Mask of Zorro

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	José María de Tavira	Young Alejandro Murrieta
	Diego Sieres	Young Joaquín Murrieta
	Emiliano Guerra	Boy Crying
	Yolanda Orizaga	Woman Crying
	Paco Morayta	Undertaker
	William Marquez	Fray Felipe
	Stuart Wilson	Don Rafael Montero
	Tony Amendola	Don Luiz
	Anthony Hopkins	Don Diego de la Vega
	Pedro Altamirano	Squad Leader
	Luisa Huertas	Nanny
	María Fernández Cruz	Baby Elena de la Vega
	Mónica Fernández Cruz	Baby Elena de la Vega
	Julieta Rosen	Esperanza de la Vega
	Antonio Banderas	Alejandro Murrieta
	Raúl Martínez	Heavyset Lieutenant
	Victor Rivers	Joaquín Murrieta
	L.Q. Jones	Three-Fingered Jack
	José Pérez	Cpl. Armando Garcia
	Tony Cabral	Soldier Holding 'Wanted' Poster
	Tony Genaro	Watering Station Owner
	Iván Rafael	Small Boy at Watering Station
	David Villalpando	Stupid Soldier
	Matt Letscher	Capt. Harrison Love
	Maury Chaykin	Prison Warden

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Director	Martin Campbell
Writer	Johnston McCulley, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Randall Jahnson, John Eskow
Producer	Doug Claybourne, David Foster, John Gertz, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Tava R. Maloy, Steven Spielberg
Musician	James Horner
Photography	Phil Meheux

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Story Synopsis:
The Mask Of Zorro features Anthony Hopkins in the role of Don Diego de la Vega, a wealthy nobleman who leads the double life as the legendary Zorro. Don Diego finds a successor in Alejandro Murieta (Antonio Banderas), a bandit with a troubled past.

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD appears to exhibit the same impressive image quality as the previous version. The anamorphic DVD’s picture quality, when viewed in the component video output, is superb. Color resolution is excellent with fine textures and vivid colors, natural fleshtones, and deep and solid blacks. The LaserDisc also exhibits exemplary picture quality, with nicely delineated shadow detail, but the DVD reveals an even better gradation of shade between dark and picture black. Even at close view the DVD is absent chroma noise which dramatically enhances resolution as does the anamorphic process. There are no apparent artifacts in either picture. The LaserDIsc, letterbox and anamorphic DVD aspect ratios are framed at 2.35:1. Images are sharp and detailed, and color fidelity is excellent. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack is a new encodingat 448 kbps over the previous DVD version. Otherwise, the dialnorm offset is the same at –2 dB, and this current version is just slightly smoother-sounding in the midrange. The DTS® Digital Surround™ version sounds a little tighter in the low-end by comparison, but the Dolby Digital audio seems a bit more prominent. The DTS soundtrack also delivers with a bit more smoothness in the midrange and a little more seamlessness in terms of spatial rendering. Otherwise, both soundtracks have a "manufactured" quality and are above the standard reference level. Dialogue, while intelligible, sounds virtually all ADR-processed and wanting in spatial integration. The music score is nicely recorded with an expansive soundstage presence and excellent bass response. There is no shaming the discrete which is effectively active in split surround directionality. Surround envelopment is consistently aggressive and exciting. Bass extension is deep and very powerful to below 25 Hz on both versions with enhanced .1 LFE energy that is explosive in impact. (Gary Reber/Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Collector Edition
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Color Fidelity

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