It isn't quite reference quality however. This is a dark film, with noticeable grain exhibited in the print, so detail is occasionally a little lacking. To compensate, there's a hair too much edge enhancement as well. But the video still looks darned good, these minor issues aside. The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is also solid, creating a full-sounding soundstage.
Dialogue is placed in the center channel almost exclusively, but it still sounds fairly natural.
Audio is also provided in French 3.0 Dolby Surround. This DVD also has a fairly decent bunch of extras. Stick with it though, because there's some interesting tidbits of information conveyed. You also get the film's theatrical trailer and preview trailers for Universal's Man on the Moon and Snow Falling on Cedars . Finally, there's a DVD-ROM link to the Universal Home Video web site.