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Sister Act |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 03 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Mary Wickes, Harvey Keitel. |
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DVD General Information |
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(Studio/Distributor): |
Touchstone Home Video |
(Catalog Number): |
1452AS |
(MPAA Rating): |
PG |
(Retail Price): |
$29.99 |
(Running Time In Minutes): |
100 |
(Color Type): |
Color |
(Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
(Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
(Theatrical Release): |
1992 |
(LD Release Date): |
1/93 |
(THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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Credits Information |
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(Director): |
Emile Ardolino |
(Screenplay/Written By): |
Joseph Howard |
(Story): |
NA |
(Music): |
Marc Shaiman |
(Director Of Photography): |
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(Production Designer): |
Jackson DeGovia |
(Visual Effects): |
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(Costume Designer): |
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(Editor): |
Richard Halsey, ACE |
(Supervising Sound Editors): |
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(Re-Recording Mixers): |
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(Executive Producers): |
Scott Rubin |
(Co-Producers): |
Mario Iscovich |
(Producers): |
Teri Schwartz |
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DVD Picture Information |
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(Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.75:1 |
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DVD Sound Information |
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(DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
(Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A |
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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(Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
(Additional Languages): |
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WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
A laughter filled hit comedy with an irresistible music score punctrated with ‘60’s Motown hits. The divine proceeedings follow a twist on the gimmick of hiding a witness in a nunnery. Goldberg’s lounge singer character under a police protection program ends up in a convent where she turns the church choir of devout nuns into religious showgirls.
LaserDisc Picture:
The digital video transfer of this film looks a bit washed-out. Natural color fidelity and balance is off. As with nearly all Disney spherical flat projected films, the aspect ratio is 1.75:1 which will play virtually flawlessly on the 16:9 (1.78:1) widescreen format.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The sound is generally good, but there is very little surround activity, just the run-of-the-mill diffuse envelopment during scenes with music. The choir voices are well delineated but bass energy is thin and everything sounds slightly bright even with re-equalization to the dubbing theatre standard.
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
(Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
(Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
(Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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(Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
(Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
(Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
(Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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Reference LaserDisc: |
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Collector Edition: |
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