Savant's new reviews today are
Savant's disappointed this week by the fact that one of his favorite films, Zulu Dawn has come out in a pretty shabby DVD presentation. DVD executives everywhere should take a look at this excellent film and see what can be done about getting those rights somewhere that can give the film the decent treatment it deserves.
Interesting release news to report. Universal is putting out letterboxed discs of its two King Kong themed movies, 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla and King Kong Escapes from 1967. I remember taking my little brother to the second one ... he liked it. Unfortunately we've been spoiled by Media Blasters' Toho series, as these will be strictly American versions.
On a western theme, Paramount is bringing out a pile more Batjac movies, the ones partially produced by John Wayne in the 1950s. Two titles grab Savant's attention immediately. Track of Cat is a bizarre artsy William Wellman movie with Robert Mitchum, filmed in color but designed to look like B&W. Seven Men from Now is the first of the Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott minimalist westerns, with an excellent villain - a young Lee Marvin.
Finally, Savant's expecting the super-deluxe Universal Alfred Hitchcock collection, in which all of the films are supposed to be remastered and properly formatted - Vertigo is said to have an extra monaural track! I'll get to reviewing them as soon as they come in!
Thanks for switching over to the Savant Email address (it's above in the title bar) - that's gone very smoothly. Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at September 23, 2005 05:41 PM