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Wow, thanks for that link Dave! It's one of my favourite films of all time as well. Has June 6th been confirmed as the release date? The last time I checked the site, it still said "undetermined".
Well, I think it was Dvdfile that listed the 6th of June, but now when I checked another site they had December this year as the releasedate. So I guess the releasedate is still undetermined. Hopefully it will get released this year. It will probably sell out rather quickly so you will have to keep a sharp lookout for this release.
It's just too bad that the last 20 mins or so will still look rough because the MPAA forced the filmmakers to de-saturate the color of red from the blood during the finale.
According to Michael Chapman (the Director of Photography) they tried to find the originol elements for a laserdisc transfer back in 1996, but they had since deteriorated. This according to the documentary from the R1 version. A dts track on this film sounds quite enticing however, regardless of what they can do with the transfer.
Question...
Unlike certain Japanese SB's, this film is Columbia, so why no R1 SB? Surely there's more interest here than Japan for this flick, no?
Before I drop alot of coin for a dvd that might have nominal improvement, how do we know there won't be a future R1 release? Especially since Columbia (Sony) is KNOWN for triple/quadruple dipping?
So, is there a 2 disc asian superbit out there? Ebay currently has one but since it is Region Free and not R2, makes me wonder. Are there actually Chinese official Superbits like all these Jurassic Park Trilogy ones on ebay?
There are a few two disc R2J and R3K Superbits. There are no legit Chinese Superbit releases. A few off the top of my head: (I assume you don't mean SB Deluxe)
R2J Close Encounters
R2J Passion of Joan of Arc (?)
R1-3 Lawerence of Arabia
R3K Bridge on the River Kwai
There may be one more R2J I'm forgetting.
I've been meaning to setup a page detailing all of the Superbit releases, as I own almost all of them. Just haven't had the time.
If it's 'all region' I'd say it's bogus. So far every R2J Superbit has been coded as Region 2. Some of the Korean Superbits are dual coded for Regions 1 & 3.
For example the Korean Superbit deluxe of Blackhawk Down is R1 & R3 as is MIB2. However, MIB is only R3.