Taken (box set) (UK)
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Some secrets we keep. Some are kept from us
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 840 mins
Retail Price: £49.99
Release Date:
Content Type: TV Series
Synopsis:
Stephen Spielberg acts as executive producer on this mini-series about alien abduction as seen through the eyes of three American families, from Roswell to the present day...
Special Features:
`Inside Taken` documentary
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Digital EX 6.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Thomas J. Wright
Jeff Woolnough
Bryan Spicer
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Michael Katleman
Jeremy Paul Kagan
Tobe Hooper
John Fawcett
Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Breck Eisner
Written By:
Leslie Bohem
Starring:
Cam Cronin
Michael Coristine
Eric Close
Justin Chatwin
Steve Burton
Jay Brazeau
Emily Bergl
Julie Benz
Casting By:
Allison Jones
Heike Brandstatter
Soundtrack By:
Laura Karpman
Director of Photography:
Joel Ransom
Jonathan Freeman
Editor:
Fred Toye
Michael D. Ornstein
Toni Morgan
Eric Goldfarb
Production Designer:
Coreen Mayrs
Producer:
Steven Spielberg
James Lima
Richard Heus
Julie Herlocker
Darryl Frank
Leslie Bohem
Steve Beers
Joe M. Aguilar
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
With a playing time of almost 15 hours, this mini-series could`ve easily become boring and drag slowly. It doesn`t. Throughout the series, the pace is nicely kept and the story seems to flow naturally.
The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs to be seen and the colors are beautifully saturated. For a made-for-TV mini-series, this is excellent.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is also very good. The surrounds are used throughout the series and help create a very nice sound envelope.
The menus are animated with sound.
The extras include a rather ordinary behind the scenes 40-minute featurette. Not enough, Mr. Spielberg.
Bottom line - a great sci-if series with more than a touch of drama, and a great disc-set to match. Recommended.