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Midnight Express Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 1978 | 121 mins | Rated R | Jul 21, 2009
Midnight Express(1978)Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller     A young U.S. citizen is arrested in Turkey for smuggling hashish and then is sentenced to unreasonable time in a hellish Turkish prison, where he begins to self-destruct, until he musters the courage to plan his escape. For more details about Midnight Express on Blu-ray, see the Midnight Express Blu-ray Review Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, Bo Hopkins, John Hurt, Irene Miracle Director: Alan Parker Midnight Express Blu-ray, Video Quality  Midnight Express arrives on Blu-ray with a 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. The Blu-ray delivers a solid picture quality that never jumps off the screen with crystal-clear images and vibrant colors, but it is representative of and faithful to its source. A few artifacts are visible here and there, but such anomalies are the exception to the rule. The print is generally blemish-free, and it contains a moderately high amount of film grain that offers to the picture a film-like appearance. Midnight Express is a drab, lifeless movie, reflective of the setting and tone of the drama. Colors are drab and dim, details can appear a bit hazy, and neither sharpness nor depth are all that spectacular. Fine details are often adequately reproduced, primarily in the form of grimy prison walls and rusted iron bars. Flesh tones look fine in context, but blacks occasionally drown out detail or, at other times, look too bright, for instance a sequence in chapter 11. While Midnight Express doesn't look like The International, it does look as intended and this Blu-ray edition offers a fine transfer in context. Midnight Express Blu-ray, Audio Quality  This Blu-ray release of Midnight Express features both lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and lossy Dolby Digital mono soundtracks. The Lossless track improves upon the mono offering by delivering increased clarity and resolution, but the additional channels don't necessarily mean an abundance of extra sonic activity. The lossless track remains centered straight up the middle with little information sent to the adjoining speakers. Ambient sound effects, for example the hustle and bustle of the Turkish airport at the beginning of the film, features all of the environmental effects up front and playing mostly through the center speaker. Music often plays with little in the way of volume at reference levels, a chase scene in chapter 3 playing as a rather cut-and-dry experience that delivers the sound but doesn't do all that much with it. Dialogue is reproduced efficiently throughout. Like the picture quality, Midnight Express' lossless soundtrack impresses in context. It doesn't create a phony atmosphere or otherwise add to the original track. It's mostly a clearer, more precise rendition of the mono track, just the way it should be. Midnight Express Blu-ray, News and Updates• Today on Blu-ray - July 21st - July 21, 2009 There are some movies where the story of the production is almost as entertaining as the resulting film (or sometimes more, as was the case of 'Superman Returns'). Twenty-two years in the making, 'Watchmen' finally reached the silver screen earlier this year, led ... • Blu-ray High-def Book for Midnight Express - May 18, 2009 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed the full detailes for its Blu-ray edition of the 1978 film 'Midnight Express', which will street on July 21. The release will come in the form of the now-familiar digibook, which Sony has labeled "deluxe Blu-ray High-Def ... • Sony Announces Midnight Express Blu-ray - May 11, 2009 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the 1978 film 'Midnight Express' to Blu-ray on July 21st. The release will come with a booklet, and while we are still not sure what the booklet will contain, we expect it will be similar to their ... Midnight Express Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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