Samuel Fuller's Shark!, Is The DVD Any Good?

[David Brashear]

Specifically, is it in the right aspect ratio, is the transfer decent, and how are the suplements? I can't find any reviews of this release anywhere.

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Troma edition of Shark!

It was released on the 29th of June. I cannot find any reviews online, though. If it has a good, anamorphic transfer, then it would be a must-buy for Sam Fuller fans.

IMDb lists it as being 1.33:1 pan and scan. But a true review of the disc would give confirmation. I believe the film was shot in either Panavision or Techniscope @ 2.35:1. I could be wrong, though.

Forty Guns is out now in France:


Quarante Tueurs (Forty Guns)

It has an, apparently, superb 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer.

And a UK edition is due on 23rd August:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002HSDTG/qid%3D1089386864/202-1277985-1294214

I'm not sure if this is going to be from the same 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer like the French edition. I presume it will be, but you never can tell. Fox own the U.S. rights, do they not?

 

[Rhoq]

I think all Troma DVDs are Full Frame.

Here are the specs as listed at DVDEmpire.com

Features:
Discussion Of Samuel Fuller With Jerome Henry Rudes, co-Writer with Samuel fuller of Third Face, A Biography Of the Director
Lloyd Kaufman Interviews Director Vincent Sherman, Remembering Samuel Fuller and a Discussion Of the Hollywood Blacklist
Lloyd Kaufman Interviews With Eric Sherman on Samuel Fuller
Interview With Troma President Lloyd Kaufman On Samuel Fuller
Today's Youth Evaluates Samuel Fuller
Special On-Location At Sundance Introduction By Lloyd Kaufman

Video:
Standard 1.33:1 Color

Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo

Subtitles:
[None]

 

[Mark Hammon]

It is Pan & Scan. I haven't "watched" the film yet so I can say how it looks.

As for the other person's comments about Troma, Dario Argento's film STENDAHL SYNDROME is widescreen but not anamorphic. So they do release DVDs widescreen.

 

[Mike Heenan]

The film was originally released 1:85, not 2:35 scope as noted above. I handled a 35mm print recently.