When you can buy a Blu-ray player for under $70 now a days why for pity's sake why?
LOA would look dinky in its original aspect ratio on an 4:3 TV anyway and if you have a 16:9 HDTV why for the love of all mankind would you want the DVD version?
That being said, there will probably be a DVD...
I don't think that the number of people that would buy the UK version would be a significant amount for them to worry about. The small hassle to do so is enough of a hurdle that most consumers would not bother or know about it at all. The amount of people that would actually order through...
Lawrence of Arabia is as perfect an example of what movies can be and how good a larger image and surround sound can be to watch not only in a good cinema but also in a home theater environment.
Lawrence of Arabia and other epic films by Sir David Lean like Bridge on the River Kwai, Dr Zhivago...
LOL
I have to look at that again.
Back in the days before home video made possible viewers pausing rewinding and replaying scenes over and over again or the Internet telling you what to look for.
You would never notice those things in the theater watching it live.
Note that last week the cumulative TBO for the 2Q 2012 vs 2Q 2011 comparison was almost -12% down YoY which matched well with Blu-ray only being up +2.8% in revenues YoY for the 2Q.
Because of the large new release box office advantage for week 26 in favor of 2Q 2012 in just one week that TBO...
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Peter O'Toole, who announced his retirement today, at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/10/peter-otoole-announces-retirement/?cnn=yes...