2015 will be the 50th anniversary of Greatest Story. Hoping powers that be will release the restored uncut Cinerama roadshow print as presented at the Feb '65 premiere at the Warner Cinerama in NYC. I saw it a month later there and I think it had already been cut . Hope springs eternal
Getting back to King of Kings, a number of people at the production level felt the film was too long,ergo the cuts (Richard Johnson scenes). Had they forgotten the lengths of Ben Hur, Gone With the Wind ,Quo Vadis? Two hours and forty five minutes is NOT too long.This fim has not been treated...
I am very much impressed with what I see and hear about the "King of Kings" DVD. Can everybody jump on Warner Bros and ask for half-way descent packaging instead of the cheap snap case. I went out and bought plastic sleaves for snap case DVD's.
Getting back to the aspect ratio,I would really like to know if the DVD is going to provide a wider image than the Cassette and Laserdisc did. I happened to catch part of KoK on HBO this past Christmas and although they showed the film full frame the credits were wide screen and the image was...