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Nichole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher
Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Alakina Mann, James Bentley,
Renee Asherson
director Alejandro Amenabar | Dimension Home Video
2001 | Psychological Thriller | PG-13 | 104 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
(layer switch at beginning of Chapter 12)
anamorphic
widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio
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Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a protective
and nurturing mother who takes care of her two children while her husband
is away at war. One day, her servants literally disappear into thin
air without a trace. Then three mysterious strangers show up at her
door for the servant jobs. At about the same
time, her daughter tells her that she's been seeing what she refers to as The Others in
their home. Will Grace believe her daughter and protect her family from The Others before it's too
late? This brilliant psychological thriller kept me on the edge
of my sofa and guessing until the very end. It's chilling and
suspenseful, and climaxes to a (nope, I can't tell you). What I can
tell you is that the sound design was breathtakingly engaged during the
many haunting scenes, providing aural clues to home theater viewers in the
surround sound
channels what was going on off-screen. This is one of those movies
where a 5.1-channel home theater system makes a big difference in the
movie experience. Oh, did I mention that Nicole Kidman never looked
better and gave a superb acting performance? Psychological thriller
fans, don't miss this one!
Special Features: on disc 2: "A Look
Inside The Others", visual effects piece, Xeroderma
Pigmentosum: What is it? The Story of a Family Dealing with the
Disease, an intimate look at director Alejandro Amenabar, The Others
still gallery, theatrical trailer
DVD released on 5/14/2002 | Reviewed 4/25/2002
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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.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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