Braveheart

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	James Robinson	Young William
	Sean Lawlor	Malcolm Wallace
	Sandy Nelson	John Wallace
	James Cosmo	Campbell
	Sean McGinley	MacClannough
	Alan Tall	Elder Stewart
	Andrew Weir	Young Hamish
	Gerda Stevenson	Mother MacClannough
	Ralph Riach	Priest No. 1
	Mhairi Calvey	Young Murron
	Brian Cox	Argyle Wallace
	Patrick McGoohan	Longshanks - King Edward I
	Peter Hanly	Prince Edward
	Sophie Marceau	Princess Isabelle
	Stephen Billington	Phillip
	Barry McGovern	King's Advisor
	Angus MacFadyen	Robert the Bruce
	John Kavanagh	Craig
	Alun Armstrong	Mornay
	Mel Gibson	William Wallace
	Catherine McCormack	Murron
	Brendan Gleeson	Hamish
	Tommy Flanagan	Morrison
	Julie Austin	Mrs. Morrison
	Alex Norton	Bride's Father

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Director	Mel Gibson
Writer	Randall Wallace
Producer	Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Dean Lopata, Stephen McEveety, Elisabeth Robinson
Musician	James Horner
Photography	John Toll

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Story Synopsis:
The winner of five 1995 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Director, “Braveheart”is an epic tale of one man’s fight for Scotland’s freedom from England. Producer/director Mel Gibson stars as the legendary William Wallace, a fiery intellectual Scotsman who risks his life to lead his countrymen to fight for their women, land, and most of all, independence from the greedy English King Edward I, or Edward the Longshanks (McGoohan). Wallace’s courage becomes an inspiration even to his enemies.

DVD Picture:
When compared to the LaserDisc reviewed in Issue 19, the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits improvements in sharpness, fine detail, contrast, and color fidelity. The DVD picture is a bit darker than the LaserDisc, but shadow delineation is excellent. Viewed alone, the DVD is absolutely beautiful, but is not free from pixelization. Though not too distracting, details in the warriors’ armor occasionally shimmer, and finer details seem to break up on larger home theatre displays. Some scenes appear quite "pasty" and wanting in clarity and definition. For a movie that nears three hours in length, these distractions do not make up a majority of the image quality. Some minor edge enhancement is noticed, and artifacts and dirt appear occasionally, but overall the DVD exhibits clarity, good depth and excellent color fidelity.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel discrete soundtrack, as is the case for the previous LaserDisc, is an excellent sonic presentation for its spatial virtues, as well as its excellent fidelity. Sound effects are both subtly and prominently spread throughout the listening space, but in either case a convincing, holosonic sense of dimension is rendered. The music score is exceptionally well recorded and integrated into the sound mix with substantial depth, and frequently energizes the soundstage. Surround envelopment is typically aggressive with the left-right separation enhancing dimension and space. The deep bass is clearly a winner with both sound effects and music, with sub-25Hz extension is all channels and high intensity at times. Probably the only downside to this wonderful soundtrack is the dialogue, which features clear voices with natural tones, but sometimes an excessive "up-front" presence, resulting in over-emphasized mid-bass and therefore compromised spatial integration. Nonetheless, this is an impeccably clean, dimensionally effective soundtrack presentation that is sure to deliver with emotion and excitement.

DVD/Previously Reviewed LD Comparative Review:

When compared to the LaserDisc reviewed in Issue 19, the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits improvements in sharpness, fine detail, contrast, and color fidelity. The DVD picture is a bit darker than the LaserDisc, but shadow delineation is excellent. Viewed alone, the DVD is absolutely beautiful, but is not free from pixelization. Though not too distracting, details in the warriors’ armor occasionally shimmer, and finer details seem to break up on larger home theatre displays. Some scenes appear quite "pasty" and wanting in clarity and definition. For a movie that nears three hours in length, these distractions do not make up a majority of the image quality. Some minor edge enhancement is noticed, and artifacts and dirt appear occasionally, but overall the DVD exhibits clarity, good depth and excellent color fidelity.

The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel discrete soundtrack, as is the case for the previous LaserDisc, is an excellent sonic presentation for its spatial virtues, as well as its excellent fidelity. Sound effects are both subtly and prominently spread throughout the listening space, but in either case a convincing, holosonic sense of dimension is rendered. The music score is exceptionally well recorded and integrated into the sound mix with substantial depth, and frequently energizes the soundstage. Surround envelopment is typically aggressive with the left-right separation enhancing dimension and space. The deep bass is clearly a winner with both sound effects and music, with sub-25Hz extension is all channels and high intensity at times. Probably the only downside to this wonderful soundtrack is the dialogue, which features clear voices with natural tones, but sometimes an excessive "up-front" presence, resulting in over-emphasized mid-bass and therefore compromised spatial integration. Nonetheless, this is an impeccably clean, dimensionally effective soundtrack presentation that is sure to deliver with emotion and excitement.


This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Cinematography
Reference Quality
Collector Edition
Superb Music Score Recording Quality

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