9/9/2023 0 Comments Night shift 1982 srt eng![]() There are no issues with audio synchronisation. I did not notice the rear channels being strongly engaged at any point (apart from minor ambience). Dialogue was relatively easy to understand, but both dialogue and music sounded a bit "flat" to my ears - lacking dynamic range as well as extended high and low frequencies. The audio transfer quality is about average. There is only one audio track on this disc: English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s). The full frame version of the film has a comparable video transfer quality and appears to be an open matte version of the 35mm print (despite a warning when you insert the disc that the film has been "formatted to fit your TV screen.") I turned on the English subtitle track briefly just to verify its presence and that it was reasonably accurate. There are English and French subtitle tracks present. I did not notice any significant levels of video artefacts. The film source is slightly grainy but not too dirty. Colours appear to be slightly undersaturated, and may reflect the age of the film print. The transfer is just a tad on the soft side, but features acceptable levels of detail and reasonably dark black levels. I mainly watched the widescreen version as that is closest to the intended 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the film. We get two versions of the film - full frame and widescreen 1.78:1 (16x9 Enhanced) - on a dual-sided disc. This is yet another one of Warner's NTSC DVDs which are essentially Region 1 discs rehashed at minimal additional expense for Australia. It's a good comedy, and yet is somehow sweet and touching as well, and epitomises for me what New York City is all about.ĭon't wish to see plot synopses in the future? Change your configuration. Īs I've mentioned before, I quite enjoyed this film. At first things go really well, but then a few problems appear on the horizon. When her pimp is killed by some gangsters, Bill "Blaze" has another one of his bizarre ideas - that Bill and Chuck should moonlight as pimps and operate out of the city morgue.Īt first Chuck is horrified, but then agrees out of a desire to vent his frustration against being intimidated, and also out of a genuine desire to help Belinda and her fellow prostitutes. One day he befriends his pretty neighbour, Belinda Keaton ( Shelley Long), who works as a prostitute. ![]() His fiancée Charlotte Koogle ( Gina Hecht) is obsessed with food and losing weight, his sandwich shop never remembers his order correctly, even the dog in his apartment building is menacing him. On top of that, he gets a new loud-mouthed hyperactive partner full of kooky ideas - Bill Blazejowski ( Michael Keaton).īasically, life is not good for him. His life is turned upside down when his boss exercises a bit of nepotism and shunts him to the night shift so that the boss's nephew can take over his job. Plus of course it features the wonderful music of Burt Bacharach (when he was still together with Carole Bayer Sager).Ĭhuck Lumley ( Henry Winkler) is a mild-mannered, quiet, and easily intimidated former Wall Street investment consultant who got stressed out and decided to have a quiet life working in the city morgue. I've always had a soft spot for Night Shift - a film featuring the directorial talents of Ron Howard, and starring Henry Winkler (in a role about as far removed from Happy Days' "Fonzie" character as he could possibly get), Shelley Long (who I think is vastly under-appreciated), and Michael Keaton. If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVD ![]()
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