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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...

I'm currently giving it a complete watching before the World Series starts up. I agree with many of your statements. However, I have the opposite reaction regarding the sound of the overture. I'm actually surprised by its clarity. Outside of listening to the sound track recording, I can clearly...

I am totally blown away by the detail, contrast, and saturation! The title text are nice and crisp, no softness along the edges of the text. The Covent Garden scene is rich with detail among the many shades of black. I swear I am seeing more details on the pillars. And most of all: no milky...

It has finally arrived. I can only do a 20 minute spot check before rushing off to campus to meet with my graduate students. So far, the overture looks and sounds stunning!

I got mine for the $27.99 pre-order price. But, for this film, I think I'd be willing to pay $35 for it.

The second one is closer. Or, you could be like strange like me and habitually call it 'interval'.

And I definitely agree with that sentiment when it comes to audio. Yes I may be an LP fan, but it's not for the reason some audiophiles assert. Auditioning an LP with my friends is typically not ideal since I have to control the environment and the occasional click or pop and other surface noise...

I guess everything's not up-to-date in Kansas City, because none of these are playing near here. :angry: Edit: Oops, it looks like Fantasia will be shown at the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City. Still no MFL or Oklahoma!

Amazon has finally gotten it right. Hello, We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on October 13, 2014 (Order No. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx): "My Fair Lady [Blu-ray]" Estimated arrival date: October 27, 2015

Kind of a tangent. My master thesis was on acoustic analysis of speech sounds. Prof Peter Ladefoged (UCLA) was very helpful in guiding me through the chaos. He worked on the set of "My Fair Lady". He had lots of wonderful stories about his time coaching the cast.

And as someone who has performed some analysis of "The King and I", " West Side Story ", and "My Fair Lady" soundtracks, Marni Nixon is correct. It also helps that my main job is a linguist; I can discern the differences.

I'm thinking that Mr Harris is saying that MFL50 is 27 October, while the 'gladiator' film is in the first week of October.

Oh! Does it start with an 'S' and rhymes with 'Narticus'?

Argh! I may have to eat my words from the previous post. I just checked my THX DVD of The Sound of Music, which was released in 2000, and they have the same widescreen wording on the bottom of the back cover. However, it is stated to be anamorphic under the description for Disc 1.

I believe this is the non-anamorphic version that most people on here are talking about. It was released in 1999, which I believe is the first version of Oklahoma! on DVD. I remember being very upset for giving away that version before purchasing and viewing the horrible anamorphic version. I...