Colors tend to favor earthen tones and are somewhat subdued. Backs are well rendered and the level of shadow detail is decent for a 1971 release. Digital compression artifacts did not effect the presentation in any perceivable manner. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack gets the job done, but it isn t what anyone would call high fidelity. Because of this, the sound is a bit thin, with Isaac Hayes music being the biggest loser.
Dialogue is always intelligible, but the voices have an inconsistent quality.
A French language soundtrack is also encoded onto the DVD, as are English and French subtitles. By the way, the music actually sounds better on the menu screen than it does during the movie- go figure. Through the menus, one has access to the standard scene selection and set up features, as well as a few extras.