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“Dawson’s
Creek: The Complete 5th Season“
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Video: |
1.33:1 Full
screen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
2.0 |
| Languages |
English |
| Subtitles |
English,
Portuguese, Spanish |
| Length |
986 minutes
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| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
5/3/05 |
| Studio |
Columbia-Tristar
Home Entertainment |
| Commentary:
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None |
| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
|
Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
Trailers |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
James Van
Der Beek,Joshua Jackson,Michelle Williams,Katie Holmes |
| Written
By: |
Jeffrey Stepakoff,
Nicole Ranadive |
| Produced
By: |
Kevin Williamson
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| Directed
By: |
Robert Duncan
McNeill, Bethany Rooney |
| Music:
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Jan Arden
(Theme for season 5) |
| The
Review: |
The kids of “Dawson’s Creek” have
grown up and are all attending college in other cities. Dawson
attends film school in Los Angeles while most of his friends
end up in Boston. This, ultimately, convinces him to go to
Boston to be with his friend. This was the next to last season
for the series and fatigue had already begun to creep into
the storylines. While the location change initially invigorated
the series, “Dawson’s Creek” quickly lost much of its momentum
during season five. ---
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| Image
and Sound: |
With six
episodes per disc, there’s considerable compression issues in
many scenes. There’s also quite a bit of dirt noticeable in
some of the episodes as well. While the image quality isn’t
horrible packing 6 episodes per single sided disc doesn’t make
sense in this day. The Dolby Digital Surround format gets some
nice use here although the rear speakers are primarily devoted
to sound effects while the main speakers were primarily devoted
to the music (with dialog in the center speaker). The dialog
is crisp and clear. A caution to fans of the original series;
much of the music here has been replaced due to licensing issues
and some scenes were trimmed for the same reason. |
| The
Extras: |
Bare bones
perfectly describes the extras for this set. We do get trailers
for some upcoming Columbia-Tristar releases including “Bewitched”
and “The Partridge Family” . ---
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| Commentary:
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No commentary
tracks for any of the episodes included here which is a bit
disappointing. |
| Final
Words: |
Columbia
has opted to go with a bare bones approach for the fifth season
of “Dawson’s Creek”. While the sound is fine, the image quality
is so-so due to the amount of episodes per single sided disc.
Additionally, at least one episode has been trimmed for music
licensing reasons and many songs replaced for the DVD boxed
set. We get no extras (I wouldn’t call promo trailers extras)
to speak of nor do we get any commentary tracks. After the deluxe
treatment accorded “The Partridge Family” and other Columbia-Tristar
titles, I’m a bit surprised and disappointed that this set doesn’t
offer more for fans of the series. |
