High Fidelity

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	John Cusack	Rob Gordon
	Iben Hjejle	Laura
	Todd Louiso	Dick
	Jack Black	Barry Judd
	Lisa Bonet	Marie De Salle
	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Charlie Nicholson
	Joan Cusack	Liz
	Tim Robbins	Ian Raymond
	Chris Rehmann	Vince
	Ben Carr	Justin
	Lili Taylor	Sarah Kendrew
	Joelle Carter	Penny Hardwick
	Natasha Gregson Wagner	Caroline Fortis
	Shannon Stillo	Alison Jr. High
	Drake Bell	Rob Jr. High
	Laura Whyte	Laura's Mom
	Sara Gilbert	Anaugh Moss
	Rich Talarico	Barry's Customer
	Matthew O'Neill	Beta Band Customer
	Brian Powell	Middle Aged Customer
	Margaret Travolta	Rob's Mom
	Jillian Peterson	Laura's Sister Jo
	Dick Cusack	Minister
	Susan Yoo	Girl - 19 Year Old
	Chris Bauer	Paul

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Director	Stephen Frears
Writer	Nick Hornby, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg
Producer	Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin, John Cusack, D.V. DeVincentis, David S. Grant, Alan Greenspan, Peter Neil, Mike Newell, Steve Pink, Rudd Simmons
Musician	Howard Shore
Photography	Seamus McGarvey

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Story Synopsis:
Based on the book by Nick Hornby, High Fidelity stars John Cusack as Rob Gordon, owner of Championship Vinyl a record store much like Spin Records here in Temecula; much like every non-chain record shop on the planet. All is right at the store-with the exception of his two clerks who insult customers who they feel have questionable taste in music, but Rob’s love life...well, he’s still searching for a girl who’ll put lead in his pencil-and help him to grow up. (Laurie Sevano)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD looks great, with images that are sharp and detailed except scenes in which Rob is reminiscing about the girls on his Top 5 Break-Ups List. While colors are not necessarily vibrant, they are nicely balanced with accurate fleshtones and deep blacks. Shadow delineation is excellent. Night club and nighttime scenes are revealing of good visual information in the darkness. The transfer is very clean, with very few incidents of pixelization or artifacts. Only a few artifacts were detected.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack offers good fidelity (albeit some tapering off of the higher frequencies) and in general has a "simplistic" feel that seems to be consistent with the mostly indoor scenes. The soundfield has the characteristic of conventional Dolby Stereo soundtracks. The music, much of it of compromised fidelity, fills the listening space with some spread into the surrounds. Sound effects are generally confined to the screen channels. The dialogue varies between having a fair consistency and a "close-miked" character. Some .1 LFE activity is noticed, but deep bass is not a prominent factor.

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