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    The Decline of Western Civilization Part II?

    I just noticed that Spheeris' Suburbia is scheduled for release on Tuesday. [edit] Hmmm. I got that from Amazon, but this DVD clearly has been out for a while.
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    Any audience for Oscar telecast DVDs?

    Why didn't you set your VCR? According to Yahoo, it was on BBC1 from 1:00 AM 'till 5:00 AM. (Man I love the internet. Find out what's on TV anywhere in the world.)
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    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: My Fair Lady SE (RECOMMENDED!)

    You can listen to an audio review of the new My Fair Lady DVD from February 24, 2004 at freshair.com . The reviewer includes an excerpt from an Ed Sullivan Show DVD which features Julie Andrews singing "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" I assume the My Fair Lady DVD will be fixed to remove the...
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    Any Spoilers on West Wing Commentaries?

    Here's hoping that Sorkin makes some mention of her absence in the Season 2 commentary. I'd settle for, "Wizards did it."
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    Criterion's Jacques Tati titles back in print for 2004!

    I just saw a 70mm screening of Playtime, and of course looked up the DVD. The Region 2 DVD (availabe at amazon.fr ) looks juicy. It even has David Lynch extra!
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    A cool Simpsons DVD Bonus Idea...

    So can anyone veryfy if Harry Shearer is in any of the commentaries or extras on any of the disks? I listen to his radio program every week, and he seems to have real contempt for Rupert Murdoch and FOX.
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    A cool Simpsons DVD Bonus Idea...

    Is Harry Shearer in any of the commentaries on the Simpsons DVDs? I'm a big Harry Shearer fan, and I didn't see his name listed in the extras on the box.
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    Phone Booth: Cover and Disc Specs

    I flipped over the disk out of morbid curiosity, and looked at the "full screen" 4:3 side. It looks like they radically redid the movie for 4:3, repositioning the small windowed movies so that none of the important action would be missed.
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    Robert Harris on The Bits - 1/21/03 column - OFFICIAL THREAD

    In defense of those DVD producers, one reason for blurring the grain might be to make the movie more compressible. I imagine that a static scene on grainy film would appear as a riot of action to the compression software. Perhaps a solution would be adding "fake grain" after decompression (does...
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