7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Lindsay Wagner stars in this romantic drama filled with plot twists and suspense. Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan (Wagner) and her husband (Alan Feinstein) move into a beautiful Victorian manor. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is transported back one hundred years, where she meets the house’s previous owner, David (Marc Singer). As her feelings for David grow, it becomes clear that Jennie is not only torn between two men and two times, but she also faces danger in both worlds.
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer (I), Alan Feinstein, Linda Gray (I), Henry WilcoxonSupernatural | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.34:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
English: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo corrected (Dual Mono)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (A, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
1979’s “The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan” is a television film that’s hoping to appeal to a singular demographic, offering romantic conflict, domestic despair, and secret desires. It’s also a time travel movie, with writer/director Frank De Felitta adapting a novel by David Williams, trying to do something sincere with the concept of a magical dress that offers a broken woman a chance at a happy life. It’s all very silly, but De Felitta manages to make the premise work to a certain degree, replicating the romance novel experience for the screen, providing a satisfactory understanding of character and motivation while trying to whip the material into a sufficient network television lather.
The AVC encoded image (1.34:1 aspect ratio) presentation offers a softer viewing experience for "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan," befitting the romantic mood of the feature. Detail is acceptable, surveying facial and hair particulars, and costuming retains texture, dealing with period outfits, including the time traveling lace dress. Locations are appreciable, with decent dimension, and room expanse is acceptable. Colors are not emphasized, offering browns and whites from the 1970s, while turn of the century hues favor greenery and brighter dress designs. Delineation is acceptable. Source is in good condition. Mild banding is periodicaly detected.
The 2.0 LPCM mix does what it can with the limited soundscape of "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan," offering decent dialogue exchanges. Crispness isn't happening, but intelligibility remains, supporting heavier dramatic efforts and quieter conversations. Scoring cues support comfortably, offering warmer strings and piano. Hiss is present throughout the listening experience.
Obviously, "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan" would make a terrific double feature with 1980's "Somewhere in Time," with both pictures understanding the needs of screen tenderness and idealized longing while fiddling with the harshness of time travel. The two movies also stick their landings in slightly different ways, with "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan" adding a "Twilight Zone"-esque conclusion that sells the fantasy superbly, adding a nice little punch to a softer film, giving it a slap of empowerment to revive material that occasionally gets lost trying to become event television for a female audience.
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