Bicentennial Man

Bicentennial Man

Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Robin Williams
Robin Williams
, Sam Neill
Sam Neill
, Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Davidtz
, Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt
Chris Columbus
Bicentennial Man

Bicentennial Man

Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Robin Williams
Robin Williams
, Sam Neill
Sam Neill
, Embeth Davidtz
Embeth Davidtz
, Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt
Chris Columbus

DVD (Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1)

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Overview

"A sweet, but superficial film with a straightforwardly superficial release, Bicentennial Man offers DVD viewers little in the way of interest, with its only extras being its trailer and promotional featurette (the latter essentially consisting of the trailer cut around very brief cast interview snippets) and a trailer for Music Of The Heart. The trailers are drawn from good masters, and the featurette looks good but offers nothing. The video on the main feature is good, with no sign of compression artifacts, bleed, or shimmer, and the anamorphic image (letterboxed at 1.85:1) is reasonably sharp and clear, with accurate colors, though the overall feature seems somewhat on the muted side after the very colorful (and clever) main titles. The general image quality is high enough, however, that the larger part of the CGI visual effects, which occur as background elements throughout, are quite striking and blend well. As a curiosity, the single-sided, dual-layer disc includes a complete French-language version of the film, complete with main and end titles in French. This transfer is darker and more muted than the English edition, and displays a number of scratches and blemishes. The English Dolby 5.1 soundtrack is fairly clear, though extremely muted, with some odd level changes throughout that required constant adjustments to gain. Separation is good, but the surrounds are rarely given anything other than a little ambience, and the bass channel rarely is called upon. James Horner's score is blended effectively enough to be barely noticeable, aside from the main title music, which has a jarring resemblance to the work of Philip Glass, and thus rather stands out. The French Dolby 2.0 track has a good voice cast, but also suffers with the music being at a much higher level in the mix."

Product Details

Release Date: 06/13/2000
UPC: 0717951004888
Original Release: 1999
Rating: PG
Source: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital]
Language: English
Time: 2:11:00

Special Features

Production featurette; Theatrical trailer; French-language track; 5.1 Surround; Widescreen [1.85:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robin Williams Andrew Martin
Sam Neill Sir Martin
Embeth Davidtz Little Miss/Portia
Oliver Platt Rupert Burns
Wendy Crewson Ma'am
Hallie Kate Eisenberg Little Miss (age 7)
Lynne Thigpen Tribunal Leader
Stephen Root Dennis Mansky
Bradley Whitford Lloyd
Kiersten Warren Galatea
John Michael Higgins Bill Feingold
George Wallace Male President
Lindze Letherman Miss (young)
Angela Landis Miss
Igor Hiller Lloyd (age 10)
Joe Bellan Robot Delivery Man
Brett Wagner Robot Delivery Man,Engagement Party Guest
Scott Waugh Motorcycle Punk
Quinn Smith Frank
Kristy Connelly Monica
Jay Johnston Charles
Ples Griffin Zimbabwe Representative
Marcia Pizzo Lloyd's Wife
Paula DuPré Pesmen Feingold's Assistant
Clarke Devereux Priest
Paula West Singer
Kevin 'Tiny' Ancell Restoration Worker No. 1
Richard Cross Restoration Worker No. 2
Adam Bryant Humanoid Head
George D. Wallace Male President
James Horner Composer

Technical Credits
Chris Columbus Director,Producer
Michael Barnathan Producer
Janet Hirshenson Casting
Gail Katz Producer
Dan Kolsrud Executive Producer,Producer
Laurence Mark Producer
Neal Miller Producer
Mike Mitch Mitchell Stunts
Chris Nelson Special Effects
Wolfgang Petersen Producer
James E. Price Special Effects
Mark Radcliffe Producer,Producer
Nicholas Kazan Screenwriter
Steve Johnson Special Effects
Jane Jenkins Casting
Robert Shoup Sound Editor
Randy Thom Sound/Sound Designer
Nelson Stoll Sound/Sound Designer
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