Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (The Rich Mahogany Edition) (Best Buy Exclusive) (Blu-ray Review)

'Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?' 'I don't know.'

'Diversity' means that times are changing.

Will Ferrell (Blades of Glory) and his fellow
"Frat Pack"-ers haven't quite reached the same level of excellence as Comedy's top crop --
including Bill Murray, John Candy, James Belushi, and Chevy Chase -- that graced screens in the 1980s, but
Anchorman brings the gang a step closer to solidifying themselves as one of the genre's elite grou...

Video

Paramount brings this Best Buy exclusive release of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy to Blu-ray with a
steady and generally strong 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer. This high definition image yields impressive detailing across
the board, whether in the newscasters' tweed jackets, odds and ends around the station, or close-ups of human faces.
Colors are rich and vibrant -- perhaps a bit unnaturally so -- jumping off the screen with regularity in support of the
film's 1970s-insp...

Audio

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy broadcasts onto Blu-ray with a technically sound but structurally
basic DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Typical of a Comedy high definition audio presentation, Anchorman
lacks much surround information -- it's mostly comprised of a few basic directional elements and distinctive effects -- but
Paramount's track handles all that's asked of it well enough. Music is pleasantly smooth and satisfying as it lingers
primarily across the fr...

Supplements

Paramount's "Rich Mahogany Edition" two-disc Blu-ray release of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is
bursting at the seams with extra content. Disc one -- which features both the 94-minute theatrical cut and the
longer
97 minute extended cut of the film -- begins with an audio commentary track with Director/Writer Adam McKay;
Actor/Writer
Will
Ferrell; Musicians Lou Rawls and Kyle Gass; Entertainer Andy Richter; and Actors Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and
Christina Appleg...

Final Words

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a new Comedy classic that revels in the taboo humor of sexism;
the movie's packed with innuendo, crude jokes, and political incorrectness run amok, but it all works thanks to an
exceptionally strong cast who all fall into character and stay there for the duration. One of the funniest movies of the
decade and one that's heavily influenced the Comedy genre since its release in 2004, Anchorman is a must-see
Comedy that gets everything ......

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