Entire cast of characters was outstanding.
What's not so great: The year it was produced was before great strides in cinamatography.