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From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: New Release Info (and a question) from the April LaserDisc Newsletter
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:27:20 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Apr5.033432.27498@tc.fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff  
Meyer) writes:
>  *  Hemdale is releasing the animated version of the famous strip, LITTLE
>     NEMO.  (Any opinions on the animation quality by those who've seen it?) 

One of these was made not long ago (I haven't seen it) and
last not on Entertainment Tonight, they showed scenes
from several animated films due out soon- one of which was
a Little Nemo movie.  Is this really a new film, or is it just
getting wider release?  

>  *  Announced this month: lbx ANNIE HALL and a boxed set of Myrna Loy films
>     from MGM/UA, STAGE DOOR and Orson Welles' THE STRANGER from Image,
>     letterboxed GRAND CANYON from Disney/Touchstone

I just saw Grand Canyon in a theater last week and was
really impressed with the sound.  I don't have surround
sound at home (yet), but when I do I'll probably look for
this disc.

Does the new Annie Hall have any supplements?

ab
From: mathu@sssab.se (Mats Hultqvist)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Disney release policy (was: Fantasia 50 days)
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:54:02 GMT
Organization: Pink Elephant Company

long-morrow@CS.YALE.EDU (H. Morrow Long) writes:
[...]

>S&S thought "Beauty and the Beast" might make it to video by
>X-Mas time 92 but that was before BatB won 2 Academy Awards.
>It is still playing in first-run theatres.

On CNN they interjued (sp??) some person from Disney and he stated the
release date for BatB to be 30 October, and this was erlier this week 
(or late last week) so it defently after the 2 Oscar. If this was LD, 
VHS or both I don't know.

With some luck i will be able to see it on LD before it shows on cinnema
in Sweden. And I probely wont eaven see the Swedich cinnema version, dubbed
and cencurd. Yes they do this stupid things.

tLM was cencured to (and I refuced to see it when i learned that it had
ben cencured and waited for the VHS release in England). They even cencured
the sceen wher Ariel dances with the prince (have i been told), don't ask
my WHY that sceen was cut maby its not sutible to children to watch dancing
people :-)
They dit a terible work on dubing, ther wher no way you culd hear that
Sebastian was from Jamaica (sp?).
And the same fate probely waits for BatB :-( :-( :-(-- 
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From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster)
Subject: Re: New "Highlander" LD release question!
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:21:45 GMT

ken@batman.austin.ibm.com writes:

>Hey all,

>I was at the local video store the other night and found
>"Highlander" in the new releases section. It had a new
>cover, but the back cover was the same. I checked the
>running time on it and it was 110 minutes. But the older
>release LD (with the original cover) had a running time
>of 111 minutes. 

>I can't imagine that they'd chop 1 minute out of the film,
>but does anyone know if the did? Surely it's just a mistake.
>(They bloody ought to add what they cut from the international
>version!)

>Also, there was no indication on the sleeve that this new
>release is letterboxed. Dammit. I wish they'd LBX'd it!

>(I have a $5.00 side bet that Jerry Boyajian answers this
> post first!)

I had heard there was going to be a new pressing of Highlander.  But I
thought it was going to contain all of the missing European footage.

Did you notice who did the label?  Was it HBO?  I know there are two
LaserDisc pressings out there.  One was HBO and the other was the Japaniese
version, running time difference 1 minute.  Maybe you spotted the Japaniese
version?

Tal
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Disney release policy (was: Fantasia 50 days)
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:59:58 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


>I asked Sight and Sound about 101 Dalmations about two months ago and they
>said that they hadn't heard of an LD release date which meant that it
>probably wouldn't be out this year.  

I saw a TV ad that hawked VHS copies for ~$20 at a department store.

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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: New Release Info (and a question) from the April LaserDisc Newsletter
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 23:35:33 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

>for a while. Although most of you prefer it to pan & scan, and the fact
>that most movies come out both ways gives you the choice, don't be

Having a title done both ways means twice the number of titles for the studio,
the distributor, and the retailer to stock.  In the case of the studio, I
suspect that doing both means that another title that they might have released
is passed over.  I'd much rather see another title released than a mangled
variant.

>aspect ratio. But it also sacrifices detail.

NTSC sacrifices detail anyway.  Detail isn't everything.  Loss of detail is
real bad on the parts that panning&scamming throws away.


