Region:
One
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Stars:
Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, and Eileen Heckart
Writer:
Leonard Gershe
Based
On The Play By: Leonard Gershe
Director:
Milton Katselas
Feature
length: 109 minutes
Extras:
Trailers
Languages:
English Monaural
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions and French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese,
Korean, and Thai Subtitles
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 28
Sound:
Monaural Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 1972/DVD Release: 2002
Theatrical
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Home
Video Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: PG
Reviewer:
Rick Rivera
There
are people who are blind and yet can see and people who can see and yet are
blind. This is the essence of “Butterflies Are Free.” Starring in this dated
yet wonderfully watchable film is Goldie Hawn as the zany hippie chick next
store and Eddie Albert Jr. plays her blind neighbor trying to make his way
through life. Academy Award® winning actress Eileen Heckart plays his
well-meaning mother.
The
setting is 1972 San Francisco; a city in transition that serves as the
metaphoric backdrop for these inspiring characters who grow through the film.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s DVD edition of “Butterflies Are
Free” features an anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and a full-framed
(1.33:1) transfer on the other side of the DVD. The picture quality is very
clear especially considering the age of the film in fact I would say the
transfer is great. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment struck a brand new high
definition transfer and down converted the transfer for the DVD so this is by
far the best looking home video edition of “Butterflies Are Free” to ever be
commercially released in North America. A
two-channel English Monaural Soundtrack and optional English Captions and Closed
Captions along with French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai
Language Subtitles are encoded on to both single layered sides of the DVD.
The
menus are standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate with bonus
trailers that include the trailer for “Cactus Flower,” which wrap up the
extra features on this DVD. “Butterflies Are Free” debuts on DVD-Video from
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment on Tuesday, April 23, 2002.
©
Copyright 2002 By Rick Rivera Exclusively For GENREONLINE.NET
All Rights Reserved.