Arlington Road
Columbia / TriStar (1999)
Action, Drama, Thriller
In Collection
#477
7*
Seen ItYes
(6/13/2011)
043396039261
IMDB   7.1
117 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   R
Jeff Bridges Michael Faraday
Tim Robbins Oliver Lang
Joan Cusack Cheryl Lang
Hope Davis Brooke Wolfe
Robert Gossett FBI Agent Whit Carver
Mason Gamble Brady Lang
Spencer Treat Clark Grant Faraday
Stanley Anderson Dr. Archer Scobee
Viviane Vives Nurse
Lee Stringer Orderly
Darryl Cox Troopmaster, Conspirator
Director Mark Pellington
Producer Tom Gorai
Marc Samuelson
Peter Samuelson
Ellen Dux
Jean Higgins
Writer Ehren Kruger

Your Paranoia Is Real.

A gripping contemporary thriller about the terrible truths that can hide behind everyday appearances, Arlington Road is an intense, edge-of-your-seat journey that reveals just how little we know about the world around us…

Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed by a right-wing group, college professor Michael Faraday becomes obsessed with the culture of these groups - especially when his new neighbors, the all-American Oliver and Cheryl Lang Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), start acting suspiciously. With each twist, the mystery deepens and the question looms - is Faraday just consumed by fear and driven by paranoia, or has a lethal conspiracy been born on Arlington Road?
Edition Details
Chapters 28
Release Date 10/26/1999
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 3/29/2004
Owner Thomas Eisenmann
Store Best Buy
Purchase Price $5.99
Condition Excellent
Reviewed Widescreen Review
Bit Rate 384 KB
Anamophic Yes
Links IMDB

Features
Anamophic
Includes audio commentary, featurette, alternate ending, production notes, bios, and trailer.

Widescreen Review
Story Synopsis:
The tense thriller Arlington Road grabs you by the throat from the very first scene and really doesn’t let you breathe much until the end. College professor Michael Faraday (Bridges) is a widower who researches right-wing anti-government terrorists groups. When an unfortunate accident leads to a meeting with his new neighbors, Faraday begins to suspect that all is not so All-American inside his new neighbor’s home.

DVD Picture:
Viewed through the component video output, the anamorphically enhanced DVD is rendered with superb resolution and excellent color fidelity. Fleshtones are completely natural. Images are sharp and finely detailed throughout. Contrast is outstanding with excellent shadow delineation. There are not distracting compression artifacts or noise though fine film grain is at times apparent. The anamorphic and letterbox aspect ratio measures 2.35:1.

Soundtrack:
The 5.1-channel Dolby® Digital soundtrack is a rather conventional sound design punctuated with moments of aggressive surround envelopment and deep bass impact, enhanced with below 25Hz .1 LFE. But a large measure of the soundtrack is mono directed. Dialogue sounds perfectly natural throughout though strictly center channel limited and at times wanting in spatial integration.

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Color Fidelity
Superb Cinematography
Collector Edition