Miracle Mile Rating: Release Date: 03 June, 2003 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.96! Cast: Anthony Edwards Mare Winningham John Howard John Agar Complete Cast (11 total)

Miracle Mile Reviews

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Film was not shot widescreen, but 35mm open matte.
This is a good film but for those of you looking for a widescreen version of it you are wasting your time. Miracle Mile was shot in "academy square 35mm open matte" which is an aspect ratio of 1:37:1, not 1:85:1 or 2:35:1. 1:37 is close to TV's 1:33 ratio meaning that you are getting more of the image from the original camera negative on the DVD transfer than was originally shown in theatres which would have been cropped with black bars to 1:85 to suit theatre screens thereby losing some picture info.

But, nearly the entire film neg image is tranferred for the 4:3 dvd transfer. For theatre this film was cropped to 1:85 -so image info was actually lost in theaters for this film. This was the same procedure used for Kubrick's last 4 films -the 4:3 transfers are the full image. The film was shot basically like a T.V. film. The transfer is not a pan & scan, there is no need to p&s when the whole neg image is transferred, like on the original vhs.

There is almost no image loss.

Be happy with it.

Perfect!
The miracle mile is one of those films that deserves a
place in your permanent collection. Now that the events
of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina are part of the common
American Experience, I think this movie's realistic approach to
what happens when it is time to bug out has finally been
recognized and vindicated.

Watch and take notes. When it is time to go, you will want
to have a plan for all of your loved ones, a destination and be
the first to be on your way. I will leave it to the gentle reader to verify what happened to those who stayed behind or
got stranded without food or water in the traffic jams and when
gas sells out in hours.

Watch the movie for its entertainment value. Then get up
and make a plan.

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