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Six Days, Seven Nights features an excellent 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. The picturesque greenery, rocky cliffs, and sparkling blue water of the tropical island setting all appear bright and focused, with only a few instances of grain and dirt on the print. The 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio track is also sharp. The upbeat music moves well through the entire range of the speakers, and gunshots reverberate powerfully from the front speakers. A Dolby Digital French-language track is also available. On the downside, this DVD is a bare-bones release that lacks any notable extra features. It does contain the theatrical trailer in a decent widescreen transfer (along with some laughable recommendations -- Metro and Nothing to Lose -- that have little in common with this film), plus English subtitles and 23 chapter cues. While the Six Days, Seven Nights DVD is technically impressive, it would be improved immensely with better supplemental materials. Even a simple "on location" featurette or fluffy cast interviews would help considerably.
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Jon Turteltaub's fantasy-comedy The Kid comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English, Spanish, and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. The English soundtrack is closed-captioned and Spanish subtitles are accessible. The entertaining supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by the director and the child actor Spencer Breslin, a behind-the-scenes documentary concerning how Breslin got the part and his work on the film, a series of interviews with Turteltaub, and the theatrical trailer. This is an excellent package for this hit film.
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Wayne's World, one of the few Saturday Night Live skits to become a successful movie, also makes for a fine DVD. First off, Paramount presents the disc in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and it is anamorphic. While the image shows some of the signs of a relatively low budget, it still looks very good. Colors are realistic though detail is not always as strong as would be hoped for. The sound, which has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, is clear and distortion free, even though there is a lack of any surround material. It wouldn't be expected in a film like this, so it's no disappointment. Also available are English and French surround tracks. A real surprise is the addition of a new audio commentary from director Penelope Spheeris. Her enthusiasm makes for a fine track with little gaps and plenty of personal and professional anecdotes. It's obvious that she has a love for this film. Next up is a half-hour of interviews with the cast and crew. These are very well put together and also show how much they enjoyed making this film. Rounding out this nice disc is the theatrical trailer. Fans of this film should not pass up the disc, which they will find to be well worth their money.
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This collection of comic highlights from Will Ferrell's tenure on Saturday Night Live gets a solid presentation for its release on DVD. The meterial included on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspet ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. No multiple language options have been included, though the sketches have been closed cpationed in English. Bonus material on this disc includes highlights from Ferrell's audition tapes, a collection of outtakes, footage from SNL dress rehearsals, and a gallery of still photos.
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