{"id":5143,"date":"2012-09-02T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T23:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:01:37","slug":"review-coldcreekmanor-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/09\/review-coldcreekmanor-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Creek Manor Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cold Creek Manor<\/i><\/b> wasn\u2019t as awful as it\u2019s been portrayed over the years but in no way is it very good either. Mike Figgis is normally a competent filmmaker but here the script is half-baked and the acting subpar especially Dennis Quaid who primarily sleepwalks his way through.<\/p>\n

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\nCold Creek Manor (2003)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Suspense\/Thriller
\nTouchstone | R \u2013 119 min. \u2013 $20.00 | September 4, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Mike Figgis
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Richard Jefferies (written by)
\nCast: <\/b>Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Christopher Plummer<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>September 19, 2003<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>32.6 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong>
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Plot Outline: <\/b>Wanting to escape the city life, Cooper Tilson (DENNIS QUAID) and his wife Leah (SHARON STONE) move their family to the remote countryside of New York. But their broken-down dream house becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (STEPHEN DORFF) shows up and they discover the frightening secrets of the estate\u2019s dark and terrifying past.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Feature Commentary<\/span><\/b> \u2013 Director Mike Figgis provides an informative if not dry track offering tidbits on the story, working with the cast and other crew members.<\/p>\n

Cooper\u2019s Documentary (7:12; SD)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 This featurette covers the documentary aspect for the main character and gives an inside look to the Cold Creek Manor.<\/p>\n

Rules of the Genre (7:58; SD)<\/span><\/b> \u2013 This is about what rules there for suspense-thrillers and how this one follows them.<\/p>\n

Lastly there is an Alternate Ending (4:14; SD)<\/span><\/b> which features a cameo by Figgis, and a collection of Deleted Scenes (8:31; SD)<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Touchstone releases Cold Creek Manor<\/i><\/b> on Blu-ray for the first time presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio. The 1080p high-def transfer doesn\u2019t look terrible but there are instances of artifacting or soft shots, however, it\u2019s easily better than its DVD counterpart.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc comes with an adequate 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. The strongest point is the center channel where most of the action (i.e. dialogue) takes place. The surrounds are on the softer side and the LFE channel is basically non-existent.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Cold Creek Manor<\/i><\/b> wasn\u2019t as awful as it\u2019s been portrayed over the years but in no way is it very good either. Mike Figgis is normally a competent filmmaker but here the script is half-baked and the acting subpar especially Dennis Quaid who primarily sleepwalks his way through. The Blu-ray at least offers above average video and OK audio.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>09\/02\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cold Creek Manor wasn\u2019t as awful as it\u2019s been portrayed over the years but in no way is it very good either. Mike Figgis is normally a competent filmmaker but here the script is half-baked and the acting subpar especially Dennis Quaid who primarily sleepwalks his way through.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[1810,152,75,808,1403],"class_list":["post-5143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-cold-creek-manor","tag-dennis-quaid","tag-kristen-stewart","tag-sharon-stone","tag-stephen-dorff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5143"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26236,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions\/26236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}