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Woman of the Year(1942)Tess is a political reporter for The New York Chronicle, and Sam is a sports writer. After a rocky start, they eventually fall in love and get married. But professional conflicts and dueling priorities threaten their relationship, especially after Tess is selected as "America's Outstanding Woman of the Year". For more about Woman of the Year and the Woman of the Year Blu-ray release, see Woman of the Year Blu-ray Review published by Dr. Svet Atanasov on April 22, 2017 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. Director: George Stevens Writers: Ring Lardner Jr., Michael Kanin Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson, William Bendix Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz » See full cast & crew Woman of the Year Blu-ray, Video QualityPresented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, George Stevens' Woman of the Year arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The following text appears inside the leaflet provided with this Blu-ray release: "This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on a Lasergraphics Director film scanner from a 35mm fine-grain master positive made from the 35mm original camera negative. The 35mm original soundtrack negative was transferred using Chase Optical Sound Processor. The monaural soundtrack was then remastered; clicks, thumps, hiss, humm, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX. Transfer supervisor: Lee Kline. Colorist: Russell Smith. Audio transfer: Deluxe Sound Services, Burbank, CA." The film has a strong and very solid organic appearance. There are a few segments with very light density fluctuations that are clearly caused by aging, but there are no anomalies that impact the overall integrity of the image. On the contrary, plenty of the indoor and nighttime footage actually boasts wonderful healthy nuances; fluidity is also excellent (see screencaptures #3 and 13 where these nuances are very easy to see). There are no traces of problematic degraining corrections. A layer of very light and healthy grain is visible throughout the entire film; it is nicely resolved as well, never appearing under/overexposed. There are no distracting sharpening adjustments. Overall image stability is excellent. If there ever were any obvious age-related imperfections, such as large blemishes, cuts, stains, debris, and damage marks, now it is impossible to tell because the film also looks spotless. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content). Woman of the Year Blu-ray, Audio QualityThere is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 1.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. The audio has been remastered and it is actually very easy to tell -- balance is great and the indoor dialog is typically very sharp and all-around nicely rounded -- but there are a few short segments where I noticed some 'thinning' in the upper register. The exact effect is difficult to accurately describe, but it sounds as if the audio was compressed in some way in order to remove or at least minimize some serious background imperfections. The overall quality of the audio is still very good, but the 'thinning' is certainly recognizable if the volume is turned up a notch or two above the normal settings. (And I certainly realize that with different viewers these settings would be different). There are no audio dropouts, pops, or cracks to report.
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