Other films by Beresford include Black Robe, Driving Miss Daisy, Crimes of the Heart and Her Alibi. The cast of this movie do more than turn in great performances, they give powerful and moving turns here. Robert Duvall, who I believe is the finest actor ever to grace the silver screen, won an Academy Award for his work here, and certainly deserved it. This visual presentation is better than average, but this movie deserves much better. The colors are slightly muted, but this is somewhat due to the intentional muting for desired visual effect.
Flesh tones are natural, and contrast looks sharp as well.
I didn't see any compression errors either. It's not that this transfer is bad, but the movie is so good, it needs a perfect visual presentation. The disc uses a 2.0 surround track, although you won't notice much surround use. The audio stays in the front channels, but still has a decent sound to it. Even the music has a rather flat texture, which is inexcusable for a surround track.