C'mon Universal....THE SEVEN PER CENT SOLUTION

BarryM · 06-23-2006, 09:22 AM

This thread is to hopefully get Universal to finally release Herbert Ross' amazing THE SEVEN PER CENT SOLUTION, starring Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall and Vanessa Redgrave.

Image once upon a time had a lousy DVD of it not in widescreen.

This movie is good enough (and commercial enough) for Universal to hire Duvall and Williamson to do a commentary.

Please, Universal, how about it??

paul_austin · 06-23-2006, 10:27 AM

I saw this in the theatre and was sad to see its out of print, I'd love to see it released in widescreen with extras

Paul McElligott · 06-23-2006, 12:55 PM

I second the motion!

It seems rather elementary to me. A great movie deserves a first-class DVD.

Derek M Germano · 06-23-2006, 01:17 PM

The film is a personal favorite. Would love to see a 16:9 enhanced wide screen version.

bob kaplan · 06-23-2006, 03:26 PM

Add me to the list of those that would enjoy the release of this title in enhanced widescreen. i became familiar with it during my DiscoVision days (boy! was a "good" copy of the LD hard to get...) and the LD was pan and scan (as is the Image disc), and you certainly get the feeling that it has been "chopped" badly.

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MattH. · 06-23-2006, 05:18 PM

Another vote to see this in a properly formatted DVD. I've had the laserdisc for years, and while it's better than nothing, I'd really like to see the movie given the respect it deserves on DVD.

Tim RP · 06-24-2006, 06:49 AM

Totally agree. We've got the MPI Rathbone Holmes' discs, MGM have good editions of the Cushing Hound and Wilder's Private Life (albeit with godawful artwork) and Anchor Bay have done a fine disc of Murder by Decree. C'mon Universal (and no floaty heads either)!!

Joel C · 06-25-2006, 11:52 AM

They've been showing this a lot on TCM recently with a decent-looking widescreen print.

Gordon McMurphy · 06-25-2006, 06:57 PM

I feel that the question is: C'mon, Universal, release a decent amount of your vintage gems this year! The pre-1948 Paramount titles are almost completely untouched.

Dave Jessup · 06-25-2006, 08:16 PM

Another vote for this movie in a decent presentation.

I'm surprised nobody's yet mentioned this little phrase from the back of the Image DVD:

HOME VIDEO VERSION + SOME MUSIC RESCORED

Gordon McMurphy · 06-25-2006, 09:19 PM

Was the song "I Never Do Anything Twice" cut?

A scene in which an elderly Watson reads of Holmes' death in the newspaper, which later turns out to be a report of the death of Sigmund Freud was apparently cut before release.

Cinematography in this film was by the great experimental master Oswald Morris (Huston's Moulin Rouge and Moby Dick; Fiddler on the Roof, etc) so I'd love to finally see it, as I greatly admire Ozzie, in addition to being devout fan of Holmes and Watson.

Dick · 06-27-2006, 12:22 AM

Can't believe it