Three Kings – Special Edition

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	George Clooney	Archie Gates
	Mark Wahlberg	Troy Barlow
	Ice Cube	Chief Elgin
	Spike Jonze	Conrad Vig
	Cliff Curtis	Amir Abdulah
	Nora Dunn	Adriana Cruz
	Jamie Kennedy	Walter Wogaman
	Said Taghmaoui	Captain Said
	Mykelti Williamson	Colonel Horn
	Holt McCallany	Captain Van Meter
	Judy Greer	Cathy Daitch
	Christopher Lohr	Teebaux
	Jon Sklaroff	Paco
	Liz Stauber	Debbie Barlow / Troy's Wife
	Marsha Horan	Amir's Wife
	Alia Shawkat	Amir's Daughter
	Jabir Algarawi	Hairdressing Twin #1
	Ghanem Algarawi	Hairdressing Twin #2
	Bonnie Afsary	Western Dressed Village Woman
	Jacqueline Abi-Ad	Traditional Village Woman
	Fadil Al-Badri	Deserter Leader
	Al No'mani	Kaied
	Sayed Badreya	Iraqi Tank Major
	Magdi Rashwan	Iraqi Troop Carrier Major
	Ali Afshar	Iraqi First Kill Soldier

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Director	David O. Russell
Writer	John Ridley, David O. Russell
Producer	Bruce Berman, Robert S. Costanzo, Alan Glazer, Gregory Goodman, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell, John Ridley, Kim Roth, Charles Roven, Douglas Segal, Kelley Smith-Wait
Musician	Carter Burwell
Photography	Newton Thomas Sigel

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Story Synopsis:
The Gulf War is over and most of the soldiers are partying and planning their homecoming, four American soldiers (Clooney, Wahlberg, Cube & Jonze) are planning their treasure hunt for stolen Kuwaiti gold. But these Three Kings (Jonze’s character was allowed to tag along) are sidetracked from their selfish plans to help a group of Iraqi prisoners to safety in a refugee camp.

DVD Picture:
Shot in a creative frenzy using different film stocks (see the production notes section of the special features menu), the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD, viewed in component video, has an in-your-face, sometimes harsh and sometimes surreal appearance. Shadow delineation is nicely rendered, with good visual information in the darkest scenes. With the intentional stylization in mind, the picture exhibits a solid, pleasing visual experience that will surely please in all aspects.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack delivers remarkable fidelity, but is a mixed bag in terms of dimension. The audio tends to be biased toward the screen with very subtle surround envelopment, but the dimensional soundfield comes alive with the more active scenes consisting of gunfire and explosions that penetrate the split surrounds. The soundstage is stereophonic in nature throughout, but the rendering of the outdoors may have been more effective with the creation of a more enveloping holosonic listening space. The conservative usage of the surrounds could have been deliberate in trying to establish some consistency with the quiet desert settings, and also to provide dramatic contrast with the dynamic, spatially active sequences. The music is well recorded and delivers a soundstage that is effectively wide and expansive. Dialogue often exhibits ADR-production characteristics, but is otherwise well recorded and spatially integrated. Deep bass utilization, during active scenes, is deep to below 25Hz, powerful and sometimes intense with some .1 LFE enhancement.



This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality
Superb Cinematography

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