Academy Award Winning Movies - Volume III (The English Patient/Il Postino/Shakespeare in Love)
by Anthony Minghella, John Madden, Michael Radford
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Actor: Geoffrey Rush, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Ralph FiennesDirector: Anthony Minghella, John Madden, Michael Radford
Writer: Anthony Minghella
Writer: Anna Pavignano
Writer: Antonio Skármeta
Writer: Furio Scarpelli
Writer: Giacomo Scarpelli
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 392 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Academy Award Winning Movies - Volume III (The English Patient/Il Postino/Shakespeare in Love)
DVD Review: Package incorrectly identifies all movies as anamorphic
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased both this volume and Volume I from a local bricks and mortar store after I saw the labels indicating that the packaged DVDs contained widescreen anamorphic (a.k.a. "Enhanced for 16x9 televisions") and Dolby Digital 5.1 versions of The English Patient, Il Postino, and Shakespeare in Love. Sadly, 'tis not true. I don't know whether the false labeling on the packaging was accidental or intentional but it appears that Miramax has simply packaged the same crappy widescreen (non anamorphic) DVD versions of these movies that I've been refusing to buy for several years now. Needless to say, all of the movies are going back tomorrow. As far as I know, Il Postino and The English Patient are STILL only available in a matted widescreen format. Only Shakespeare in Love is available in an anamorphic widescreen format. If you only own a 4x3 format T.V. you probably won't notice a difference - until you upgrade to a 16x9 set. Then, like me, you'll never buy a "fullscreen" or matted/widescreen DVD again.
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