Last of the Mohicans (US)
"A spellbindingly beautiful old-fashioned epic."
Certificate: R
Running Time: 117 mins
Retail Price: $29.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war.
Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor in 1989 for My Left Foot) stars as Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Madeleine Stowe is Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a proud British Colonel. Their love, tested by fate, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies that engulfs the majestic mountains and cathedral-like forests of Colonial America.
Based on the American literary classic by James Fenimore Cooper, The Last Of The Mohicans is "a spellbindingly beautiful old-fashioned epic." (Joel Siegel, Good Morning America)
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Additional Footage
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 French
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Spanish
CC: English
Directed By:
Michael Mann
Written By:
Christopher Crowe
Michael Mann
Philip Dunne
Daniel Moore
Paul Perez
John L. Balderston
James Fenimore Cooper
Starring:
Jodhi May
Eric Schweig
Russell Means
Madeleine Stowe
Daniel Day-Lewis
Casting By:
Bonnie Timmermann
Soundtrack By:
Dougie Maclean
Daniel Lanois
Trevor Jones
Randy Edelman
Clannad
Ciarán Brennan
Director of Photography:
Dante Spinotti
Editor:
Arthur Schmidt
Dov Hoenig
Costume Designer:
Elsa Zamparelli
Production Designer:
Wolf Kroeger
Producer:
Michael Mann
Hunt Lowry
Ned Dowd
Executive Producer:
James G. Robinson
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox
Your Opinions and Comments
The video transfer is average. There are no visible compression signs, but the picture lacks detail and seems out of focus at times. The landscape shots are beautiful, but the dark scenes suffer from grain. Look for the worst CG water ever during the scene of the big falls.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is flat. While there is an occasional usage of the surrounds, the sound is not enveloping enough.
The menus are animated with sound.
The disk contains no extras whatsoever.
Bottom line - an ordinary epic-wannabe story and a very average disk.