...suspenseful, scary, and humorously cunning by turns.
Audio:
As for audio, it, too, is as before, a two-channel stereo soundtrack remixed for Dolby Digital 5.1 with productive results. Most of the time the sonics are kept sensibly in the front channels, but when things begin to heat up, literally, the rear channels make the experience all the more startling.
Extras:
Another reason to consider this reissue is, of course, its new special features. They include a wide assortment of goodies with only a full-feature audio commentary missing. The first and most important item is a recently produced forty-three-minute documentary called "Acting Carrie." It includes a multitude of interviews with the director, crew, and stars; in fact, the only major participant not here is Travolta. The second item is an equally impressive, forty-minute documentary called "Visualizing Carrie." It is mostly concerned with the film´s adaptation from King´s book and contains a load of information about the script from the screenwriter Larry Cohen as well as from the director and stars, info on the film´s location shooting, and behind-the-scenes facts about the film´s special effects. It even includes some deleted moments that are fun to imagine if put back into the film.
Did you know, by the way, that the famous ending for "Carrie," the hand business, was inspired by the ending in the movie "Deliverance"? That´s what the filmmakers admit. Then, there´s a six-minute series of interviews concerning the Broadway version of the story, a featurette titled "Carrie the Musical." Next is a six-minute animated photo gallery and then a text delivery about the transition of the book to film, "Stephen King and the Evolution of Carrie." MGM also include the same eight-page booklet of trivia and production notes enclosed with the previous edition, the same thirty-two scene selections, and a widescreen theatrical trailer. English, French, and Spanish are now the spoken languages provided, with French and Spanish for subtitles. Everything is now tied together with a good-looking, animated menu design.
Parting Thoughts:
"Carrie" offers a well-dimensioned portrait of a teenage misfit, something we all probably felt like to some degree and at some point in our youth. Both Spacek and Laurie were nominated for Academy Awards, an amazing accomplishment considering that horror films haven´t always gotten a lot of respect from the Academy, and the other cast members I´ve mentioned give further proof of the movie´s fine dramatics. With so much going for it, it´s apparent why it´s become a horror classic. MGM´s new Special Edition DVD makes an obvious recommendation for that niche in one´s DVD library devoted to a gravely overlooked genre.
As for audio, it, too, is as before, a two-channel stereo soundtrack remixed for Dolby Digital 5.1 with productive results. Most of the time the sonics are kept sensibly in the front channels, but when things begin to heat up, literally, the rear channels make the experience all the more startling.
Extras:
Another reason to consider this reissue is, of course, its new special features. They include a wide assortment of goodies with only a full-feature audio commentary missing. The first and most important item is a recently produced forty-three-minute documentary called "Acting Carrie." It includes a multitude of interviews with the director, crew, and stars; in fact, the only major participant not here is Travolta. The second item is an equally impressive, forty-minute documentary called "Visualizing Carrie." It is mostly concerned with the film´s adaptation from King´s book and contains a load of information about the script from the screenwriter Larry Cohen as well as from the director and stars, info on the film´s location shooting, and behind-the-scenes facts about the film´s special effects. It even includes some deleted moments that are fun to imagine if put back into the film.
Did you know, by the way, that the famous ending for "Carrie," the hand business, was inspired by the ending in the movie "Deliverance"? That´s what the filmmakers admit. Then, there´s a six-minute series of interviews concerning the Broadway version of the story, a featurette titled "Carrie the Musical." Next is a six-minute animated photo gallery and then a text delivery about the transition of the book to film, "Stephen King and the Evolution of Carrie." MGM also include the same eight-page booklet of trivia and production notes enclosed with the previous edition, the same thirty-two scene selections, and a widescreen theatrical trailer. English, French, and Spanish are now the spoken languages provided, with French and Spanish for subtitles. Everything is now tied together with a good-looking, animated menu design.
Parting Thoughts:
"Carrie" offers a well-dimensioned portrait of a teenage misfit, something we all probably felt like to some degree and at some point in our youth. Both Spacek and Laurie were nominated for Academy Awards, an amazing accomplishment considering that horror films haven´t always gotten a lot of respect from the Academy, and the other cast members I´ve mentioned give further proof of the movie´s fine dramatics. With so much going for it, it´s apparent why it´s become a horror classic. MGM´s new Special Edition DVD makes an obvious recommendation for that niche in one´s DVD library devoted to a gravely overlooked genre.
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