High Plains Drifter ? (1 Viewer)

[BrettB]

Is the current DVD for this is a bare-bones flipper with the widescreen being non-anamorphic? If so, the prices I've seen seem a little steep. Does anyone have any info or heard anything regarding a new release?

 

[Randy A Salas]

The disc is not a flipper. The R1 release is non-anamorphic widescreen, but the R2 is anamorphic. R1 extras are just a trailer and some production notes and cast info. If this were a Warner title, it likely would be up for a re-do as part of that studio's Clint Eastwood Collection. But since it belongs to Universal, there's no telling.

 

[Bjorn Olav Nyberg]

Wasn't there just a thread saying that Universal would dedicate most of next year to catalog releases though?
Admittedly that does not have to mean re-releases, but in this case I certainly hope so

 

[Ron-P]

Any updates as to a re-release on this? I've searched the web and found nothing other then the original DVD release.

 

[Kevin Roebuck]

avoid the Region 1 disc....the current one is a massive joke

full of debris in the print........I actually took this back to A&B sound as defective because of this and they took it back

 

[Frank@N]

quote:If so, the prices I've seen seem a little steep.

Bought my copy used at Coconuts/FYE/Strawberries for $7.
Didn't watch it yet but I'm sure it's worth at least that much.

 

[James W. Johnson]

The transfer is horrible on this one, pretty much unwatchable on my projector.

 

[Haden]

Bumping this old thread again to see if there's been any talk of a new release or special edition of this classic? I've avoided the barebones release for years in hope of a better version.

 

[Jeff Reis]

Am I mistaken or is High Plains Drifter not a new transfer in that 3-movie Eastwood pack that Universal released maybe last year (with Joe Kidd and Sister Sara)? I recall the packaging saying it was anamorphic.

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

It's in anamorphic in an Eastwood box set put out by Universal with good transfers of JOE KIDD and TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA. I got the box for $10 at Best Buy on sale last year.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Am I mistaken or is High Plains Drifter not a new transfer in that 3-movie Eastwood pack that Universal released maybe last year (with Joe Kidd and Sister Sara)? I recall the packaging saying it was anamorphic.

Yes, you are correct. That 3-movie pack came out several months ago.

 

[Haden]

But no individual re-release of that new transfer eh? :frowning:

 

[Travis Brashear]

But no individual re-release of that new transfer eh? :frowning:

For $10-$13 for the CLINT EASTWOOD: WESTERN ICON COLLECTION, does it need to be? Just consider JOE KIDD and TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA bonus features...