Product: The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 4.0
Great quality transfer, but don't buy it for the extras!!
Look, it's a gift from the heavens that this is a clean, letterboxed transfer with good sound. It's very much like having obstructions moved from both your sight and hearing. I've never seen the film looking this nice, having only seen it on tv in that other (worse) alternative to Pan'n'Scan--where everybody's 10' tall and very very thin. The restored footage is also fun for fans, but does slow the pace of the film. The extras are nothing to write home about. The commentary suffers from old-duffer syndrome: "dubbing" is defined for you and a running obituary list of actors no longer with us are elements, and the rare anecdotal gems are, well, rare. The documentary is period from the film, and while it's nice to have it archived, is nothing really special. Chapter stops are good, but a little too infrequent for my taste. Overall, get it if you want to see the movie in the clear (finally!), but not if you're intent solely on the extras.