Review: From the Terrace BD + Screen Caps

From the Terrace is an amiable enough drama but it is long, or felt it at times, but the performances for the most part were good including, unsurprisingly, the venerable Paul Newman in the lead.

 

 

From the Terrace
(1960)

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

Genre(s): Drama
Twilight Time | NR – 144 min. – $29.95 | January 19, 2016

Date Published: 01/24/2015 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Mark Robson Writer(s): John O’Hara (novel); Ernest Lehman (screenplay) Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Barbara Eden DISC INFO: Features: Newsreel, Trailer Digital Copy: No Formats Included: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 2.0) Video: 1080p/Widescreen 2.35 Subtitles: English SDH Disc Size: NA Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Region(s): A, B, C

PLOT SYNOPSIS

Mark Robson produces and directs From the Terrace, an adaptation of John O’Hara’s novel about an ambitious climber (PAUL NEWMAN) who marries a promiscuous if icy socialite wife (JOANNE WOODWARD), falls for a nice girl (INA BALIN), and has to deal with the vagaries of his difficult parents (LEON AMES and MYRNA LOY).

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0.5/5

This release comes with an essay booklet. Features-wise, there’s only a Fox Movietone Newsreel (0:52) and the Original Theatrical Trailer (3:12).

 

VIDEO – 4.0/5

From the Terrace arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Twilight Time presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and featuring a well done 1080p high-definition transfer. The picture actually is rather impressive showcasing good colors throughout; darker scenes don’t show major instances of artifacting or aliasing. This appears to be a fairly clean transfer with only minor amounts of dust marks that never interfere with one’s viewing experience.

 

AUDIO – 4.0/5

The 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track also makes it well enough. The dialogue levels come through the front channels with clarity and any other elements, albeit limited with some ambient noises, sound good. I didn’t notice any hissing or other ailments to the lossless track.

 

OVERALL – 2.5/5

Overall, From the Terrace is an amiable enough drama but it is long, or felt it at times, but the performances for the most part were good including, unsurprisingly, the venerable Paul Newman in the lead. I’m not sure if this is one I’ll revisit any time soon and from my reading, wasn’t a great adaptation of a popular novel, but I’d say it’s worth checking it out at least once. The Blu-ray release has good video and audio but skimps out in the features arena.

 

 

 

 

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