Finally picked up Season 1 of "Car 54, Where Are You?". Picture quality OK, but way better than the VHS versions. Season 2 will be following shortly...
Quote:Originally Posted by Mark-P According to Wikipepia: "In 1953, Warner Brothers also planned to develop an identical anamorphic process called Warnerscope, but after the premiere of CinemaScope, Warners decided to license it...
I saw Ben Hur back in November on the big screen as part of the Cinema Series in Canada, and it was almost like seeing it for the first time. The only problems were:
1) The projectionist cut off the music at the end of Part 1 just as...
Brent,
Thanks for posting the Winnipeg theater site. I really miss some of those theaters. Especially the Metropolitan - that was my favorite theater during the 70's and 80's. I also remember seeing the first run of Star Wars at the...
On one hand, I am thankful for the digital technology that makes it affordable for theater chains to show classic movies. I have taken my daughter to the Classics series at one of the large chains over the last few months, and it has...
There was also a set of interviews by Charles Champlin done at the time of the restoration. It was a half hour show where he interviewed David Lean, Anne Coates, and Maurice Jarre.
A very interesting topic - I've been having the same problem with decidinig what to watch. I recently went through my collection and decided to downsize over the last year - from 625 movies to about 350. I pulled all the movies...
Thanks for the info, but if the Superbit transfer is used plus the extras from the first release, did they drop the bit rate to fit everything on? Also, did they move the disc break to the intermission, or keep the original Superbit...
