Second, the framing of the wide screen version of the movie is troublesome. Third, the image isn t as sharp or detailed as one generally sees on a brand new transfer. Forth, the film element contains a lot of blemishes and image has considerable grain. Getting back to how the DVD looks Colors are variable, appearing faded in some scenes and more vibrant in others. Flesh tones usually run towards the pale side, however the color red is usually well saturated- go figure.
Blacks are fairly accurate, but don t go looking for much by way of shadow detail.
Digital compression artifacts did not affect the image in any significant way. The Dolby Digital 2.0 channel soundtrack decodes to standard surround and is somewhat better than the image. Sound effects are very subtle and not terribly directional. Dialogue is clean enough to understand all the jokes. French and Spanish language soundtracks are also encoded onto the DVD, as are French and Spanish subtitles.