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I have the British (Odeon) blu-ray, and to be quite clear, it does not feature a commentary.

Why the controversy, when you can read this in post 13 of this very thread:

The frame grabs above (in post 25) are pretty close to 2.35:1.

You know, it's not the first Bond film where the villain dies in the end.

Bond used women as human shields in the 60s and 70s -- and made a joke about it in Thunderball -- what did that tell you about his character?

  What about the isolated score on the LD, then?  

If I remember correctly, the sole source for The American Cinematographer article is Wanger and it represents his views (false memories?). The editor of the Invasion of the body snatchers book has researched his subject extensively and I tend to give him more credence in this matter. That one...

Mr. McCart’s repeatedly expressed view that Invasion of the body snatchers was shot in Academy ratio is debatable, to say the least. This per the monograph Invasion of the body snatchers (Rutgers films in print series, vol. 14), ed. Al LaValley: "In December 1955, when [producer] Wanger saw...

Didn't notice any first-reel out-of-sync problem on my copy of the LD, which, incidentally, has the original mono track.

I think the Kubrick version has the advantage because in it these beings so very OBVIOUSLY are NOT aliens.

Sorry about that, Anthony. Yes, I have the 2-disc "Edizione speciale" from CDE of Italy. The first disc contains the film which sports pretty nice anamorphic PQ despite some EE, both the mono mix and a DD5.1 remix of the original soundtrack, as well as an Italian dub in both mixes. The film...

In case I'm not too late: no English subs on either disc.

I have watched Invasion of the body snatchers many times, last time was only recently when I managed to purchase a copy of the Criterion LD--and as I wrote earlier in this thread, the film looks pretty good to me in Superscope. And I'm not the only one; e.g. listen to prof. Yacowar's...

Patrick, your two sources are inconclusive, and neither is first-hand. According to the American Cinematographer piece, producer Walter Wanger would have wanted the film to be released in Academy ratio. As I wrote in an earlier post in this thread, Don Siegel makes no mention of an incorrect...

I think the Superscope Invasion of the body snatchers looks pretty good compared to most anything, amongst them many other scope films. Is there any credible first-hand source that can prove that the film in actual fact is a regular Academy ratio picture forced into Superscope. Certainly...

To return to Don Siegel’s Invasion of the body snatchers. Watching the film, I can’t say that the Superscope looks wrong to me; in fact, the commentator Maurice Yacowar on the Criterion LD commends the film on the elegance of its compositions. I know of the claims on various net sites that it...

Simon, why do you insist on deriding projectionists when you seem to know that many modern cinemas do not have the necessary equipment (i.e. aperture plates) to show any other than 1.85:1 and 2.40:1 films?

An excellent post, Gary. A few addenda that came to mind immediately: APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)/ APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (2001) - all regions (?) reframed to the “Univisium” ratio 2:1 (original Panavision) THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS (1974) - the British R2 reframed to 16:9 (original Panavision)...

Well, I'd be glad if he were still around contributing to DVD releases, making commentaries &c.

Somewhat off topic, but this reply from the webmaster of the KoreanDVDs message board in last November to a query about a dodgy Disney title, tells something about the e-tailer’s business practices; “I was alarmed to find out that they [the dodgy Bambi DVD—still sells for $12] are indeed...

The dirty dozen was filmed in “Metroscope”, which was, as far as I know, just MGM’s way of saying that their prints were hard-matted to any aspect ratio from 1.66:1 to 2:1. The (not always reliable) IMDb gives The dirty dozen’s OAR as 2:1.

I got the very inexpensive 10th anniversary edition for the extras, especially Stephan Elliott's commentary, and can't complain.

Yes indeed, renaming often (as in Jason’s examples) to give the impression that the film, more often than not a low-budget rip-off, is a sequel to a major Hollywood production--there was a Gladiator 2, with Russell Crowe on cover, on sale at one time. Of course, KoreanDVDs don’t do the...

No, Jason, it’s not good practice but cheating the customer. Caveat emptor every time when doing business with e-tailers who offer items like you describe.

As it's also touted as an extended version, maybe they put back something that Peckinpah had purposely left out.

On their site, Criterion advertise their edition as unrated, and incidentally its runtime is 117 mins 44 secs.

No question, the speed-up is a disadvantage, but your description of its effect is, shall we say, slightly exaggerated.

I assure you, the PAL TV standard in no way affects the projection speed in cinemas here in Europe.