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A documentary on the life of comedian Chris Farley.
Starring: Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Lorne Michaels, Christina Applegate, Jay MohrDocumentary | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Chris Farley, a hyperkinetic ball of comedic fire, broke out as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in 1990, starred in four films (of which 1995's Tommy Boy remains by far the most popular) and died in 1997 of a drug overdose at the age of 33 (which was, by a sad coincidence, the same age at which another rotund SNL star, John Belushi, died twelve years earlier, of the same cause). I Am Chris Farley is the latest bio-documentary from Derik Murray's Network Entertainment (I Am Evel Knievel), co-directed by Murray and Brent Hodge (A Brony Tale). After a brief theatrical release, it debuted on Spike TV on August 10, 2015.
Virgil Films' 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-ray presents the digitally photographed talking-head interviews with detailed clarity. Vintage clips of Chris Farley's TV appearances look as good as the sources will allow. The film has been mastered at an average bitrate of 19.99 Mbps, which is fine for a digitally originated project consisting almost entirely of interviews.
The film's original 5.1 soundtrack, encoded on Blu-ray in lossless DTS-HD MA, is a front-centered affair that gives priority to the interview subjects. As usual with Network Entertainment's documentaries, the scoring has been provided by APM Music, a licensing library.
Any fan of Chris Farley will want to experience this "origin story". The Blu-ray is particularly of interest because of the additional twenty-minute segment of family stories and the family photos, which are not available elsewhere.
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