I had a copy of the videotape release of Midnight Run for the longest time, and was VERY familiar with the movie (at least as it was released on VHS). As with the earlier comments on the LD and original DVD releases, that scene did not exist.
I need to belatedly rain on the parade of TTSS and Smiley's People fans, with respect to Acorn's DVD release of each of these (though mainly the latter). I wanted (and probably still will) write up a longer tome of my grievances, but for the moment (since the topic has re-emerged) I need to...
I had a similar problem on my first copy, using a Panasonic RV32. Chapters 24-26 were entirely unwatchable, with heavy pixelization for a few seconds and then the image just freezing. I exchanged it, and my second copy appears to be without flaw. It appears, as others have noted, that the layer...