International PAL AND OTHER-REGION DVD ANNOUNCEMENTS & REVIEWS (1 Viewer)

[Thomas T]

The comments left on Amazon UK by people who have bought these two DVDs indicate that the quality is very poor. Boy On A Dolphin seems to be non-anamorphic while Justine appears to be seriously bad in general.

As I would like to have both these films in my collection, I am disappointed.

(So far, no-one has left any comment about The Unguarded Moment)

Thanks for the update, Robin. I guess our best hope for Justine is if Twilight Time gets its hands on it but judging from the UK disc, perhaps the elements are in such poor shape and that a decent disc isn't possible for now. I'll have to be content with the German non anamorphic Boy On A Dolphin which is a decent transfer at least.

Still hoping we'll hear from someone that Unguarded Moment is an improvement over the muddy transfer TCM gave us.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm seriously thinking of buying the German BDs of Two Flags West.and Monte Walsh.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm seriously thinking of buying the German BDs of Two Flags West.and Monte Walsh.

Well, I just went hog wild! I hope I don't regret purchasing the following German BDs.

Two Flags West
Monte Walsh
The Ox-Bow Incident
Prime Cut
Valdez is Coming
The Wild One
The Tall Men

 

[SAhmed]

Robert - The opening shots on "Valdez Is Coming" are a little soft/weak but after that it maintains a reasonably good good image. It is a step up from the Region A DVD and is also region free. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I hope you will too - good ending btw!

On a secondary note, I am pleasantly surprised at both the number and overall quality of the presentations of Westerns on Blu-Ray from Germany.

Regards,

 

[Robin9]

Well, I just went hog wild! I hope I don't regret purchasing the following German BDs.

Two Flags West
Monte Walsh
The Ox-Bow Incident
Prime Cut
Valdez is Coming
The Wild One
The Tall Men

I already have The Tall Men and it's pretty good. I think you'll be pleased.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I already have The Tall Men and it's pretty good. I think you'll be pleased.

Is it Region B only?

 

[John Hermes]

Is it Region B only?

The Tall Men. Plays with my machine set to Region A. It does look nice.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The Tall Men. Plays with my machine set to Region A. It does look nice.

Thanks John, can't hardly wait as I love this western.

 

[Dick]

Well, I just went hog wild! I hope I don't regret purchasing the following German BDs.

Two Flags West
Monte Walsh
The Ox-Bow Incident
Prime Cut
Valdez is Coming
The Wild One
The Tall Men

You won't regret THE OX-BOW INCIDENT. It wasn't stellar even on DVD, but this Blu is a pleasant improvement. Sometimes the edges of the image are a bit soft, but contrast is good and there is plenty of detail. I hope you will post your opinion of MONTE WALSH and THE WILD ONE.

 

[Dave B Ferris]

Well, I just went hog wild! I hope I don't regret purchasing the following German BDs.

Two Flags West
Monte Walsh
The Ox-Bow Incident
Prime Cut
Valdez is Coming
The Wild One
The Tall Men

I think you landed every Western they have - except for Cave of Outlaws

 

[Robert Crawford]

I already have The Tall Men and it's pretty good. I think you'll be pleased.

Today, I finally received my order except Monte Walsh which is backordered.

The first BD I viewed was The Tall Men and I am pleased with it. A very good looking. Tomorrow, I'll either watch Two Flags West or Valdez is Coming.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

You won't regret THE WILD ONE German BD. I have it and it's gorgeous!

 

[Thomas T]

I'm pissed! I got my German DVD of Day Of The Jackal which clearly states anamorphic widescreen on the back of the jacket and which is why I ordered it since the R1 is 4x3 letterbox. Guess what? The German DVD is also non-anamorphic. Ordinarily I would have sent it back but it's actually a sharper transfer than the U.S. DVD and when I use my zoom feature, it's looks better than the R1 DVD when I zoom it and you'd never know it wasn't anamorphic 1.85.

Does a 16x9 Day Of The Jackal exist somewhere? Italy? Australia?

 

[lionel59]

The Australian R4 release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL is in 4:3 LBX

 

[Thomas T]

The Australian R4 release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL is in 4:3 LBX

Looks like I'll have to wait for a blu ray of Day Of The Jackal to get a proper transfer.

 

[Worth]

It is available in HD on iTunes.

 

[Thomas T]

Just ordered 16x9 anamorphic copies of Tennessee's Partner and Bikini Beach from Italy to replace my R1 4x3 BB letterbox transfer and TP full frame transfer as well as Bandido with Robert Mitchum not yet available in R1.

 

[classicmovieguy]

My heart momentarily skipped a beat when I thought "Bikini Beach" had gone Blu... maybe one day... I'd love a whole set, complete with the various sequels.

 

[Robin9]

Just ordered 16x9 anamorphic copies of Tennessee's Partner and Bikini Beach from Italy to replace my R1 4x3 BB letterbox transfer and TP full frame transfer as well as Bandido with Robert Mitchum not yet available in R1.

Please let us know what Tennessee's Partner and Bandido look like. Italy is home to a lot of bootlegging so I am reluctant to blind buy any discs from there.

(Never even heard of Bikini Beach. Sounds like an Annette Funicello film)

 

[John Hermes]

Please let us know what Tennessee's Partner and Bandido look like. Italy is home to a lot of bootlegging so I am reluctant to blind buy any discs from there.

(Never even heard of Bikini Beach. Sounds like an Annette Funicello film)

I would like to hear about the quality too since shipping is a bit expensive from Italy. Yes, Bikini Beach is one of the beach party movies, emphasizing drag racing, with Annettte and Frankie Avalon playing a dual role. Most of the beach party movies are nice anamorphic transfers, but the domestic one for BB is a flipper with a pan & scan on one side and a letterboxed 2.35 on the other!