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 Movie A |
Video A- | Audio A-
| Extras B+ | Recommended!
Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Cheech
Marin, Dom DeLuise
director George Scribner | Disney
1988 | Animation - Children - Family | G | 74 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
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anamorphic
widescreen 1.66:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Finally making its appearance on
DVD is Oliver & Company, a heart-warming animated film about
Oliver, an orphaned kitten and his quest to make friends and find a
loving home. Oliver first meets Dodger, a canine who helps him learn
the street-smart ways of survival and introduces him to a gang of misfit
canines. Will Oliver be accepted by this bunch of pooches? And
will Oliver find a suitable home? (See cover art picture.) Not
only is Billy Joel part of this star-studded cast, but he also wrote and
performed most of the great songs that accompany this great family film,
along with Bette Midler and Huey Lewis. This DVD features a brand
new, digitally restored and re-mastered film transfer and a superb audio
transfer to Dolby Digital 5.1.
Oliver & Company has never looked and sounded better!
This is delightful, heart-warming, and exciting film can be enjoyed over
and over again. So cuddle up with your little loved ones and enjoy
this charming tale of friendship, love, courage and loyalty. I
highly recommend it.
Special Features: "The Making of Oliver
& Company", "Return of a Classic, A Look at the 1996
Theatrical Re-Release of Oliver & Company", "Why Should
I Worry?" sing-along song, "Streets of Gold" sing-along
song, scrapbook behind-the-scenes photos, fun film facts, "Disney's
Animated Animals" featurette, "Puss-Café" animated short,
Academy Award winning "Lend A Paw" animated short, publicity
materials, and DVD-ROM weblinks
DVD released on 5/14/2002 | Reviewed 5/21/2002
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Additional Notes: Unless we specify otherwise, the
video and audio quality are very good when their grades are "A-"
or better. Only the highest number of channels of surround sound
format is listed (e.g., Dolby Digital 5.1). If there are both Dolby
Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks, then both are listed. All
DVD-Video discs are backwards compatible with stereo-only playback
systems.
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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