E1 is releasing Cimarron Strip - The Complete Series in May (1 Viewer)

[gunthertoody]

Cimarron Strip is FINALLY coming to DVD! http://classicflix.com/Cimarron-Strip-The-Complete-Series-in-May-an-31020.html

 

[Roy Wall]

That's one that I'll have to wait for a bargain basement buy for...just got too many better TV westerns to buy for now.

 

[Susan Nunes_329977]

The episodes been available through "on-demand" before; I have several of them. Too expensive for my budget right now.

 

[Roy Wall]

Wasn't this one canceled because of it's expense to produce more so than ratings???

 

[Roy Wall]

It seems that I remember the producers of Gunsmoke were the producers of this show as well...right???

 

[Randy Korstick]

I definately want this one. I didn't think it would ever come out. Beside The Virginian and one season of Wagon train this is the only other Western TV show in a 90 minute format.

 

[GMBurns]

Great news about Cimarron Strip. I never thought I'd be able to own this one. E1 did a great job on another favorite one-off, Ellery Queen, so I am looking forward to this release in May.

 

[ChrisALM]

I have all of the episodes from Encore Westerns, but will gladly upgrade if we get a quality release.

 

[Roy Wall]

Great news about Cimarron Strip. I never thought I'd be able to own this one. E1 did a great job on another favorite one-off, Ellery Queen, so I am looking forward to this release in May.

Thanks for the heads up on E1....it should be a fine release as I do recall being happy with EQ quality...will probably buy this set when it comes out after some reconsideration.

 

[Roy Wall]

As for the box artwork...I'd prefer a closeup shot from above of Jim Crown riding his horse across the plain....from the opening credits.

 

[Charles Ellis]

Long overdue- I hope the prints will be remastered. Any news on extras- will Stuart Whitman be interviewed?

 

[Vic Pardo]

Long overdue- I hope the prints will be remastered. Any news on extras- will Stuart Whitman be interviewed?

Exactly what I wanted to ask. Or will the Stuart Whitman intros from the Encore Western showings be included?

 

[Neil Brock]

Have them all from Encore so the only way I would be interested in this is if they went back to the 35mm prints and put back the 6 or so minutes that were cut out of every episode. Encore ran the old CBN transfers which were edited for commercial time.

 

[Silverking]

This series was released in the UK a couple of years back. To the best of my knowledge they were complete. Curiously each episode was released as a separate DVD. Obviously to make more money though they were relatively inexpensive.

The prints used were not restored in any way other than a 'lightning up' of darker scenes. I would suspect this new complete series will use the same prints.

 

[Kruzer31]

Amazon has the information on Cimarron Strip listed. 1,620 minutes...23 episodes = 70 minutes per episode. Syndicated prints used. too bad if info is correct.

 

[HenryDuBrow]

I have some of the R2 releases, will await the reviews for the R1s.

 

[Neil Brock]

This series was released in the UK a couple of years back. To the best of my knowledge they were complete. Curiously each episode was released as a separate DVD. Obviously to make more money though they were relatively inexpensive.

The prints used were not restored in any way other than a 'lightning up' of darker scenes. I would suspect this new complete series will use the same prints.

As far as I know, only the cut 70 minute versions of the show have ever been available since the network run. So I would be very surprised if anything else was offered anywhere. Whoever did the transferring in the 80s obviously wasn't smart enough to do a set of complete transfers as well as the cut ones.

 

[Susan Nunes_329977]

Wasn't this one canceled because of it's expense to produce more so than ratings???

Yes.