French DVD review

French DVD cover

New French 2003 DVD Review

[MGM] [2:35:1] [Region 2] [PAL] [117 minutes]

[1999 French DVD review]

French DVD


FEATURES The Menu system is can be configured to French and English language versions. English audio in 5.1 and French 2.0 Mono are the sound options giving the French DVD buying public a bit of a raw deal when you consider the 1999 Pioneer release has 2.1 Stereo. As a result, ambient sounds are subdued. Subtitles are French, English, Spanish and Swedish. The French subtitles have been re-interpreted for this release and do not match the previous Pioneer release. Also unlike the previous release, all sound and subtitle options are configurable within the movie.

	Picture Quality The picture is presented in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen. The image quality is fine although compared with the most recent versions, the colours are more washed-out. As you can see on the left, the credits which used to be in green are now white.
In fact, greens are heavily muted throughout the movie. This may be a director approved copy of the movie as Michael Mann is known to have prepared a colour-corrected version of the movie for release this summer.


	EXTRAS Just the US trailer. The lack of Anchor Bay supplements is disappointing though. Perhaps MGM did not want to pay to license them and then have to subtitle them into French.

SUMMARY Simply, if you are French or French speaking, this is the best version of Manhunter to own. . This is the TRUE cinema version with dialogue excised from the Anchor Bay version present and correct here.
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