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 enlarge | Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Russell Crowe, George Innes, Robert Pugh, David Threlfall, Mark Lewis Jones
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.98
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Rating:  622 reviews
Sales Rank: 1148
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: FOXBR2243552
UPC: 024543435501
EAN: 0024543435501
ASIN: B000VDDWDS
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED!!!
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Top notch audio, video unimpressive and no extras June 15, 2008
M. Goode (Corpus Christi, Texas)
I really liked this movie in the theater and on dvd. Sound design and delivery is top notch on this blu-ray version. The video is somewhat of a disappointment to me. The video seems to lack the punch that I know blu-ray can deliver. Not much is offered in the extras department. Overall, I was expecting a little more than I received.
 Great performances and story and a superior audio demo piece June 13, 2008
Daniel C. Rapp (Salt Lake City)
This is a well-done film with much greater character development than that of your typical action flick, and a very welcome lack of computer-generated special effects. The ad campaign for this film was purported to sell it as a kind of "Gladiator" on the high seas but this is not a purple-prosed melodrama - it's nuanced and much more affecting because of it.
On an audio technology note, the surround sound recorded cannon volleys are very dynamic and may have you ducking.
Bombastic sound OK video June 8, 2008
Greg Herrman
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I will skip the review of the actual movie itself because if you are buying the blu ray version you have probably already seen this film. What immediately hit me was the DTS master-HD soundtrack, this is why you buy new gear because the opening fight scene between lucky jack and the acheron is amazing the LFE makes your teeth rattle if you have even a decent sub. Overall the picture quality is good but not that much better than on the standard DVD in some scenes but is is an upgrade over the DVD release. The main reason to buy the blu ray edition(besides it being a fantastic movie overall)is for the sound design it is amazing, voices are clearly heard and you surrounds and sub will get one hell of a workout.
movie May 29, 2008
J. Jones
Russel Crowe is excellent in this adventure movie. It is well done and acted all around. I'd watch it again and again.
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 A disapointment. May 20, 2008
The Quiet Man (San Jose, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The audio quality is first rate; the video quality is not. The video image is only slightly better than the standard DVD release. It certainly does not merit the term high-definition. This kind of "high-definition" is what will keep the masses from adopting the medium. I bought this before reading any of the reviews. That was naive of me. From now on I will wait to see what the reviewers say before I buy another Fox Blu-ray release. Based on the weak effort displayed by Fox in Master and Commander, I fear the upcoming classic, "The Sand Pebbles", will probably receive the same short shrift. To any Fox execs out there, wake up and smell the coffe; you don't win market share by pawning off second rate goods.
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