Unforgiven is Clint Eastwood’s grandiose salute to classic western films. The film stars Clint Eastwood, as William Munny, a retired gunslinger who returns for one last job. Unforgiven won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Clint Eastwood | Bill Munny | |
Gene Hackman | Little Bill Daggett | |
Morgan Freeman | Ned Logan | |
Richard Harris | English Bob | |
Jaimz Woolvett | The 'Schofield Kid' | |
Saul Rubinek | W.W. Beauchamp | |
Frances Fisher | Strawberry Alice | |
Anna Levine | Delilah Fitzgerald | |
David Mucci | Quick Mike | |
Rob Campbell | Davey Bunting | |
Anthony James | Skinny Dubois | |
Tara Dawn Frederick | Little Sue | |
Beverley Elliott | Silky | |
Liisa Repo-Martell | Faith | |
Josie Smith | Crow Creek Kate | |
Shane Meier | Will Munny | |
Aline Levasseur | Penny Munny | |
Cherrilene Cardinal | Sally Two Trees | |
Robert Koons | Crocker | |
Ron White | Clyde Ledbetter | |
Mina E. Mina | Muddy Chandler | |
Henry Kope | German Joe Schultz | |
Jeremy Ratchford | Deputy Andy Russell | |
John Pyper-Ferguson | Charley Hecker | |
Jefferson Mappin | Fatty Rossiter |
Director | Clint Eastwood | |
Writer | David Webb Peoples | |
Producer | Clint Eastwood, Julian Ludwig, David Valdes | |
Musician | Lennie Niehaus | |
Photography | Jack N. Green |
Quantity | 1 |
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Seen | |
Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:33 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:59 |
Screen Ratios | Standard (1.33:1) Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
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Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Surround [French] |
Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish |
Layers | Dual side, Single layer |
Edition Release Date | Sep 03, 1997 |
Story Synopsis:
Eastwood produced and directed this modern Western which rode off with four 1992 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director. Eastwood and Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws William Munny and Ned Logan, who pick up their guns one more time to collect a bounty offered by vengeful prostitutes for the defacing of one of theirs by a drunken cowboy.
DVD Picture:
First reviewed in Issue 4, the single edition LaserDisc and a box set LaserDisc, Eastwood Special Collector’s Edition, which includes The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider and Unforgiven, exhibit the same superb picture quality throughout.
The DVD is anamorphically enhanced for widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio displays and in that mode sharpness and detail are dramatically improved compared to the LaserDiscs. When viewed in the component video format, chroma fidelity also is enhanced with fully saturated colors and finer detail and resolution. Detail is excellent even in the darker night scenes and dimly lit interior scenes which are prominent throughout. Shadow detail is excellent with virtually no noise apparent in the dark scenes. Landscapes look perfectly natural as do fleshtones in difficult interiors. The Panavision® scope framing on the LaserDisc is 2.42:1 while the anamorphic and letterbox are 2.40:1.
Soundtrack:
The DVD’s Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete soundtrack is preferred for its spatially aggressive envelopment and use of the split surround capability. The LaserDisc matrix PCM version, while dynamic, is not as discretely spacious sounding.
DVD/Previously Reviewed LD Comparative Review:
This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Reference Quality