Review: Exodus BD + Screen Caps

Exodus is a lengthy (3.5 hours) and although it’s hard to watch in one sitting, it does feature some strong performances by Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint to go along with an interesting story in conjunction with the adaptation by Dalton Trumbo and Otto Preminger’s masterful direction.

 

 

Exodus
— The Limited Edition Series —
(1960)

REVIEW NAVIGATION
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall

Genre(s): Action, Drama, History
Twilight Time | NR – 208 min. – $29.95 | March 15, 2016

Date Published: 03/20/2016 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Otto Preminger Writer(s): Leon Uris (novel); Dalton Trumbo (screenplay) Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb DISC INFO: Features: Theatrical Trailer Digital Copy: No Formats Included: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 4.0), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0) Video: 1080p/Widescreen 2.35 Subtitles: English SDH Disc Size: 43.0 GB Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Region(s): A, B, C

PLOT SYNOPSIS

The film is concerned with the emergence of Israel as an independent nation in 1947. Its first half focuses on the efforts of 611 holocaust survivors to defy the blockade of the occupying British government and sail to Palestine on the sea vessel Exodus. Paul Newman, a leader of the Hagannah (the Jewish underground), is willing to sacrifice his own life and the lives of the refugees rather than be turned back to war-ravaged Europe, but the British finally relent and allow the Exodus safe passage. Once this victory is assured, 30,000 more Jews, previously interned by the British, flood into the Holy Land.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0.5/5

The release comes with a 6-page essay booklet. Features-wise, only the Original Theatrical Trailer (2:49; HD) was included.

 

VIDEO – 3.25/5

Twilight Time releases Exodus onto Blu-ray shown in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a 1080p high-definition transfer. It’s a bit uneven at times where colors are a tad too warm in spots while other times appear natural. There are also some issues with the state of the transfer where there are some scratches and dust marks. While it could’ve been better, I thought it no doubt looked better than in any of the other releases.

 

AUDIO – 3.75/5

The disc receives a wide array of options: 5.1, 4.0 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks, any of which would be more than acceptable with the latter probably being the best option, though the first two do provide some OK depth and in all three dialogue levels sound clear while the action-centric scenes provide a nice robustness to them. An Isolated Score track (2.0 DTS-HD MA) is also available.

 

OVERALL – 2.5/5

Overall, Exodus is a lengthy (3.5 hours) and although it’s hard to watch in one sitting, it does feature some strong performances by Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint to go along with an interesting story in conjunction with the adaptation by Dalton Trumbo and Otto Preminger’s masterful direction. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time sadly is lacking in the features department while the video/audio transfers were adequate.

 

 

 

 

Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.