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Hello ... Six (count 'em, 6) reviews today! Unless I find FURY or I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG in a bargain bin, this upload finishes my reviews of Warners great Controversial Classics series. But I've just been told that Marlon Brando and James Dean boxed sets are on the way so I'll turn my collar up and start affecting a writing style that sounds like mumbling. Am looking forward to new transfers on EAST OF EDEN and REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE; my DVD producer was in charge of Warners restoration back in the 1990s and was the one who found the lost stereophonic tracks on a lot of Warners movies of the time. Also, I first met editorial friend Michael Sheridan (director/producer of the That's Entertainment! movies) in 1998 when he was first trying to launch a James Dean documentary. It's finally finished and is said to be an extra in the James Dean boxed set, which is marvelous.
Won't be covering the Steve McQueen movies and there's a boxed set of Gary Cooper pictures that's from Universal and thus may be hard to get a screener on. I've heard a rumor that Uni has been trying out sending VHS tapes as screeners ... wha...? But maybe I'll get lucky and get an early review of PETER IBBETSON, a surreal masterpiece nobody under 50 has seemingly ever heard of. Well, somebody at Universal apparently has.
An upcoming Fox disc has both Pan-Scanned and letterboxed transfers, a worrisome development that I hope doesn't lead to Fox being as cavalier as Disney or Sony when deciding how to format their DVD offerings. Somebody tell Wal-Mart that even people in trailer parks have widescreen TVs now. Especially people in trailer parks!
Thanks for listening to the rant .... more reviews on Tuesday! Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at May 20, 2005 08:22 PM