Tarzan – Collector's Edition

Cast View all

	Brian Blessed	Clayton
	Glenn Close	Kala
	Minnie Driver	Jane
	Tony Goldwyn	Tarzan
	Nigel Hawthorne	Professor Porter
	Lance Henriksen	Kerchak
	Wayne Knight	Tantor
	Alex D. Linz	Young Tarzan
	Rosie O'Donnell	Terk
	Beth Anderson
	Jack Angel	Monkey
	Joseph Ashton	Ape Boy
	Bob Bergen
	Billy Bodine	Baby Ape
	Hillary Brooks	Female Gorilla
	Rodger Bumpass	Elephant
	Lily Collins	Baby Ape
	Kat Cressida	Kala (gorilla vocal effects)
	Jim Cummings	Tantor (vocal stand-in)
	Aria Noelle Curzon	Little Ape
	Jennifer Darling
	Taylor Dempsey	Young Tantor
	Debi Derryberry	Various Monkeys
	Patti Deutsch	Tantor's Mother
	Paul Eiding

Crew View all

Director	Chris Buck
	Kevin Lima
Writer	Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Stephen J. Anderson, Mark Kennedy, Carole Holliday, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Don Dougherty, Ed Gombert, Randy Haycock, Don Hall, Kevin Harkey, Glen Keane, Burny Mattinson, Frank Nissen, John Norton, Jeff Snow, Michael Surrey, Chris Ure, Mark Walton, Stevie Wermers, Kelly Wightman, John Ramirez
Producer	Bonnie Arnold, Christopher Chase, Christopher Ward
Musician	Mark Mancina

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Story Synopsis:
Based on the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan tells the tale of the baby boy orphaned by a shipwreck and is rescued and reared by a family of gorillas. Tarzan acts and reacts like his simian family but wonders why he doesn’t look like them. His jungle reality is then turned upside down with the arrival of explorers, including the engaging young Jane. All the charming heroes, nasty villains and silly songs we’ve come to expect in a Disney animated epic. Phil Collins picked up an Oscar® for Best Original Song (“You’ll Be In My Heart”).

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced picture, viewed in component video exhibits animated imagery that is pure magic. Colors are eye-popping and vibrant, with breathtaking shades. Imagery is sharp and defined, with no artifacts or pixelization to distract. Shadows, reflections and fine details are beautifully showcased throughout. The picture is solid and will surely impress. The windowboxed picture measures 1.70:1, anamorphic and letterbox.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.0-channel discrete soundtrack has been correctly mastered for this special Collector’s Edition. The previously released DVD’s soundtrack was problematic in that there was a problem with the channel assignments. The left front and surround channels are combined. However, this is a stupendous sonic presentation that may well be the best soundtrack production yet from Disney’s recent string of animation features. The entire 5.0-channel soundfield is consistently and effectively utilized, resulting in a holosonic experience which adds immeasurably to the film’s entertainment and comprises a vital component of the storytelling. The fidelity is superb, with all aspects of the sound mix nicely integrated. Sound effects are multidimensional throughout, placing you in a 360-degree soundfield and subsequently transporting you to the spacious world of the jungle. The split surrounds are engaged, much more prominently and convincingly than many 5.1-channel film soundtracks. You’ll derive an enhanced feeling of spaciousness and dimension with the use of a back surround channel decoder, such as the SMART Devices’ Center Surround 3X used for this review. Phil Collins’ wonderful music score and songs are very well-recorded, and integrated into the soundtrack with a prominent, often aggressive presence that is exciting to hear. Deep bass, when engaged, is impressively powerful and deep, with extension to below 25Hz. The only weak link with this film’s audio is the dialogue, which is expectedly ADR-produced and has a close-up presence that sounds a bit detached from the environments depicted by the visual events. Nonetheless, this is an honest-to-good, dynamically exciting soundtrack that will surely entertain and serve as a cornerstone for home theatre demonstration material.



This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Collector Edition
Superb Color Fidelity

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