Martin Scorsese's beautifully detailed costume drama, adapted from Edith Wharton's award-winning novel, makes a splendid DVD, though one that is unfortunately lacking in the extras department. The widescreen presentation (2.35:1), anamorphically enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs, is clean and sharp throughout. There are plenty of saturated colors, especially yellow and red, and they do cause some blooming and bleeding in some scenes. But overall, the picture is excellent and stable. The Dolby Digital 5.1 English soundtrack is great, as is the two-channel surround option. There is also a French surround track as well. The disc also has multiple subtitle options, the original theatrical trailer (as well as others), production notes, and filmographies. The Columbia-TriStar disc also includes informative liner notes inside the keep case. It's a disc well-worth owning, though hopefully there will be a more complete special edition to come in the future.