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I recently purchased a Sony 7.2 receiver with 4 HDMI inputs (Blu-Ray, Games, DVR and another video input). The problem is, my fiancee's kids have a PS3, a Wii and an X-Box and there is a constant battle over the "Games" input on the receiver-mainly, they have to keep unplugging one system to...

No question: Conway's little old man character. The sketch where the old man was a firefighter and came to Korman's home to put out a fire ranks right up there with their dentist sketch and Burnett's GWTW parody. The moment where Korman feels he needs mouth-to-mouth because of inhaling too...

Never had a problem with lighter fluid-Ronsonol is the best, by the way.

I usually use lighter fluid to remove price stickers and whatnot-the residue goes and the smell disappears rather quickly (learned it when I was used in the book business and had to remove many a price sticker from many tomes).

Received my replacement disc-sorry, replacement package a few days ago. A Blu-Ray/DVD package. So, now I have one 3-disc set with both BD discs and the DVD, and one 3-disc set with ONE BD disc and the DVD-so...what am I supposed to do with this incomplete package now? I got the original one...

Since it does not appear to be anamorphic, I will have to say no, but thank you for offering.

As I recall, the first LD of MFL was from CBS/FOX as part of their "widescreen" series and I really remember the color being almost non-existent. Returned to to Dave's Video, as well:(

Is your DVD of the longer version of THE ALAMO anamorphic? A friend just recently made me a DVD of the longer version from TCM but since this was before that channel had an HD upgrade, the picture is in the center of our big screen with black space around it. If your copy is anamorphic, I...

If it was run into the 80's, why did this legend persist about the longer version being "lost?" Or unavailable? I am really surprised the Film Foundation hasn't become involved in getting the film restored (unless it was requested) or that AMPAS hasn't offered to get involved.

I am currently researching a bio of Wayne for a writer and have just gone through the Batjac files at USC. Since the film did not get into profit until two decades ago, UA has all rights to the film and I do not think Batjac or the Wayne family sees any money from it. UA and the people Wayne...

I have purchased a number of the WBArchive titles and with the exception of getting a different film than what was supposed to be on the disc (which their CS department shipped a replacement of quickly and said I could keep the mistaken disc) I really have no complaints. I have many DVD-Rs and...

I was lucky enough to see the extended version of THE ABYSS at the now-gone Plitt/Cineplex Odeon/. . .Whatever theater in Century City back in '93 and as much as I loved the original cut, the longer version just packed more of a whallup. For me, it is Cameron's best film, closely followed by...

The DTS remix sounds fine and was not distracting one bit. I also agree with Robert on this disc vs. the IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE disc-while not perfect, MO34S shows some care was taken with the transfer and that someone at least was looking at it while the mastering was being done.

The antique cabinet and the vaulted ceiling above it are dictating the decision I made, which is the Panasonic 50" plasma at Best Buy for $999.99, plus getting new Yamaha 7.1 receiver (which will be used for 6.1, since that is what I installed a few years back and very happy with it) and a...

I was there at Radio City the night that they brought the phone out with Gance on the other end at the conclusion and we just went crazy with cheers, applause and tears. It is still the greatest movie experience of my life and it has not been topped in almost 30 years. I've seen this...

The beast would be on top of an antique cabinet about 6 feet off the floor (non-negotiable) and am concerned about the viewing angle, along with about 35 inches of space from the cabinet to the vaulted ceiling (also non-negotiable). Would also be upgrading the receiver (need a 6.1 due to having...

I really hope with WINGS that someone at Paramount goes to the motion picture academy library and consults the cutting continuity that the Special Collections department has. It is missing reel 1, but the list of intertitles for the rest of the film is there, along with the tinting for each shot...

There was an R2 (from France) release of the complete Betty Boop series. The company is Films Sans Frontieres and it supposedly is still available from them but because of the weak dollar it is over $100 + postage.

:emoji_thumbsup: I used to own a Brazil/Portugese all-region disc that did not include the overture, entr'acte or exit music, but at least it was in the right ratio (the same company also brought out ROMAN EMPIRE but in 1:85 and just the bare bones of the film) and it was before any announcement...

I was present for the Radio City Music Hall showing when David Gill called Gance from backstage and brought the receiver out onstage for us to cheer. We were already pumped up from the film and cheering wildly when that happened, and I thought the sound from the crowd would pop the roof off the...

I hope the reason the Ford at Fox set got votes for worst packaging is the lousy way the discs were presented. Hard to get off the spokes, hard to put them back, and the material used mars the edges of the discs. Fortunately they all play, but this is not acceptable. I hope that any other large...

:emoji_thumbsup: I remember when it was announced that the film had been pushed back from Summer to Christmas. The buzz around town was deafening: the film's a bomb, it's too long, Cameron can't let go of the film, etc. My feeling was: well, we're talking two laserdisc releases here (like the T2...

The disc of SHARK ISLAND in the box set will not include the commentary track by Ford biographer Scott Eyman which is on the Eureka disc. I asked him about it and he does not know why and is a bit disappointed, especially since he did a commentary on MY DARLING CLEMENTINE a few years back.:frowning:

:eek: My hope with this release is that the "fringing" problem that was very evident in the second reel of the film is finally fixed. I saw the Miramax reissue at the Cinerama Dome some years ago and for the first half of reel two there were some serious separation problems that made it hard to...

:frowning: I have two titles for MGM/UA to issue correctly on DVD: THE ALAMO & IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. 1) THE ALAMO: why can't there be a reissue of the LD boxset that they did years ago? The transfer was gorgeous (from a 70mm print that somehow had found its way into a Canadian...

Looking for the following: EVITA (Japanese DTS) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (DTS/2-disc) BETTY BOOP BOX SET (France) Will also accept DVD-Rs of above titles (for a lower price, of course)

:frowning: According to a friend of mine, the first Hallmark disc has an edited version of SONS OF THE DESERT with a dubbed in score that he says is awful. Maybe you would be better off with the R2 box set from the UK.

Sorry to keep beating a dead horse, but the camera in the shots looks just like an umblimped Technicolor camera, not the "elephant ear" VV camera. It could be like the one in the shot of Hitchcock on the set of MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, but I may be wrong.

It is the Kevin Brownlow reconstruction that Francis Coppola distributed in the US. It's too bad they put it on one side of one disc and there are very few chapters, but at least it is out. I do not think they went anamorphic with the tryptich scene at the finale, though.

:angry: Is there anyway for MGM/Sony/Fox Video to get the complete restored MAD, MAD WORLD on DVD? The restored (including the intermission traffic reports) version was shown at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood a few years back, but nothing from MGM about it coming out on DVD, and you know there...