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Re: The Car re-release 5/6/08
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I love this movie but unless there's a big upgrade (which seems kinda unlikely), I'll just hang on to the Anchor Bay disc.
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Remember though, the 1999 Anchor Bay disc has both, 2.35:1 (16x9) and 1.33:1 pan and scan on the same side of the disc. If this new release from Universal drops the pan and scan transfer, it should be an improvement in picture quality. The widescreen transfer on Anchor Bay's disc looks really, really good except for the last 10 minutes or so when it's not quite as sharp.
Gotta say, the cover art on Anchor Bay's release is a lot better. I'll be keeping my Anchor Bay disc and I'll probably be getting this new one too.
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Re: The Car re-release 5/6/08
I'm actually quite happy with my Anchor Bay disc so I won't be buying. However if Universal ever puts this on Blu-ray someday, I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.
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Re: The Car re-release 5/6/08
Doesn't the AB have 5.1?
Is it any good?
as the Universal only has surround (I have the R2 2005 Universal release).
Are you sure the top cover is the AB one?
It's exactly the same as my R2 Universal, print typeface, everything except the word evil is in Red (and it has the awful BBFC 12 logo spoiling the artwork bottom left)
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more than the R2 Universal then which is bare bones :-(
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Those screen captures in DVD Beaver's review look great. If the DVD looks that good, imagine what the eventual Blu-ray release will look like.
Of course; if Universal simply duplicates the 2.0 sound on the BD without any other sound options, I'll have to keep my Anchor Bay disc as well.
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Good deal! I've never seen this but I'm a fan of stuff like The Duel and Joyride. This sounds like a hoot and the images from Beaver look excellent.
Joblo's review (click) for this is pretty good too. I'm all over it!
Thanks for posting about this. It even has Kim Richards. This will be a trip to watch. I can't wait!!
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I'm all over this one, I love this movie. It was on the Chiller channel a couple of weeks ago and stopped cleaning just to watch the movie.
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Funny you should say that Rick as my DVD of The Car does sit right next to my DVD of Killdozer!!!
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It's not available anywhere including BT's - I know as it took me ages to get a resonable copy of it i.e. better than the 6th generation vhs copies on DVD on eBay.....
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I just noticed both the Richards girls are in this. I would've loved that as a kid. Now it will just be a huge jolt of nostalgia in a completely unfamiliar film. That's priceless folks!
The clip on badmovies.org looks great! Rodeo crowd = beach crowd/car = shark. Neat! Much better than the stupid Giant Spider Invasion.
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LOL, at DVDBeaver you can see it's release date: Theatrical Release: May 13th, 1977. Good thing that it got a head start at the Box Office, Star Wars opened 12 days later.
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I was a kid at the time, but I remember seeing James Brolin's appearance on Merv Griffin's daytime talk show to promote this film. James Coburn was on the same program promoting CROSS OF IRON. Those were the days.
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I'll bet they were both on Mike Douglas earlier that morning.
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