> Film resolution is many
>times greater than television, and reducing the amount of pixels used
>(by letterboxing) is a further reduction.

NTSC (or PAL for that matter) is discrete only in one direction.  There are
no pixels.  The difference between almost all letterboxed movies and their
scammed counterparts is dwarfed by the difference from 35mm anyway.


>Some directors obviously prefer detail to wide screen.

Watch something filmed in the 70's lately?  They typically have neither.

> Kubrick and Friedkin are both director
>who put a lot of detail in their movies. Given the choice, they chose
>detail over letterboxing.

Gee, I must be imagining those mattes on 2001.

> You can't condemn them for their choice.

Why?

>Some day, when television resolution and aspect ratios match film,
>then we can stop this debate.

It won't happen in the forseeable future.  Any such matching would be
years from now, when whatever HDTV standard gets replaced.

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From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com
Subject: New "Highlander" LD release question!
Reply-To: ken@austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM PSP Palo Alto, Ca.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 22:03:52 GMT

Hey all,

I was at the local video store the other night and found
"Highlander" in the new releases section. It had a new
cover, but the back cover was the same. I checked the
running time on it and it was 110 minutes. But the older
release LD (with the original cover) had a running time
of 111 minutes. 

I can't imagine that they'd chop 1 minute out of the film,
but does anyone know if the did? Surely it's just a mistake.
(They bloody ought to add what they cut from the international
version!)

Also, there was no indication on the sleeve that this new
release is letterboxed. Dammit. I wish they'd LBX'd it!

(I have a $5.00 side bet that Jerry Boyajian answers this
 post first!)


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From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Fatal Attraction LBX LD
Keywords: NO CHAPTERS
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 06:48:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr07.043439.2522@uhura.neoucom.edu>, wlrc@uhura.neoucom.edu (William R. Cruce) writes:

[ stuff deleted ]

> BUT, what is inconceivable and inexcusable is that this laser disc
> has == NO CHAPTER MARKERS == !  000, nada, naught.  So you have to
> search by time to find the beginning of the film and swiftly hit
> pause or stop if you don't want to see the alternate ending. There
> isn't even any indication of where to insert the alternate ending.
> What happened Paramount?  Somebody sleep through the mastering?
> For this they ask $50!

The ONLY Paramount disc I have ever seen with chapter marks is the new
"Apocalpyse Now". I was amazed to actually see chapters listed for this
thing, since Paramount has a long history of never including chapter stops
for some reason.

The MGM lbx Bond films are annoying for the same reason, because you can't
just "jump" to the trailers (grrrrr). First you've got to figure out which
side they're on and then you've got to figure out where they were placed.

For a disc like this "Fatal Attraction" release, though -- this kind of
foul-up is inexcusable IMO.

                                             -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
From: steve@donald.tamu.edu (Steve Rikli)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Letterboxed edition of M*A*S*H available?
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:02:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: tamsun.12170
Distribution: usa
Organization: College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

In article <1992Apr09.212517.25029@sco.COM> davidv@sco.COM (Uncle David) writes:
>
>well, one of my favorite films/tv series is M*A*S*H. so i ordered it
>from Columbia House.
>what i want to find is a letterboxed transfer of the movie, if at
>all possible. is there a japanese import of the movie? is Criterion
>planning a release? 

I know for a fact that a LBX version of M*A*S*H is available, since i've
seen at my local Camelot music and video store.  It's probably just been
released, though, since i too had been keeping an eye out for it and it
only just showed up last week or so.

I'll be getting it shortly--this is one of my all-time favorite movies too.
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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Cartoons for Big Kids (was: New Release Info)
Keywords: LDN laserdisc
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:26:37 GMT
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

In <1992Apr6.135036.13207@apollo.hp.com> rehrauer@apollo.hp.com (Steve Rehrauer) writes:

>In article <1992Apr5.181145.29295@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty) writes:
>>Here's what the latest ADVANCE COMICS had to say about it:
>>
>>	CARTOONS FOR BIG KIDS
>>	Leonard Maltin hosts a collection of classic cartoons which prove
>>	once and for all that America's great heritage of animation is
>>	anything but kid stuff.  Included are "King-Size Canary", "Red Hot
>>	Riding Hood", "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery", and more.  44 minutes.
>>	Suggested Retail Price:  $24.95.

