S&S: October 1994

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

October 1994

Vol. 4 No. 10

Abraham Valley

Vale Abraão

(aka: Valley of Abraham)

Portugal/France/Switzerland - 1993 - 189m/203m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Manoel de Oliveira
Dolby Stereo

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

USA (TV) - 1994 - 89m - col

Entertainment (12)

D: Christopher Guest
Dolby Stereo

City Slickers: The Legend of Curly’s Gold

USA - 1994 - 116m - col

Columbia TriStar (12)

D: Paul Weiland
Series: City Slickers (1991, Nov/1991).
Dolby Stereo

Clear and Present Danger

USA - 1994 - 141m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Phillip Noyce
Series: The Hunt for Red October (1990, Apr/1990).
Audio: 5.1

Color of Night

USA - 1994 - 123m - col

Guild (18)

D: Richard Rush
Audio: 5.1

Criminal

UK (TV) - 1994 - 70m - col

TV: BBC

D: Corin Campbell-Hill
Audio: Stereo

Cronos

Mexico - 1992 - 92m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Guillermo del Toro
Dolby Stereo

Darkness in Tallinn

Tallinn pimeduses

(USA: City Unplugged)

Finland/USA/Sweden/Estonia - 1993 - 99m - bw and col

Metro Tartan

D: Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
Dolby Stereo

Dazed and Confused

USA - 1993 - 102m - col

Feature Film Company (18)

D: Richard Linklater
Dolby Stereo SR

Faust

Lekce Faust

Czech Republic/France - 1994 - 95m - col

ICA (PG)

D: Jan Švankmajer
Dolby Stereo

Forrest Gump

USA - 1994 - 142m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Robert Zemeckis
Audio: 5.1

Gettysburg

USA - 1993 - 271m/249m - col

Mayfair (PG)

D: Ronald F. Maxwell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Gods and Generals (2002, Sep/2003).
Audio: 5.1 (35mm) / 4.2-channel Dolby Stereo SR (70mm)

Gypsy

USA (TV) - 1994 - 142m - col

Entertainment (U)

D: Emile Ardolino
Dolby Stereo

Huozhe

[see: To Live]

In the Cold Light of Day

UK (TV) - 1994 - 65m - col

TV: BBC

D: Richard Monks
Dolby Stereo

Ladybird Ladybird

UK - 1994 - 101m - col

UIP (18)

D: Ken Loach
Dolby Stereo

The Lion King

USA - 1994 - 88m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
35mm and 70mm release prints. Converted to IMAX (with 6-track sound) for a 2002 re-release. Converted to 3-D (7.1 audio) for a 2011 re-release.
Followed by: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), The Lion King 1½ (2004).
Audio: 5.1

The Mask

USA - 1994 - 101m - col

Entertainment (PG)

D: Chuck Russell
Followed by: Son of the Mask (2005, Apr/2005).
Audio: 5.1

Mina Tannenbaum

France - 1993 - 128m - col

Mayfair (12)

D: Martine Dugowson
Dolby Stereo

Mr. Jones

USA - 1994 - 114m - col

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Mike Figgis
Dolby Stereo SR

The Red Squirrel

La ardilla roja

Spain - 1993 - 104m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Julio Medem
Ultra-Stereo

Speed

USA - 1994 - 116m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Jan De Bont
Followed by: Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Aug/1997).
Audio: 5.1

Sugar Hill

USA - 1993 - 123m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Leon Ichaso
Dolby Stereo

Threesome

USA - 1994 - 93m - col

Columbia TriStar (18)

D: Andrew Fleming
Dolby Stereo

To Live
Lifetimes
活著
Hong Kong - 1994 - 125m - col
Electric (12)
D: Zhang Yimou
Dolby Stereo

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

USA - 1994 - 123m - col

Warner (12)

D: Randa Haines
Dolby Stereo