Once in Thailand, Lawrence tries to leave the Peace Corps because he is unqualified, but he discovers that his father pulled a few strings to make sure that he learns his lesson. The transfer is very pleasing, rendering a sharp and nicely defined image. Film grain is occasionally noticeable, but is never distracting. Colors aren t as highly saturated as a new movie, but they do hold their own. There are no problems with chroma noise or smearing of the more deeply saturated hues.
Blacks are solid and the image reproduces a good level of shadow detail.
Digital compression artifacts are well disguised by competent DVD authoring. The Dolby Digital 2.0 channel soundtrack produces respectable stereo sound. Dialogue is clean and always intelligible, while James Horner s score is reproduced with a nice musical quality. Subtitles are encoded onto the DVD in English, French and Spanish. The interactive menus are basic, providing the expected access to the scene selection and set up features.