Unfortunately, producer David Geffen did not approve of the original ending being made available on DVD and forced the DVD to be withdrawn from the market. Those of you who have a copy of that particular DVD should treasure it, because it is indeed a collector s item. The transfer itself is quite nice, providing a sharp and well-detailed image. Colors are strong, but never appear overblown, nor do they allow for any instances of chroma noise or bleeding. Reds are especially well rendered throughout the film and flesh tones have a very natural appearance.
Blacks are solid, as is the level of shadow detail in the image.
Digital compression artifacts are kept in check by the use of dual layering. Additionally, all of the vocals sound warm and appealing. Music is spread around the forward soundstage and allowed to wrap around the viewer into the rear channels. Sound effects are primarily placed in the front channels, but there is an occasional and effective use of the surrounds. Dialogue is always clean, intelligible and precisely focused.