Wayne's The Alamo; what are chances of the Roadshow version on DVD? (1 Viewer)

[John Hodson]

The UK R2 is anamorphic, but cropped to around 1.78:1; it's very soft (the result, I suspect, of simply 'zooming in' to fit the frame) indeed, colours bleed, there's a nasty tear around the 13m 30s mark and some telecine wobble (it nearly jumps off it's sprockets at around 25m 30s).

Horrible, and in dire need of a redo.

 

[Robert Crawford]

John,
Which title are you talking about? The Horse Soldiers or The Alamo?




Crawdaddy

 

[John Hodson]

Sorry Robert, I was responding to the previous post about The Horse Soldiers; to treat a Ford film that way is an absolute sin.

 

[Robert Crawford]

John,
I have the Region 1 disc and was thinking of ordering the Region 2 one. What do you suggest?




Crawdaddy

 

[John Hodson]

Don't do it; it's misframed (and not by a minor amount) and so blurry that it's almost rendered unwatchable. Stick with the R1 until (if) something better comes along.

The tragedy is, with the current regime at Sony, I can't see them bothering in the forseeable future.

 

[Robert Harris]

This film has nothing to do with Sony. Rights are held by M-G-M, with distribution with Fox.

 

[John Hodson]

Apologies for my absentmindedness; does that then imply a better chance?

 

[John Hodson]

It's now tucked away as a sticky in the HD software forum, and thus I'm a little afraid some HTF'ers may be unaware. Anyone mind if I use this old thread to give a plug to this thread:

Robert Harris on The Bits: Resurrecting and Restoring the Alamo!

 

[CineKarine]

Just came across this interesting piece on The Alamo in the Golden Hollywood column by Robert Siegel on the DigitalBits.