Which brings up the inevitable question: how much of the stuff on CARTOONS
FOR BIG KIDS has been published in the various MGM/UA single discs, and the
two GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TOONS volumes?

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From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The fox so cunning and free)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: xref of new Looney Toons set with other discs
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:28:46 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1992Apr5.054102.21684@news.eng.convex.com>, datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes...

} When the first glorious Looney Toons set came out, the good Mr. jayembee
} posted a list of what was and wasn't repeated/new on the other, single
} discs. Here are those other discs, updated to include the new set too:

} DAFFY!	(2 of 8 still unique)
[...]
} PORKY!	(0 of 8 not in one of the boxes.  Save yer $)
[...]

Hard to do. The above two collections are on one disc. I separated them in
the listing because they originally appeared as separate tape collections
and it made the organization easier. I did mention this fact in the intro
to my original list. So actually, what we have here is 2 out of 16 still
unique. Probably not worth getting if you don't already have it.

} BUGS!		(2 of a whopping 7 still unique)  A 42 minute disc?  Sigh.
[...]
} ELMER! (3 of 7 still unique)
[...]

Again, these two were separate tape collections, but are on a single disc.
So here we have 5 out of 14 unique. A little better, but still probably
not worth it if you don't already have it.

} Might someone have a complete title listing for this and for the first
} Tex Avery disc?

I've got the first disc, and I'll see about making a title listing for it.

-- 

	"Buster, this trip downriver has been truly special.
	 Downright Twainian in a Hitchcockian sort of way."


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com
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In rec.video.releases, davest@sequent.com (David C. Stewart) writes:

> I saw a listing for "The Abyss" in an LD catalog which states
> that it is 140 minutes long, but only has 2 sides.  How does this work?
> I thought the limit on CLV was 60 minutes per side!

"The Abyss", CBS/Fox 1561-85 is 3 sides (2 platters).  The movies is 140
minutes and there is also a 10 minute "making of" short included on side 3.

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From: levin@star-trek.bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Comments on the Criterion _Fisher_King_ LD release
Followup-To: rec.video.releases
Date: 6 Apr 1992 18:08:37 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: archive.bbn.com

kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) writes:

>Now the good stuff:

>I am not going to go into the film, either you like it or you don't. I want
>to talk about the extras.

I would like to second this recommendation.  I rented it(*) over
the weekend and had a blast: first because I had not seen this
picture yet, and I really liked it -- better than any of
Gilliam's earlier films that I've seen, and second because of
the extras.

>The package contains two discs. One CLV and one CAV. The film is in CLV up
>until the time that Jack starts to climb the wall. The rest is in CAV. During
>the entire film there is a very interesting coomentary by Terry Gilliam on one
>of the analog tracks. . . .

>In addition to the commentary, there are also:

>Three trailers, and a discussion of the markets that they were aimed at.
>6 scenes that were deleted from the final film along with their screenplay 
>    text and a discussion of why they were deleted.
>4 Key scenes repeated in CAV, along with storyboard, script excerpts, behind 
>    the scene photos.
>Costume tests for the 4 main characters.

And I could watch Amanda Plummer all day.

I was impressed that I was listening to the director's
commentary less than four months after he recorded it.

	/JBL

(*)This particular local rental place almost never has disks
   like this in the rental bins.  One of the staff encouraged
   the owner to try it at double rental.  I'm happy to encourage
   his making this sort of disk available even if it costs a bit
   more.  On the other hand, my other, less local, regular
   rental place has a lot of Criterions in rental.  The only
   things I've seen at double rental are the CAV CLOSE
   ENCOUNTERS, the ALIENS set, and the first LOONEY TOONS box.
=
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From: davest@sequent.com (David C. Stewart)
Subject: Re: Is ABYSS really 140 minutes long?
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: rec
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 15:52:06 GMT

rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:

>In rec.video.releases, davest@sequent.com (David C. Stewart) writes:

>> I saw a listing for "The Abyss" in an LD catalog which states
>> that it is 140 minutes long, but only has 2 sides.  How does this work?
>> I thought the limit on CLV was 60 minutes per side!

>"The Abyss", CBS/Fox 1561-85 is 3 sides (2 platters).  The movies is 140
>minutes and there is also a 10 minute "making of" short included on side 3.

