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Thanks a million, Ben (Montreal) - and Robert for that delicious article on Blu-ray.com. Since I haven't gotten around to watching the BD yet, and it's been many years since I've seen the movie, both the YouTube clip and article sent the proverbial shivers.... Robert's article brought home the...

Amen. My sad experience was to watch him, supported by two canes, wind his painful way around tables at a Golden Boot awards event in Bev. Hills I attended

It's the reason I never bothered going up there! To make matters worse, he had only one tennis court. I mean.........:rolleyes:

For the less fortunate among us - satellite pic of what Mr. Heston described as "The House that Hur Built" (precariously situated on the side of a hill!). Unfortunately, it's directly overhead, so all one can see are the rooves (roofs?). I've been threatening for years to hop down there on my...

One HUGE reason to grab this set with both hands and hold on tight: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Industry_Trends/Blu-ray/Disney/Disney_Will_Make_All_The_Blu-ray_Money_It_Can/7716

As ManW_TheVerycool would say........:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Thanks for that original piece, by the way. Hilarious! looking forward to your musical hybrid of The Ten Commandments (your favorite movie - not!). Wonder which one you'd choose...:laugh:

Well, how would you approach a story whose core you're told is the relationship between two beautiful men who wear skirts? I mean, even Mr. Fry said he wouldn't have included a female interest were he to have written an original script.....:D

All great stuff, from everybody. Completely off topic, but the above remark reminds me of the various video editions of 'U2-Rattle & Hum'. I hugely enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by the roaring audience at the beginning that was reproduced so dramatically on the VHS Hi-Fi. My...

You beat me to it, Matt. I was writing #71 as you were on #70. Hope Nancy doesn't sue me!

A friend just informed me that it was Carousel, not Oklahoma, that Sinatra bailed out on....:rolleyes:

Thanks a million for your thorough explanation, Gary. I guessed that the second camera might have been for a 35mm version. What threw me was the phrase 'shot twice', leading me to believe that the same scenes were shot one after another for each camera, basically requiring separate set-ups. If...

That 'carping, cutting, finding a reading here and a gesture there' won Mr. Heston his Oscar. It's not by accident that actors under your Wylers, Leans and Kazans look uniformly good. Even the most accomplished need help, if 'only' by creating the conditions that bring out the best in them...

You're right, Robin, and I admit I've only ever seen Dr. Zhivago in 35mm, and in fact no 35mm movie blown up beyond its normall projection size.I shouldn't condemn something I've never seen, but the words 'blow-up' give me the willies!

Amen. That's why I chose my 50" pro panel over a larger unit, and why I prefaced 'projector' with 'good' in an earlier post. I'd rather watch a movie on an iPod than a 35mm film blown up to 65mm dimensions. A friend of mine owned one of the first rear projection TV sets ever built (I think it...

Count me in, Ben, and thanks.

Just now saw your post #39, Gary. Apparently I was scribbling away - with distractions - on what became #40 while you were working on yours. I ran out of time, so had to hit the submit button and run.It makes sense that the larger the image, the more involved one becomes with what's on the...

Wyler himself, I read, wasn't proud of the movie, and the more I watch it, the slower it gets! The big draw is the chariot race, the anticipation for which carries me through the first part nicely. Otherwise it's pretty much a downer (yet compelling enough to warrant purchasing - and selfishly...

That's what I want, badly! Waited years for the DVD but then almost fell out of my chair when confronted with that horrible concave image, as Paspartou(?) cycles through London. A friend told me that was an anomaly peculiar to Todd-AO, though I'd imagine the curved screen of a suitably-equipped...

Huge relief for me, too - set ordered since day one. Glad to see it was a Wyler film that made Mr. Turner a fan. Roman Holiday started my love affair with movies - and Audrey Hepburn (and set me on the road to financial ruin, thanks to home video, posters and all of Adrian Turner's and other...