Topic: Music Box

[Touti]

MOVIE / DVD INFO

Title: Music Box
Year: 1989
Director: Costa Gavras
Rating: PG (Canada)
Length: 126 Min.
Video:  1.33:1 
Audio:  English 2.0 Surround
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Jessica Lange
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Frederic Forrest

Overview:
This is the story of an american lawyer who agrees to defend her hungarian father who is accused of comitting heinous war crimes 50 years earlier.

Features:
None (Barebones release)

WHAT I THINK OF IT

Audio:
As a somewhat old movie and barebones DVD, there is nothing extraordinary with the sound but at the same time it is quite well balanced and is never too loud compared to the dialogs.  Music is efficient in being there without really being heard but adding to the overall "ambiance" of the movie.

Score: 4/5

Video:

It is an old movie and was obviously made on DVD with limited budget and market expectations so the image is not extraordinay but it is not bad either. 

Score: 3/5

Extras:
   Barebones release

Score: N/A


Movie:
Mike Laszlo is under an extradition request from the hungarian government who wants to put him on trial for the war crimes he has committed.  If it is proven that Laszlo lied on his immigration declaration to be admitted, the americans could revoke his citizen ship and send him back to Hungary.  Ann Talbot, his daughter born in america, agrees to defend him and prove that it is all a mistake and that they've simply got the wrong man.  The movie is well directed and well played, there is an interesting build of suspense and mystery has she discovers the true horrors that took place during the war while she searches proofs that her father is not the man who committed those crimes.

Because I have a particular interest in that type of movies I give it an overall score of 4.5/5 but I am pretty much sold on those before watching them

[SailorRipley]

Thanks for the cool review! You have awakened my interest in this film again. Today I was looking for a different edition of it and came across this Kinowelt release at Amazon.de:



Extras:
"A Time of Trial" featurette (5:11)
"Taking Risks: Costa-Gavras & Irwin Winkler" featurette (4:27)
Interviews with Jessica Lange (9:15), Armin Mueller-Stahl (10:10)
Theatrical Trailer (1:25)

Subtitles:
Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish

Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1

Picture Format:
Anamorphic

TV System:
PAL

Soundtrack(s):
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

Case type:
Amaray (Keep) Case

According to DVDCompare, the audio is slightly better on this release, so with that and the few extras, I will probably order this.

[Touti]

These looks like some pretty cool extras, and you won't be disapointed with the movie.