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04-04-2003, 12:23 PM
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You've been waiting for this! Take a Vacation...16x9 style!
Warner, bless their little hearts, have finally heard us.
Ever since I have started lurking here at the Home Theater Forum, there have been complaints about National Lampoon's Vacation, about how the Chevy Chase film was unjustly MARred for its initial DVD release, and couldn't Warner just re-release it in 16x9?
Many of us bought it, or (in my case) got it as a gift and kept it, despite its non-OAR status. We just love this film so much! Couldn't WB let us double-dip on this one?
Well...sure they will!
This is not announced. It's not at their press site. It's definately not finished yet...I cannot say where in the development process it is.
But an anamorphic widescreen version of Vacation is in-the-works. I haven't seen anyone else post this info, so I thought I'd spread the good word.
And before anyone asks...no. I have no proof. Believe it or not, it's up to you. It doesn't matter to me, and this is not a late April Fool's joke. Myself, I hope the person who told me this is right, too...but they have never let me down in the past. Just passing on the word!
[rant]THANK YOU, WARNER![/rant]  
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04-04-2003, 12:36 PM
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Thanks David, but personally i'm waiting for Christmas Vacation to be done right.
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I wanted to be the first one to kill somebody on the moon."
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04-04-2003, 12:36 PM
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Now this is certainly good news. But where's your signature?
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04-04-2003, 01:35 PM
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This would be excellent news. Hopefully they'll also include the missing camel scene.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
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04-04-2003, 01:37 PM
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Sweet! Now all I need is an OAR re-release for Christmas Vacation and Police Academy and I can die a happy man.
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04-04-2003, 02:04 PM
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Awesome! I gladly get rid of the disappointing disc I have now. Any idea as to a time frame? Like this year?
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04-04-2003, 02:19 PM
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Very nice. About bloody time, even though I personally prefer Xmas Vacation out of the whole "quadrilogy." 
My Blu-ray collection so far: Casino Royale, The Fifth Element, 300, Unforgiven, T2, The Descent, The Road Warrior, The Untouchables, Purple Rain, Deliverance
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04-04-2003, 02:20 PM
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Ok, since I cannot remember exactly what MAR means, was Vacation released Pan and Scan or full frame (making the 16x9 either OAR or matted)?
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04-04-2003, 02:22 PM
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(making the 16x9 either OAR or matted)?
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