International Any Thoughts On The Long Awaited "Sodom and Gomorrah" Anyone get it yet? (1 Viewer)

[rdimucci]

The blu ray is All region.

The Diabolik website claims that the Blu-ray is Region B. The back of the disc case doesn't seem to indicate one way or the other

 

[Capt D McMars]

I fully support Sodom, but I'm against Gomorrah!

it seems Sodom came from behind, and Gomorrah loved it!!!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Thank u can u give me a link? Will grab it for Easter 2022!

Be sure to bring the Salt, LOL!!!

 

[Ernest]

Has anyone gotten the long awaited restored "Sodom and Gomorrah" from Germany?

Yes just received the German release a week ago and I am very happy with the video/audio quality. A very big improvement when compared to the many DVD versions.

 

[RobertMG]

Yes just received the German release a week ago and I am very happy with the video/audio quality. A very big improvement when compared to the many DVD versions.

Please post the link!

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Explosive has its own website (https://www.explosive-media.com) and has released some nice peplum, neo-noir and western classics. I inquired as to whether they might be able to arrange to "improve" another pan-and-scan debacle like the Fox S&G. That is Raoul Walsh's Esther and the King, which was also released wide-screen in Germany as a DVD some years ago. Titanus has the European rights for both. No reply as of yet. Explosive is obviously proud of their S&G blu-ray and has every reason to be. Just hope for more Sword and Sandal in future!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Yes just received the German release a week ago and I am very happy with the video/audio quality. A very big improvement when compared to the many DVD versions.

Ernist, did you ever find out the reasoning behind a beardless jewish Lot? Don't get me wrong, I love Stewart Granger, but historicly Lot, Abraham's relation, would traditionaly have one...? I quess it all about the box offic, but after all Charlton Heston sported a fair one in the Ten Commandments, right?

 

[RobertMG]

Ernist, did you ever find out the reasoning behind a beardless jewish Lot? Don't get me wrong, I love Stewart Granger, but historicly Lot, Abraham's relation, would traditionaly have one...? I quess it all about the box offic, but after all Charlton Heston sported a fair one in the Ten Commandments, right?

It's called Moabite License

 

[usrunnr]

I saw this the week it was issued at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. I was very young, and I thought this was one very very 'hot' picture. Whether it actually is nor not, I don't know. I do not remember a single scene anymore, just that I really really liked it. Is there a pillar of salt involved? I hope I have a chance to see it again some day. Was it filmed in Cinemascope? Dubbed into English? Cannot remember .

 

[RolandL]

Was it filmed in Cinemascope?

Nope. 35mm cropped to 1.85 when projected at theatres.

 

[Capt D McMars]

I saw this the week it was issued at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. I was very young, and I thought this was one very very 'hot' picture. Whether it actually is nor not, I don't know. I do not remember a single scene anymore, just that I really really liked it. Is there a pillar of salt involved? I hope I have a chance to see it again some day. Was it filmed in Cinemascope? Dubbed into English? Cannot remember .

 

[Ernest]

Please post the link!

Purchased on Ebay from seller in Germany took 3 weeks to arrive. Has both English and German audio and subtitles.

 

[AlanP]

I saw it in elementary school, with a double feature of something else I think it was "Kiss Of The Vampire " maybe ?
I wonder why this couldn't be released stateside ? I don't understand how these foreign countries release all these films ? Who in their general population demands to see so many films that aren't release in their countries ? This film isn't like "The Ten Commandments" or "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

 

[RobertMG]

I saw it in elementary school, with a double feature of something else I think it was "Kiss Of The Vampire " maybe ?
I wonder why this couldn't be released stateside ? I don't understand how these foreign countries release all these films ? Who in their general population demands to see so many films that aren't release in their countries ? This film isn't like "The Ten Commandments" or "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

For some reason here in the states Fox owns it meaning all we are getting is the old MOD pan and scan dvd, although FXM has shown it letterboxed it is still the horrendous print. UPDATE Just checked - the film was released in the states by Fox so thats why they air it on FXM and released the MOD dvd. But with Disney now owning this I guess a Blu Ray here is not happening anytime soon

 

[usrunnr]

Who is in this? I have a dim memory, or maybe I read it somewhere --- Pier Angeli?

I'd sure like to see a good disc of this. Memories.

 

[RobertMG]

Who is in this? I have a dim memory, or maybe I read it somewhere --- Pier Angeli?

I'd sure like to see a good disc of this. Memories.

Yes she is in it as is Stewart Granger and Stanley Baker.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Or...this may be the very very 'hot' reason.

 

[RolandL]

YouTube not sure if similar to DVD

Blu-ray

 

[haineshisway]

For some reason here in the states Fox owns it meaning all we are getting is the old MOD pan and scan dvd, although FXM has shown it letterboxed it is still the horrendous print. UPDATE Just checked - the film was released in the states by Fox so thats why they air it on FXM and released the MOD dvd. But with Disney now owning this I guess a Blu Ray here is not happening anytime soon

You're not trying to say that Fox released Sodom here in the US as pan-and-scan - it's a 1.85 movie. Nothing to do with pan-and-scan. The worst it could be is open matte at Academy ratio, or full frame zoomed in a bit.

 

[RolandL]

You're not trying to say that Fox released Sodom here in the US as pan-and-scan - it's a 1.85 movie. Nothing to do with pan-and-scan. The worst it could be is open matte at Academy ratio, or full frame zoomed in a bit.

Matt Hough review

"The film was originally presented in 1.85:1, but this 1.33:1 presentation isn’t the open matte frame with loads of headroom. Rather, it’s a weirdly zoomed in and then cropped image with characters often cut in half on either side of the frame and yet sometimes still with ridiculous amounts of headroom showing! "