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I
Love Lucy: 50th Anniversary Special
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Reviewed
by: |
David
Litton |
| Genre: |
Television
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| Video: |
1.33:1
fullframe |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
2.0 |
| Language: |
English
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| Subtitle: |
English
(cc) |
| Length: |
85
min |
| Rating: |
NR
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| Release
Date: |
10/01/2002
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| Studio: |
Paramount/CBS
Video |
| 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 |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
Dezi and
Lucie Arnaz, Larry King, Barbara Walters, Cher, Roseanne, Lily
Tomlin, Antonio Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Crenna,
Henry Winkler |
| Screenplay
by: |
Fred A. Rappaport,
Marty Farrell |
| Produced
by: |
Dann Netter, Fred A.
Rappaport, Gary Smith |
| Directed
By: |
Gary Smith
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| Music: |
N/A |
| The
Review: |
Featuring
interviews with the Arnaz children, Dezi and Lucie, as well
as those of Hollywood actors, comedians, and talents like Larry
King, Barbara Walters, Cher, Roseanne, Lily Tomlin, Antonio
Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Crenna, Henry Winkler,
and sooooooo many more, the program is a look at the most beloved
television show in the history of TV. It takes us back to where
it all started through archival footage and clips from various
different shows, giving us a nostalgic look at the Ricardos
and the Mertzes, and some of their most memorable moments and
shows. It's a wonderful program, really, one that will undoubtedly
make you laugh as you remember the moments of comedic brilliance,
and one that will have you searching frantically for those old
videotaped episodes that you keep underneath your VCR. -- |
| Image
and Sound |
Much
like the recent releases of "I Love Lucy's" first season's episodes
on DVD, Paramount and CBS have done a fine job bringing us this
50th anniversary special in pristine form. The images are clean
and well-presented: even in the fullframe format, much of the
distractions that usually plague such releases in this ratio
are absent. Colors and fleshtones are warm and inviting, the
clarity very impressive, the edges sharp, and the archival footage
remastered nicely, though could use a little touching up. The
sound is mastered in Dolby 2.0 Surround, and while most of the
interviews are pretty much front and center, the music that
fills in the cracks does tend to make itself a home in the rear
channels as well. |
| The
Extras |
None
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| Commentary |
None
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| Final
Words: |
There
aren't any supplements included, but the anniversary special
is more than enough reason to purchase the DVD. |
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