[flagbrothers]

Just found this out at DVDBeaver.com. Can't wait.

[R-T-C Tim]

Did I also read that Quo Valdis was due out, or did someone get the two mixed up?

[Mark Cappelletty]

Bad news. Glenn Erickson's DVD Savant column says that this has been pushed back to the fall.

DVD Savant, Glenn Erickson's Review Column at DVD Talk

[kenNew]

I really hope the story of this being delayed for 6 months (and 55 Days at Peking for a year) are incorrect.

[Thomas T]

While I hope the stories of delays are erroneous too, I want these films done right ... a first class job all the way and if it's going to take another 6 months to a year to get them done right, so be it. I've waited this long, I can wait a while longer.

[RolandL]

Maybe they found a better print or extras. The running time is listed as 179 minutes on Amazon.com. It should be 188. I hope it's the full 2.76:1 Ultra Panavision frame shown on the DVD. I know it was probably never shown that way - 2.2:1 for 70mm prints and 2.35:1 for 35mm prints but, I would still like it.

[Bruce Morrison]

In another thread, it appears that the newly released 'El Cid' is technically disappointing. Maybe they've realised that they need to do more work to avoid similar results on this one. If so, it's good that they've decided to go the extra mile.

[PatrickDA]

I hope they've found a better print for "Fall of the Roman Empire" because
my DVD-R copy of a VHS copy of the LASERDISC version of "FOTRE" looks
better than the CURRENT region 1 DVD of "El Cid."

I don't mind waiting another five or six months for a better transfer. I've
wanted the film on DVD since 1997, a few more months isn't going to kill
me!!!!

[Simon Howson]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

In another thread, it appears that the newly released 'El Cid' is technically disappointing. Maybe they've realised that they need to do more work to avoid similar results on this one. If so, it's good that they've decided to go the extra mile.

I think it is acceptable. It is just disappointing that they didn't go back to the negative. But of course that would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars of additional expense.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatrickDA

I hope they've found a better print for "Fall of the Roman Empire" because
my DVD-R copy of a VHS copy of the LASERDISC version of "FOTRE" looks
better than the CURRENT region 1 DVD of "El Cid."

I don't mind waiting another five or six months for a better transfer. I've
wanted the film on DVD since 1997, a few more months isn't going to kill
me!!!!

Has anyone seen A Dandy in Aspic? It is out on Region 2. Is it worth getting? I recently watched the Region 2 of Heroes of Telemark which I really liked. It seems that Mann was at the top of his game even into the mid 1960s.