Don't Say a Word

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	Michael Douglas	Nathan Conrad
	Sean Bean	Patrick Koster
	Brittany Murphy	Elisabeth Burrows
	Skye McCole Bartusiak	Jessie Conrad
	Famke Janssen	Aggie Conrad
	Jennifer Esposito	Sandra Cassidy
	Shawn Doyle	Russel Maddox
	Victor Argo	Sydney Simon
	Conrad Goode	Max
	Paul Schulze	Jake
	Lance Reddick	Arnie
	Guy Torry	Dolen
	Oliver Platt	Louis Sachs
	Aidan Devine	Leon Croft
	Alex Campbell	Jonathan
	Philip DeWilde	Intern
	Sam Montesano	Frankie
	Arlene Duncan	Aide
	Judy Sinclair	Zelda Sinclair
	Larry Block	Doorman
	David Warshofsky	Ryan
	Darren Frost	Janitor
	Philip Williams	Large Cop
	Louis Vanaria	Cop at Scene
	Daniel Kash	Detective Garcia

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Director	Gary Fleder
Writer	Andrew Klavan, Anthony Peckham, Patrick Smith Kelly
Producer	Bruce Berman, Jeffrey Downer, Nana Greenwald, Andrew Klavan, Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Arnon Milchan
Musician	Mark Isham
Photography	Amir Mokri

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Story Synopsis:
Don’t Say A Word is a riveting thriller, based on the book by Andrew Klavan, about a psychiatrist who desperately needs something from one of his most troubled patients. When Dr. Conrad’s (Douglas) eight year old daughter is kidnapped, his only hope for her safe return is to pry a six-digit number from the memory of Elisabeth Burrows (Murphy), but time isn’t on his side. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits stylized images to give the picture an unconventional appearance. Director Gary Fleder wanted to stay away from a look that was too glossy or too clean. Blue overtones give the picture a cold, harsh feeling, while the psychiatric hospital often utilizes unsettling greens. Elsewhere in the movie, colors are nicely balanced, with rich hues. While images are quite sharp and nicely detailed, fine details smear slightly, and could possibly be a negative side effect of noise reduction. Edge enhancement is noticed on occasion. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The DVD’s Dolby® Digital and DTS® Digital Surround™ 5.1 audio versions are both very impressive, certainly reflecting the current state-of-the-art in movie soundtrack production. The music is a great recording, with a characteristic spaciousness that convincingly engages the dimensional soundfield and therefore imparting an uncanny sense of expansion and immersion. Also characteristic of the music, and of the soundtrack in general, is a full-bodied, occasionally prominent deep bass presence, along with active .1 LFE activity. Overall fidelity of the soundtrack recording is exemplary, particularly noticeable in the natural-sounding character of the dialogue. The distribution of effects all around is also impressive, with those of an atmospheric nature often making the audio seem as if it resides in a significantly larger space than that defined by the speaker locations. The DTS Digital Surround audio is slightly preferred for its seemingly more refined low-end definition and spatial coherence. (Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality

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