	Thanks for all of the corrections, folks.  It turns out that
CHLDC has ABYSS as 2 sides (not platters) in two different catalogs.
Thinking it unlikely a typo would live so long, I thought I would ask.

	Gee, now if I could just get some response on my question about
how to get my Sony EXR remote to control my Pioneer LD player...  ;->

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From: gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes)
Subject: Peter O'Toole, Uncle Silas
Summary: Looking for Peter O'Toole movie, Silas
Keywords: Uncle silas O'Toole
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 05:00:33 GMT

I'm looking for a movie for someone else, with Peter O'Toole
as a character named "Silas" or "Uncle Silas."  Any
information wold be appreciated...thanks.
Gordon

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From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)
Subject: Re: New "Highlander" LD release question!
Reply-To: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)
Organization: IBM Austin, TX
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 18:37:49 GMT


Thanks for the running time info, Jerry. Now I just have to decide
if I can endure X more months waiting for a foreign LD of this
film I ordered or give up and buy the rerelease.


boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The fox so cunning and free) posts:

#} Also, there was no indication on the sleeve that this new release is
#} letterboxed. Dammit. I wish they'd LBX'd it!
#
#Well, that's a whole 'nother issue altogether.


You said a mouthful, brudda.  I can't *believe* they didn't do it for
the rerelease.


#
#} (I have a $5.00 side bet that Jerry Boyajian answers this post first!)
#
#Given net propagation, "first" isn't quite so absolute.


Well, FYI, I won! ;) Thanks again, oh god of film!


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From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: What about Sparticus?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:03:16 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.025604.10553@nctams1.uucp>, tomj@pnet16.cts.com (Tom Jenkins) writes:
> Ok where is it?

I assume you're talking about the restored version from last year...

It is available on VHS tape. I've heard that the quality isn't very good.

It is NOT available on LD. I don't know if it is in the works or not.

It has been shown on AMC within the last few weeks. They ran both letterboxed
and pan/scan versions

                                            -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu
From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: New Criterion Citizen Kane (was: Citizen Kane Boxed Set Forsale)
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:13:01 GMT
Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Distribution: usa
Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/

In <STUCKI.92Apr2113454@retina.cis.ohio-state.edu> stucki@retina.cis.ohio-state.edu (David J Stucki) writes:

>In article <1992Apr2.155204.3079@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> kettyle@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (john.jr.kettyle) writes:
>>   For Sale:
>>	   The 50th. Anniversary Citizen Kane Limited Collectors Edition
>>
>>			   Boxed Video Cassette
>>
>>   This box is unopened and still in shrink wrap with violation sticker
>>   still intact.
>>   Selling Price listed at $149.99
>>   Have to sell will take $120 + shipping and COD
>
>This is selling at the local Blockbuster for $79.95

Not to mention that you can get the new edition CAV Citizen Kane set (with
everything on the boxed set *and* the extra side full of interviews with
directors and people who worked on KANE) for less than $120 through
Tewksbury.  Good luck finding a sucker, John.

BTW, I sold my old Criterion CAV boxed set Kane (for a heckuva lot less than
$120) and bought the new one.  If others are contemplating it, I would say
that you might want to reconsider.  The interviews are interesting -- the
likes of Scorcese talking about Welles is great stuff -- but it's not really
worth the extra $$ to trade up.

                           "I think it's really the
                            human part of him that's
                            failing."
                                                     "Well, the human side
                                                      likes the rich taste,
                                                      but the robot in him
                                                      loves the frosty
                                                      goodness."
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From: andre@rurutu.wri.com (Andre Kuzniarek)
Subject: Re: Superman cartoons on LD
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 00:09:05 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.200802.9408@nic.unh.edu> tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy  
C Webb) writes:
>    I was just looking through my Columbia House Laser Disc Club (sorry,  
CHLDC)
> catalog and noticed a 60 minute laserdisc of Superman cartoons. Are  
these the
> old Max Fleisher cartoons? If anyone knows, please fill me in.

A friend of mine has just such a disk, and it's beautiful. I would assume  
the Columbia House disc is the same.

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From: tomj@pnet16.cts.com (Tom Jenkins)
Newsgroups: rec.video.releases
Subject: What about Sparticus?
Date: 11 Apr 92 02:56:04 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet16], NCTAMS EASTPAC

Ok where is it?

--Tom

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