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03-10-2003, 03:12 PM
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Yep! It's the 2,399th HTF "Why The Hell Isn't This/That On DVD Yet!!??" thread. Sorry, but Congress demanded another. 
I'm sure fans of great 1950s dramas would concur that it'd be nice to see new SE DVDs on the shelf of 1959's Anatomy Of A Murder, as well as 1954's The Caine Mutiny.
Upcoming SE Bulletins Welcome here.
Why the current close-to-being-bare release of Anatomy is in Full-Frame only is rather frustrating, don't you agree? Was Anatomy shot at 2.35? Or was it done @ 1.85 or 1.66? I'd be interested in knowing. (Certainly can't tell from the 1.33 DVD!  )
Some of the 1950s/1960s DVD gaps are being filled in with the recent additions of To Catch A Thief, Roman Holiday, The Day The Earth Stood Still and Journey To The Center Of The Earth. But there is still a boatload of titles that cry out for Digital justice! Such as ......
No Highway In The Sky (1951)
The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
Executive Suite (1954)
Dial M For Murder (1954)
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
Julie (1956)
The Spirit Of St. Louis (1957)
Compulsion (1959)
Midnight Lace (1960)
Advise & Consent (1962)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)(Judy Garland's last film)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Just gander at all these excellent motion-picture experiences that are lacking a DVD treatment!!
Don't you want all of these?! Of course you do.
Any more??
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03-10-2003, 03:13 PM
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Let's also go back into the late 40s to include..........
The Web (Vincent Price)(1947)
and
Call Northside 777 (1948)
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03-10-2003, 03:26 PM
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David,
In fairness to the studios, you can only release so many titles on dvd at a time. In April and May alone, I have preordered 65 dvd releases of classic films that were made more than 30 years ago. By the way, Send Me No Flowers is already out on dvd and I bought it last month.
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03-10-2003, 03:32 PM
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Patrick J. McCart
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Fullframe doesn't automatically mean it's pan & scan. Anatomy of a Murder is presented unmatted on DVD. For a 1959 "flat" film, that shouldn't be a problem.
In fact, nearly every film on DVD in "pan & scan" only are flat films. There are really only a handful of true pan & scan DVDs out there.
As for the titles...
WHV is working on DVDs for Around the World In Eighty Days and Dial M For Murder. I think it was mentioned that The Greatest Show On Earth is under consideration somewhere. That title needs a lot of care since it's 3-strip Technicolor...it needs to look like that!
When a film isn't on DVD, don't automatically think it's due to neglect. Many films aren't on DVD because they're awaiting thoughtfully done DVDs, rather than slop that Madacy would release. I could name dozens of films I'd like on DVD, but that's not my job. I'd rather let the studios do quality DVD editions in 2005, than buy a crappy DVD this year. Plenty of titles out now that are living proof of this "wait is great" method.
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03-10-2003, 03:36 PM
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Anatomy of a Murder is definitely not 2.35:1. I believe the correct AR is 1.85:1.
I seem to recall hearing that there is an anamorphic OAR version available in another region.
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For a 1959 "flat" film, that shouldn't be a problem.
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I don't think that it is a safe assumption that all "open matte" transfers are purely that. It is my understanding that reframing in certain places occasionally happens.
As far as I'm concered if the DVD is non-OAR, open matte or otherwise, it's just a coaster.
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03-10-2003, 04:02 PM
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By the way, Send Me No Flowers is already out on dvd and I bought it last month.
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Thanks Robert!
Had no idea "Send Me..." was out on DVD!
Cheap too...and 16x9 enhanced! 
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03-10-2003, 04:11 PM
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David, In fairness to the studios, you can only release so many titles on dvd at a time.
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Point taken, C-Daddy. :b
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In April and May alone, I have preordered 65 dvd releases of classic films that were made more than 30 years ago.
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Robert,
Can you possibly copy-and-paste that list of 65 titles here? I'd like to see it, to augment my own Wish List.
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03-10-2003, 04:44 PM
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Patrick J. McCart
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I don't think that it is a safe assumption that all "open matte" transfers are purely that. It is my understanding that reframing in certain places occasionally happens.
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Well, for that time period (1953-1959), it's iffy that the film would even be 1.85:1. Columbia mattes all their flat films at a concrete 1.85:1 (whether it needs that much matting or not).
Visually, the film looks more like 1.33:1 or 1.66:1. The only way to be sure is to know what the official ratio was.
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03-10-2003, 04:48 PM
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Rain
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IMDB indicates 1.85:1.
Yes, they are occasionally incorrect, but given that the film was released in 1959, that ratio is more than likely accurate.
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