And Then There Were None (1945) Review

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(More customer reviews)The new Image DVD version of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is a vast improvement in video/audio quality over previous DVD releases by VCI in 1999 and Madacy in 2001. All three versions are currently available at Amazon, so be sure to check the technical info page for each disc to see which company makes it.
The video transfer on the Image DVD, said to be made from "original elements", is much, much sharper and more detailed than that on the VCI and Madacy versions. It also shows a little more picture on all four sides of the screen. The picture looks somewhat battered during the opening credits, but it looks great the rest of the way. There is a slight amount of graininess and other blemishes throughout, but it is not detrimental. I'm especially impressed with the scenes that take place in the dark, in which some of the background details, such as engravings on the wall, the subtle lights and shadows, etc., can be seen with much greater clarity. The VCI disc, conversely, looks much less sharp, and the Madacy disc even less so.
The monophonic audio tracks on the VCI and Madacy discs are louder but have more noise compared to that on the Image disc. The problem of the dialogs not being synchronized properly on the VCI and Madacy discs has also been fixed on the Image disc.
The Image disc has one extra: the film's British opening credit sequence, which uses the deplorably offensive title "Ten Little N******" (which is also Agatha Christie's original title for her whodunnit). The sequence is preceded with an explanation of its use so the viewer has the historical context in mind. The VCI disc has a biography section on the filmmakers and the 1946 comedy short TWIN HUSBANDS, starring Leon Errol. The Madacy disc has a 9-minute newsreel footage from 1945, a 12-minute blooper footage (of OTHER films), 3 screenshots of lobby cards, and a trivia quiz section. All three discs are region-free and without subtitles or closed captioning.

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Ten people, strangers to each other, are invited to a lavishestate on an island. Through a recording, their mysterious host accuseseach of his `guests' of murder and proceeds to exact `justice'. The tensionmounts as, one by one, the number of people are reduced through theingenious plotting of the unseen killer. Finally only two are left and eachis uncertain as to weather or not the other is the murderer. A top cast ofveteran performers bring the intricate twist of the plot to life. One ofthe most thrilling novels, climaxes at the spine tingling conclusion. Matchwits with the script as you watch a thriller that has carved its ownspecial niche in the realm of tales of suspense and mystery. Released by20th Century Fox. Bonus Features: Bonus Classic Comedy Two-Reelerstarring Leon Errol, Scene Selection, Actor Bios, Narrative track for theblind. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 97 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year -1945.

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