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Office, The: Season One
Genre: Comedy

Reviewed In Issue 101 (Oct 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer & B.J. Novak

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3
DD Sound Rating: 3
DTS Sound Rating: NR
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Reference Systems
Critics' Composite Score: 3
Internet Links
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Special Features
Special features include six deleted scenes, episode commentaries ("Pilot" with Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, and BJ Novak; "Pilot" with John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, BJ Novak and executive producers Greg Daniels and Ken Kwapis; "Diversity Day" with Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak and executive producer Greg Daniels; "The Alliance" with John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, BJ Novak, executive producer Greg Daniels, consulting producer Larry Wilmore, writers Paul Lieberstein, Mindy Kaling, and Michael Schur; and "Basketball" with Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak and executive producer Greg Daniels), and upfront ads.


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Universal Studios Home Entertainment
(Catalog Number): 28506
(MPAA Rating): Not Rated
(Rating Reason):

NA
(Retail Price): $29.98
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 135
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 2005
(Theatrical Release): No
(Direct-To-Video Release): Yes
(DVD Release Date): 08/16/05
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Ken Kwapis, Ken Whittingham, Bryan Gordon, Greg Daniels & Amy Heckerling
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Based on the hugely popular British television BBC series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, America's version of "The Office: Season One" is now available on DVD. Michael Scott (Carrell) is the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Paper Products and though he considers himself the "World's Best Boss," it's obvious that he's the only one around there who believes so. Developed for American television by Greg Daniels. (Tricia Spears)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 DVD picture offers a pleasing color palette that is perfectly suitable for the genre and office setting. Sharpness is adequate, but finer details are limited. Some blurring or smearing can be detected. Some aliasing and stairstepping artifacts can be noticed in details like blinds and stacks of paper. While there is no obtrusive edge enhancement, some pixelization is detected at times. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
Each of the Dolby