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I wouldn't say the film's title is awkward, far from it. The literal translation of the original Mishima novella, according to Wikipedia, is "The Afternoon Towing" ... and I'm struggling to think of a less evocative title! It seems we have translator John Nathan to thank for the revised title...

Having grown up watching mid-to-late-1960s shows like Perry Mason, The Fugitive, The FBI, Ironside, Adam 12, Star Trek and the plethora of comedies, I have to say that the shows that most interest me now are the shows I narrowly missed catching, first time around. So it's great that I have been...

I'm not sure it's true to say that Shout! are known for having high standards any more. This isn't their first mess-up, not by a long way. This film has one of the most intriguing titles of all films, but having read several reviews (of the film itself, not this particular release), I've...

I wasn't going to mention Route 66 since this is a Naked City thread, but the two shows are so inextricably linked, there's just no getting away from it! The R66 episodes currently screening in Australia are from Season 1, which I have on DVD, so I don't need to get up at 0630 to watch 'em...

Oh yeah, PAL Speed Up, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me, Denny. Nevertheless, a 4% decrease in time would only account for 1 min being lost over 25 mins. But here's part of the answer: the episodes are being shown without credits. Instead, a title card reading 'THE END' appears...

So would I. Here in Australia, the 7 Network is screening season 1 episodes on its 7TWO channel at 0730 on Sunday mornings. This only came to my attention about 5 weeks ago ... so I have risen early the last five Sundays to watch them. This morning's episode was season 1, episode 25, "The...

Hi Chris, We're definitely on the same page. I just picked up on your comment "In this TVonDVD world, what I would like and what I can get is sometimes far apart. I have learned to live with that" ... but didn't really notice your parting comment: " - most of the time." I will readily concede...

After the Route 66 fiasco, I hold fears for Timeless's Peter Gunn release, if Shout! are in any way involved. There's no date mentioned on the promo page: http://www.timelessvideo.com/dvds/petergunn.html ...and it's certainly not listed on Amazon yet. Has anyone heard anything about a...

I don't know that I can agree with this, Chris. Recent history in this area demonstrates that if you make enough noise, things can happen. Roxbury's initial release of Route 66 Season 1 Vol 2, had episodes 16-30 formatted in fake widescreen. There was an enormous outcry about this, and...

Well, it would have been great if Shout! had backed up that appreciation of the show's greatness with an effort to release better versions (which are known to exist) of the episodes from the first half of the first season. Unfortunately, they didn't. And they haven't announced any intention to...

In Shout!'s own forums, specifically: http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/5326/thread.aspx ... Shout's series producer Brian Ward stated (on 13 Feb 2012, only 10 weeks before they released): "As for the quality of the masters, we're using those we acquired from the original owner (not to be...

It's a terrific review - more like a labor of love. I wish I could write like that. Roxbury themselves corrected the major defect of their original Season 1 Part 2 release (which had episodes 16-30 cropped in fake widescreen). Their full Season 1 release restored these episodes to their correct...