Recent content by CMNash

Send e-mail to [email protected]. Replacement discs are expected to ship out in February 2024.

My copy from Amazon.com arrived today and has the botched Disc 4. Not a big deal for me since I also have the digital files from HDTracks. Such a wonderful listening experience. The alternate tracks are a treat. I even spotted an extra measure in the raindrop portion of “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”.

I tend to be more of a descriptivist as opposed to a prescriptivist. But, yes, some things do stick out (e.g. the difference between "on the street" and "in the street" where one lives).

Finally received my copy last night! I saw the first 35 minutes and was absolutely amazed. I will do a careful screening this weekend. This film has been a big part of my life. I have a PhD in linguistics and one of my emphases is phonetics and phonology.

I pre-ordered it through Amazon in March. Now it says I won't get it until June. All I can do is sit, twiddle my thumbs, and wait patiently. :{

My copy also came in today!

I had posted this somewhere, but it seemed to have vanished. Anyhow... I've been wanting an expanded soundtrack--with better sound quality--for the longest. At least the TT Blu-ray offers an M&E track. However, I wonder why Columbia and Sony have not reached out to Harvard's Houghton...

I've been wanting an expanded soundtrack--with better sound quality--for the longest. At least the TT blu-ray offers a M&E track. However, I wonder why Columbia and Sony have not reached out to Harvard's Houghton Library to get a copy of the original score. The library has in its archive, 10 of...

Yep, the DVDs are incorrect too. I did it to see how easy would it be to correct it digitally. I ultimately did an HD version and spliced it into the blu-ray video. I can watch it on a hard drive attached to my home theatre and not be bothered by the botched dissolve.

Good question. I was under the impression it was done on Fox's end.

You're right. But after reading the 'Hawaii' thread (good read, by the way), I don't think MGM would do very much to correct the film.

It's not difficult for them to get it right, as RAH had pointed out few times: A Roll, red; B Roll, blue; additive dissolve between the two. For someone who has never seen the negatives, I'm guessing it should have looked like the mock up I did years ago.

If Fox would just give me a hard drive with just only the Overture, I'd fix it for free for them. I already did an SD test.

Now that we have a beautifully restored MFL, I wonder if we can somehow get Fox or MGM (whoever owns the property) to fix West Side Story.

I just finished watching the whole film, and it is gorgeous from beginning to end. It can't be said enough what a wonderful job RH, CBS, and others have put into this restoration. This is an excellent example of how a film should be restored. This is now my go-to disc when demonstrating to my...