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Video A- | Audio A-
| Extras B
Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate
Blanchett, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Pete Postlethwaite
director Lasse Hallstrom | Miramax Home Entertainment
1999 | Psychological Thriller - Drama | R | 111 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio|
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) has grown up to be
an underachiever because his father viewed him as a failure from early
childhood. Life
changes for Quoyle when he falls in love with Peddle (Kate Blanchett), but
their relationship does not last long. Even so, Quoyle devotes his time to be a good father to his
daughter and endlessly tolerates his wife's promiscuous lifestyle.
One day,
tragedy strikes hard and Quoyle uproots his daughter to move along with
his estranged aunt (Judi Dench) into an ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing
village. When he has least expected, Quoyle finds a job as a
journalist for the shipping column and his eventual success in this job
allows him to overcome his childhood
taunts, leading to an inspirational self-discovery and a second chance at
life.
Special Features: "Dive Beneath The
Surface Of The Shipping News", feature commentary with director
Lasse Hallstrom, screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs and producers Linda
Goldstein Knowlton and Leslie Holleran; photo archive
DVD released on 6/18/2002 | Reviewed 6/24/2002
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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.
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