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07-04-2004, 01:01 AM
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Is Darby O'Gill and the Little People OAR?
Is the Darby O'Gill and the Little People R2 DVD released last march in widescreen?
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07-04-2004, 04:07 PM
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Don't know, but after reading this comment on Amazon UK I wouldn't buy it even if it was OAR.
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So why is the long overdue DVD disappointing..?.. Because Disney missed a golden opportunity to capitalise on this magnificent feature by failing to include a single Special Feature. No commentary (and Sean Connery or Kieron Moore, both would have been excellent choices), No Stills, No Lobby Cards, No posters, No Cinema Trailer, ...in fact..No Nothing..JUST the basic movie...
Another gripe.....is the tampered with sound track...The original voices of Albert Sharpe (Darby), Estelle Winwood (The Widow Sugrue), Jimmy O'Dea (King Brian of Knocknasheega) and Jack MacGowan (Padraig Og) have all been dubbed with replacement voices..and badly so. Even in the opening scene Estelle Winwoods "old Hag" voice has been replaced by one that sounds like the Queen of England's cousin.....too posh. And in this scene the "dubbed voice" refers to her son Pony Sugrue as TONY Sugrue.
The dubbing takes away much of the charm and originality of the the 1959 cinema released DARBY O'GILL.
Hopefully the Disney Organisation will have come to its senses before the release of the USA version of the DVD in August 2004, but unfortunately they have made a mess of the UK version.
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07-04-2004, 05:55 PM
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I just want to know so I can try to predict if R1 will be one. At this point, my best guess is no, but they say the R2 is OAR.
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07-04-2004, 07:45 PM
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The region 2 Darby O'Gill is 1.33 and 2.0 mono.
IMDB lists the ratio as 1.75.
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07-05-2004, 10:14 AM
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Thanks. The Disney website lists it as widescreen too, but I had a hunch it was wrong. This sucks.
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