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1x single-sided single layer (DVD5) |
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Approx. 99 mins (PAL) |
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Approx. 103 mins (NTSC) |
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1.78:1 anamorphic (packaging: 1.85:1) |
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1.85:1 anamorphic |
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English: English, Spanish, French: |
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English, English HoH, Danish, Czech, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Hungarian |
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English, Spanish |
Extras |
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- Theatrical trailers for all three Home Alone films |
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- Audio commentary by director Chris Columbus and actor Macaulay Culkin |
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Released in 2000, the original bare-bones version of Home Alone is one of the most obnoxiously bad commercially available DVDs of a mainstream film. Mastered from what looks like a LaserDisc source and heavily (and I mean really heavily) noise reduced, it features virtually no fine detail at all and renders the entire image as a mess of smearing, artefacting and edge enhancement. Meanwhile, the only extras Fox were able to dig out for such a major title were trailers for each of the three Home Alone films.
To say that the 2006 "Family Fun Edition" improves considerably on its predecessor would be the understatement of the year. The new transfer, unlike its predecessor, actually passes muster, looking pleasingly filmlike despite some temporal noise reduction. It also reveals that the earlier release was missing a substantial amount of picture, especially from the top and left-hand side. Interestingly, the overall difference in appearance is very similar to that of The Omen, another Fox release given the special edition treatment this year (comparison here): the new release is somewhat soft, but smooth and filmic, while showing a slightly bluer colour tint than its predecessor. One flaw that should be noted with this new release, though, is that some of the highlights appear to be being clipped (see Example 2).
Extras: no contest. The Family Fun Edition has a vast array of materials to offer, some new, some archival. It also fares better in terms of audio, offering two dubs and a 5.1 remix, although purists will no doubt go straight for the original 2.0 surround track.
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2/10 |
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7/10 |
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8/10 |
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