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post #91 of 105
8/27/10 at 1:03pm

Bruce, you can find out a bit more about the new print (if it is not faded and in 70mm it must be new) of IAMMMMW here:

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2003/mad_world/index.htm


 

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So maybe I misunderstood what I was told.  However, the point is, you don't have A CLUE what the source of that so called "new" print that was run at the Dome, Egyptian, Aero or what have you.  Your statement that the MGM-HD print "featured far more information than the standard 35mm "scope" release version" remains to be seen.  When you can say how, where and what the print was made from, please let me know.  Until then, there is really nothing to argue about.
 



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post #92 of 105
6/9/11 at 9:47pm

I guess a Blu-ray of the general release version of IAMMMMW is still a dead issue, let alone the roadshow version, is that correct?  Has anyone heard anything further on this?

 

 

P.S.  OliverK-Thanks again.

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post #93 of 105
6/10/11 at 8:16am

Man I hate when I see a bump of this thread with a question and not new info =)

 

Sadly, I've heard nothing.  Still hoping!

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post #94 of 105
6/19/11 at 8:53am

It's coming out on bluray on July 5 ! 

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/16878537

 

(WalMart exclusive, like "The Big Country")

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post #95 of 105
6/20/11 at 4:27pm


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It's coming out on bluray on July 5 ! 

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/16878537

 

(WalMart exclusive, like "The Big Country")


At 161 minutes its the same as played on MGM HD - http://www.cineramahistory.com/iammmmwhddvd.htm

 

 

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post #96 of 105
6/20/11 at 6:14pm
Discussion of the bluray here:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/312369/it-s-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-7-5-another-wal-mart-exclusive
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post #97 of 105
1/1/12 at 11:36am
..wanted to jump in here and say I recently sent an update to IMDB as they ( IMDB) also have Spencer Tracy's characters names as C.G. Culpeper when in fact it is T.G. Culpeper as they name appears on his office door at the part of the movie that Culpeper is having a bad day on the phones between his wife and daughter .. and the other officer detective appears at the door to give Tracy an Update of the Chase and Tracy ( Culpeper ) shoos him away with his hand .......

It would be nice to see the charactor's name changed to T.G. Culpeper .. I bring this up, as earlier in this thread there is a newspaper article about the movie and the running time of 3 hours 17 minutes .. the cast and crew in the article gives (again) C.G. Culpeper.. which makes me wonder where C.J. came from?? it has undoubtably been copied over the years of the same mistake over and over ....

Hopefully within a month or so IMDB will have corrected this as other sites such as Amazon and maybe Rotten Tomatoes get their cast/crew information from .
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post #98 of 105
1/1/12 at 12:38pm

CG, CJ ... who can keep up?

 

And in the meantime ... please ... it's Culpepper.   smile.gif

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post #99 of 105
1/1/12 at 12:49pm
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CG, CJ ... who can keep up?

And in the meantime ... please ... it's Culpepper.   smile.gif

And to William Demarest it's "Culp" smile.gif
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post #100 of 105
1/2/12 at 10:12am
Come on guys ... You are supposed to be professional about all this .......400
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post #101 of 105
1/2/12 at 10:51am
LISTEN, I say we give THE BIG BOY an EXTRA SHARE! smile.gif

after all, he's the one that found the "T.G."


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post #102 of 105
1/3/12 at 9:54am
I finally caved after hearing raves about the video quality of the Walmart disk and agree it is a fine looking disk.

I am happy it looks as good as it does but I still fear that any possible efforts to do it right have been sapped by this shovelware exclusive version.

I would pay serious money to a Kickstarter campaign to do it right.

I should add that I have taken the liberty of ripping this Walmart Bluray to my own personal archive as a way of sticking it to the man. smiley_wink.gif It has the side benefit of now going with me anywhere I want on my iPad for easy reference.
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post #103 of 105
1/16/12 at 4:25pm
Thread Starter 
I wholeheartedly agree with this direction
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post #104 of 105
2/5/12 at 9:01am
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Here is a review of the movie from the November 11, 1963 issue of Boxoffice magazine. 197 minutes plus the intermission.

http://cineramahistory.com/1963iammmmwreview.jpg

Interesting to see that from a 1963 review the Spencer Tracy role in cast names ( and still to this day) marked as C.G. Culpeper rather than T.G. Culpeper .. wonder if this was the beginning of a long long list of web sites including IMDB that has been listing this gaf as so ..... ??
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post #105 of 105
2/11/12 at 1:50am
I think this thread or something similar has been around since I joined the forum in 1999.

Not to be insulting or rude, but isn't there a time where you give up and let it go? The missing foootage and music of this film may never be found, assuming they still exist at all.

Many people want to see the pristine uncut version from the original version, but it's nearly fifty years old. Things happen, they get misplaced, offices move, etc.

I loved the version of A Star is Born, even with the missing footage. Why can't people just accept a version like that?

Instead they seem to be on this mythical treasure hunt to find the perfect, pristine film that may not even be out there.

Not to be negative, keep up the goodwork, but I'm a couple years older than this film and the missing eight, ten, 13 or whatever minutes seems awfully silly to keep obsessing over.

As far as the Roadsow Version, I was two when it came out, so certainly have no memory of it. Many on this forum are much younger than me, so you're missing something you probably never saw in the first place,

I'm ready for the flames and bashing, so let it rip.
Edited by Stan - 2/11/12 at 2:11am
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