Colin Jacobson
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i appreciate your comments,
but i never pick bare bones release
over one with extras...just me.Even if the extras aren't great and the bare-bones one costs much less?
i appreciate your comments,
but i never pick bare bones release
over one with extras...just me.Even if the extras aren't great and the bare-bones one costs much less?
2nd disappointment: the movie seems to have sync problems, just a very slight audio out-of-sync. I put in the old WSS story DVD, and the syncing was perfect.Can anybody else confirm this? I planned to upgrade, but after reading that I may just hold on to the old one.
I worship this movie but I am not buying any more versions....ever!!!!One word, William: HD-DVD. You know you want it...
There was never a planned intermission. Robert Wise gave theaters an option to include one if they wished.As I recall, the insert in the old Criterion CAV laserdisc said there WAS a theatrical intermission, but that Robert Wise had not intended one, so Criterion left it out on their laserdisc. It's also possible the intermission music was used overseas and not in the U.S. I don't think they just invented it for the DVD. Wish they'd had more info about that.
In fact, that was my only real bitch about the set -- they had some new material on it, but absolutely no info about that new material. For example, the animated trailer. Was that the teaser trailer? When was it released? They don't say. It's simply called "animated trailer." And the "theatrical trailer" appears to be a rerelease trailer with the title cards at the end blacked out. Why else would it say "West Side Story grows younger...again"?
Even if the extras aren't great and the bare-bones one costs much less?YES.
Instead of "bare bones/film only",
I will
always prefer extras
like these:
A documentary with the films creators,
missing music, and a film script.
I find them to be enlightening, and they add to MY enjoyment of the film.
Actually,
I am bewildered by the threads
like "Who listens to commentaries?", and
"who really watches extras" that I see around
HTF
text extras are just so much nicer as hard extras.i agree, Seth.
Especially since i lack a printer right now.
Cool link, Gary.
First of all, the Intermission card is 1.85:1 instead of 2.2:1....Well, the intermission CARD is something that was just created for the DVD, to let viewers know they don't have a defective disc. They did the same thing with the Gone With the Wind DVD, among others. In the theater, you'd know what was going on when the lights came up and the curtain closed, and the intermission music would play over that.
I believe the part of Tony was originally offered to Elvis Presley.I haven't heard that before, but it wouldn't surprise me. I do remember hearing that Frank Sinatra wanted the part of Nicky Arnstein in "Funny Girl," but that Streisand wasn't too keen on the idea, wanting someone younger and handsomer.