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08-19-2004, 09:23 AM
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One of my all-time favourite movies is Big, starring Tom Hanks. However, this DVD was released quite some time ago, and is sorely lacking in features. The quality could be greatly improved too.
Has anyone heard of plans to re-release? Of course, an anamorphic transfer and DD 5.1 would be included...
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08-19-2004, 09:27 AM
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DD 5.1 isn't always the best...considering this movie would have a "fake" 5.1 track.
as for 16:9, it is available in other countries as such so there is a master available.
I'd love a commentary on this...maybe some deleted scenes.
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08-19-2004, 09:30 AM
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Good point on the DD 5.1. I'm not so much concerned about that, but a cleaned-up anamorphic re-master would be fantastic.
Commentary with Hanks and Perkins would be cool, and maybe even Penny Marshall too.
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08-19-2004, 10:30 AM
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I know the Brazilian release is NTSC and is also coded Region 0 and it is 16x9 enhanced, so you might want to look into getting that one. I dont think it has 5.1 or any special features though.
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08-19-2004, 11:01 AM
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I'm waiting for a better edition as well.
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08-19-2004, 11:12 AM
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Of coarse!
Not too worry.
However, I do "feel your pain" of waiting for 'proper' release. A movie I watched almost once a week on VHS. Of coarse I only had 75 prerecorded tapes.
Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
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08-20-2004, 02:55 AM
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BIG is already anamorphic widescreen [1.85x1]
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No, it's not anamorphic. It's the opposite of anamorphic. It's non-anamorphic!
(DDD is wrong.)
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08-20-2004, 03:27 AM
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I heard there was an alternate ending...
They said it could be seen in the airplane version of the movie.
It'd be a cool extra if it was there.
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08-20-2004, 06:07 AM
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I'd love to see as a bonus feature, the "clip" Hanks showed when he hosted SNL, of a deleted scene of 30-year-old Hanks playing in a little league baseball game, then wailing on a kid as he's called "out" after a slide into home. I think that's what happened, it's been a very long time...
Has it occurred to anyone that the actor that played young Josh will be himself, 30 this year? And he looks NOTHING like Tom Hanks!
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Of course, if I may hijack the thread for a moment:
There have been a lot of movies in which we've seen child actors play Tom Hanks's character at a young age:
Splash (1984) played by David Kreps, in his only film role
the aforementioned Big (1988) played by David Moscow
Radio Flyer (1992) played by Elijah Wood
Philadelphia (1993) played (in home movie footage) by Philip Joseph 'PJ' McGee, in his only film role
Forrest Gump (1994) played by Michael Conner Humphreys, in his only film role
God bless the IMDB. I think the closest any actress has come to Hanks's 5 kid-as-Hanks movies, is Jodie Foster, with just two: Silence of the Lambs and Contact.
Can anyone do any better?
Sorry, that's a major tangent.
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Love me some Big though. First time I ever saw a feel copped on screen. Good times.
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