MARTIN & LEWIS "MONEY FROM HOME"

Danoldrati · 05-02-2008, 11:31 AM

HI
The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film "Money From Home" is available for
sale on the Legendfilm site and some select Target stores. There are a couple of other rare Paramount films for sale "WON TON TON THE DOG THAT SAVED HOLLYWOOD" and RHUBARB(1951). Thought you might be interested.
Dan

Charles Ellis · 05-02-2008, 01:45 PM

I saw this film in 3-D (as it was originally released in the 50s) a few years back at Film Forum here in NY- if only the 3-D version could be released on disc!

Richard--W · 05-03-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Ellis

I saw this film in 3-D (as it was originally released in the 50s) a few years back at Film Forum here in NY- if only the 3-D version could be released on disc!

I saw it projected in authentic 3-D as well. The entire audience was pleasantly surprised. I'm not a Lewis-Martin fan, so I wasn't expecting much. Seen as a standard flat film, MONEY FROM HOME is an engaging dramatic comedy, well-produced and well-acted. In authentic 3-D, one sees just how much thought went into the staging and lensing. It was the surprise hit of the World 3-D Expo in Hollywood in 2003, and it made even more friends at the second World 3-D Expo in 2006. The Film Forum in NYC saw what a hit it was and brought many of those authentic 3-D films to New York. New Yorkers might have another chance to see MONEY FROM HOME again in early fall of 2009.

There are a couple of home-video 3-D systems that could show off MONEY FROM HOME and other superior 3-D films to good advantage, not to mention profit, but the studios just aren't interested. Not yet anyway. Meanwhile, Legend's standard DVD is excellent quality and I recommended it.

GregK · 05-03-2008, 03:17 PM

Yes.. if Paramount could think "outside the box", this one would make for a nice 2-disc DVD set. Have a single disc cheap-sell through version be basically identical to the current Legend release, while a slightly more expensive 2-disc set could include a second disc using one of the superior 3-D formats (or two 3-D options on the 2nd disc, if the lesser quality anaglyphic version must be also included for marketing reasons). Even with a price increase, I don't think it would any surprise as to which edition would sell more copies.

BillyFeldman · 05-03-2008, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GregK

Yes.. if Paramount could think "outside the box", this one would make for a nice 2-disc DVD set. Have a single disc cheap-sell through version be basically identical to the current Legend release, while a slightly more expensive 2-disc set could include a second disc using one of the superior 3-D formats (or two 3-D options on the 2nd disc, if the lesser quality anaglyphic version must be also included for marketing reasons). Even with a price increase, I don't think it would any surprise as to which edition would sell more copies.

Paramount did think outside the box. They licensed it to Legend.

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Bradley-E · 05-05-2008, 12:11 PM

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...roze-over.html.

Whole thread about the Paramount/Legend films titles.

Richard--W · 05-05-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GregK

Yes.. if Paramount could think "outside the box", this one would make for a nice 2-disc DVD set. Have a single disc cheap-sell through version be basically identical to the current Legend release, while a slightly more expensive 2-disc set could include a second disc using one of the superior 3-D formats (or two 3-D options on the 2nd disc, if the lesser quality anaglyphic version must be also included for marketing reasons). Even with a price increase, I don't think it would any surprise as to which edition would sell more copies.

Good idea. Using the standard DVD to help disseminate the stereoscopic version in authentic field-sequential 3-D is a perfectly valid proposition and good marketing. It would be self-destructive, however, to include an anaglyph version. Anaglyph is easily done, but it is a pseudo-process that produces extremely poor 3-D and eye-strain. Time to put anaglyph behind us. An anaglyph option will only confuse consumers as to what authentic 3-D is and discourage them from buying more.

RolandL · 05-05-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard--W

Good idea. Using the standard DVD to help disseminate the stereoscopic version in authentic field-sequential 3-D is a perfectly valid proposition and good marketing. It would be self-destructive, however, to include an anaglyph version. Anaglyph is easily done, but it is a pseudo-process that produces extremely poor 3-D and eye-strain. Time to put anaglyph behind us. An anaglyph option will only confuse consumers as to what authentic 3-D is and discourage them from buying more.

Anaglyph is all we ever get from the studios.

Jack Theakston · 05-05-2008, 06:44 PM

Unfortunately, it's much easier to include a pair of anaglyph glasses than it is to include field or frame-sequential equipment.

The Legend DVD is quite nice and the color is very vibrant (it's been boosted a little). The only shame is that the original stereo soundtrack is now lost.