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Video A | Audio A
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Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam,
Saffron Burrows
director Michael Apted | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
2002 | Romance - Mystery - Suspense | R | 119 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
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Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Dougray Scott stars as Tom Jericho,
a brilliant mathematician and code-breaker working at England's Bletchley
Park, a top secret World War II intelligence campus. There, the
English intelligence community listens in on the Nazis' encoded radio
messages transmitted using Morse Code, and tries to break the code to gain
war-time intelligence advantages. When Tom gets in over his head
with the beautiful and flirtatious Claire (Suffron Burrows) and suffers
from a nervous breakdown, he is sent away from the Park to get his life
back together. But without Tom's help to break the encoded radio
messages from Germany's headquarters to its U-boats (submarines), the
Allied cargo ships from the United States are vulnerable to attack and
England risks losing its crucial war-time supplies to maintain its
military strength to fend of the Nazis' advance.
In desperation to even the odds, England brings
back Tom to the Park to help crack the Nazis' extremely tough Enigma
code. Upon his return, Tom searches for Claire in his spare time,
but she mysteriously disappears without much trace. Between trying
to break the code and searching for Claire, Tom uncovers suspicious clues
that draws him deeper into this disturbing mystery. With help from
Claire's roommate, Hester (Kate Winslet), Tom eventually discovers the
secret that would be so shocking to the world that it has to remain a
secret until the modern day.
This story of war-time mystery, espionage,
patriotism, and loyalty is gripping. The script is well-written and
the performances are consistently top caliber. I enthusiastically
extend my recommendation for this film. By the way, it's amazing to
see how sophisticated 1940 military technology can be, and to see the
mechanical code-breaking "computer" running all day and all
night to search for the one combination that would break the enemy's
code. Too bad there isn't any real bonus features that attempts to
clarify how much of this movie is based on reality.
Special Features: theatrical
trailers for Enigma, Enough, XXX
DVD released on 9/24/2002 | Reviewed 11/3/2002
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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