In 1970, authors Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) and Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina) get together and devise a scheme that they're sure will make them wealthy. After doing extensive research, Irving writes an unauthorized biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes – filled with fictional events.
Using forged documents, he convinces publishing company McGraw-Hill that he has a close relationship with Hughes, and successfully signs a lucrative book deal. Naturally, when the bogus book comes out, experts immediately question its authenticity, but McGraw-Hill stands by Irving. Irving’s plan is carried out so persuasively that even when Hughes momentarily emerges from seclusion to address the media in a telephone news conference and discredits the book, McGraw-Hill continues to support him.
I remember I blind bought this DVD when it first came out but I never got around to watching it.
Can anyone recommend it?
I blind bought the DVD also when it came out in 07 and can honestly say that was the last time i watched it. A regretful purchase but the movie was just "ok"
Total Video
Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
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00005.MPLS AVC 0:09:04 1,447,028,736 29,213,760,821 21.26 20.00 DD AC3 2.0 256Kbps
Code:
DISC INFO:
Disc Title: THE HOAX
Disc Size: 29,213,760,821 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
BDInfo: 0.5.8
PLAYLIST REPORT:
Name: 00005.MPLS
Length: 0:09:04.577 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 1,447,028,736 bytes
Total Bitrate: 21.26 Mbps
VIDEO:
Codec Bitrate Description
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MPEG-4 AVC Video 19999 kbps 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
AUDIO:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
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Dolby Digital Audio English 256 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 256 kbps / DN -4dB
FILES:
Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate
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00005.M2TS 0:00:00.000 0:09:04.577 1,447,028,736 21,257
CHAPTERS:
Number Time In Length Avg Video Rate Max 1-Sec Rate Max 1-Sec Time Max 5-Sec Rate Max 5-Sec Time Max 10Sec Rate Max 10Sec Time Avg Frame Size Max Frame Size Max Frame Time
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1 0:00:00.000 0:09:04.577 19,999 kbps 39,514 kbps 00:05:16.849 37,319 kbps 00:05:14.947 34,818 kbps 00:05:14.013 83,413 bytes 192,480 bytes 00:05:17.483
STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:
File PID Type Codec Language Seconds Bitrate Bytes Packets
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00005.M2TS 4113 (0x1011) 0x1B AVC 544.444 20,004 1,361,379,405 7,416,225
00005.M2TS 4352 (0x1100) 0x81 AC3 eng (English) 544.444 256 17,427,456 102,114
For some reason, those extras, which are 4:3 standard definition, have been encoded in AVC at about 20 Mbps each, which makes them take up a massive amount of space on the disc. I have a feeling that, had they been encoded more efficiently, the disc could have simply been a BD-25.
"You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."
I watched this about a week ago...looks okay, especially for an Echo Bridge release. The master is strong, but the encode leaves a bit to be desired. The image occasionally degenerates into a mass of macroblocking. Oh well...better than my DVD, even if it doesn't carry over all of the extras. I'm honestly surprised that it carried over as many as it did.
01-23-2013, 03:50 PM
The Hoax (2006) - May 7, 2013
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