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| Special Features: |
Screen-specific audio commentary, Making-of special, Alternate scenes
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| Video Format: |
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
[SS-DL]
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| Languages: |
English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French
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| Subtitles: |
English
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| Captions: |
Yes
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| Casing: |
1-Disc Keep Case
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Tony is a low class, tough, street kid from Brooklyn... but unlike his cohorts, he has dreams. He's not smart. He won't go to college. He won't live up to his brother's choice of becoming a priest, a factor that his parents adore. But he can dance.
This is the film that was the staple for the Disco era of the 70s... but the movie really isn't about dancing. Travolta's ultra cool moves are a mere "Macguffin". Something that just gets the sotry going. A story about the streets of Brooklyn, and how growing up on them ain't so easy.
The dancing serves its purpose though... with Tony wanting to take the trophy and prize in a lcoasl dance off contest. Here he meets a mesmorizing, mature dancer that he falls for. Two opposites attract and we see Tony's talent nearly go to waste.
The disc is a better release from Paramount, which usually releases the older films in a bare bones disc with no extras. Thanfully, they offer up some goodies with commentary by the director, alternate scenes, and some other goodies.
Picture Quality: 9/10
The disc just looks great. A wonderful transfer that lets the film stand the test of time. Usually studios treat these 70s flicks terrible and offer up a less than glamourus picture. Not here. The blacks are black. The colors are vibrant, despite the sometimes soft cinematography used. A great transfer.
Sound Quality: 9/10
The great picture matches the great sound. Dialogue is seperated wonderfully, and the music booms. What I liked best were the street scenes, with the sound offering true feeling of hanging out in the streets of Brooklyn. This is the best we've heard from this movie since the theater release. The VHS and TV versions of late were
terrible with muffled dialogue and effects... not here.
Menu: 6/10
Pretty standard with music and shots of the film.
Extra Features: 7/10
The alternate scenes are cool to see, as is the commentary. They do have the higlights from the VH1 sepcial, which to me was kind of lame, but oh well. No trailers though.
The Final Word:
Great transfer, great sound, great film. It would have been nice to see Travolta in a commentary, but he's a big star now so he doesn't have to do that kind of thing... right? It's worth the buy though.
Ken Miyamoto
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