Sentences with phrase «kurosawa laserdiscs»

I checked it out on laserdisc, however, and felt disappointed.

I think I know Batman well; I saw it multiple times on the big screen, and I've watched it on VHS, laserdisc or DVD probably 30 times over the decades.

You know who you are: You have all the Warlock sequels on Laserdisc [and] the complete Leprechaun series on DVD.

Let me start by saying that if you own the original laserdisc set or the VHS tape, you're going to have to hold on to your older copies of the film.

This could be a result of my equipment, but it's still another nail in the Laserdisc coffin.

Filmed in 2.35:1 Panavision and originally released in four - track magnetic stereo sound (a rarity in 1975, a period in which nearly all movies were mono), the movie was all but impossible to appreciate on television and even subsequent superior home video formats like laserdisc.

I own the NTSC Laserdisc of this movie that features DD and PCM soundtracks.

Are they saving those bits for the Criterion laserdisc, or do all first cuts now routinely run three hours plus?)

Carried over from previous Criterion releases is commentary by director Terry Gilliam, co-screenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock, recorded in 1997 and featured on the original laserdisc release.

Although he's been known to lord his immense collection of Mystery Science Theater 3000 memorabilia over anyone he thinks will be impressed by it, Joe is also an avid collector of Hitchcock and Kurosawa laserdiscs and DVDs.

What do you get when you mesh an actress whose film career has seemingly gone the way of the laserdisc player with...

Finally restored to full CinemaScope dimensions, it's a gorgeous looking disc, so much better than the old video and laserdisc presentations.

To the best of my knowledge, The Sun Shines Bright has never been released on video in the United States, not VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, DVD or anything else.

The print's speckling is fairly minor; any grain has a video - noise quality, not unlike Criterion's LaserDisc of The Killer.

(The film was popular demo material for those with AC - 3 systems back in the LaserDisc era and holds up pretty well.)

A commentary track — apparently recorded some time ago for the laserdisc release — includes chat by the late James Coburn and Donald Pleasence as well as a much older interview with Sturges.

We have the original 1986 Scorsese commentary track (presumably recorded for laserdisc), as well as other commentary tracks by Schrader and by professor Robert Kolker.

Supplements for these platters are divided into two categories: «Bonus Features,» which are new and also appear on the current DVD, and «Classic DVD Bonus Features,» which is stuff that in some cases dates all the way back to the Deluxe Edition LaserDisc of Toy Story but has become, in these latest reissues, exclusive - to - Blu - ray.

First up comes an audio commentary by director Michael Mann and James Caan recorded together in 1995 for laserdisc.

In fact, I would go as far as saying the only noticeable flaws that appear are those involved in effects shots such as when the professor's model T is seen flying around Washington, D.C. Overall, though, the video presentation is crisper than anything that is available on VHS or Laserdisc.

Criterion established itself as the gold standard for classic cinema on home video first on laserdisc, then on DVD and now for Blu - ray.

Mild, welcome grain helps maintain the persuasion of celluloid, though, while saturation is strong and hues seem much more accurate than the pink tones of the film's VHS and LaserDisc incarnations.

Carpenter and Russell's LaserDisc commentary from 1995 — their first yak - track together — is recycled here and deserves its legendary status, the only peril of the yakker's reuse that the boys refer us to supplementary material that's no longer on board.

We also recommend you to listen the long out - of - print Criterion Collection Laserdisc commentary with Orson Welles historian Robert Carringer [MP3].

Some of the extras on the «Platoon» Blu - ray, such as the commentaries, date back to the amazing Pioneer Special Edition laserdisc of 1995.

«This is the last time I'm going to talk about Ambersons,» said Wise before we sat down to watch the Laserdisc.»

The Magnificent Ambersons radio performance comes from the super-rare Criterion CAV Laserdisc, courtesy of The Mercury Theatre on the Air [MP3].

Both incarnations tone down the edge - enhancement of the sought - after LaserDisc and offer a more variegated palette.

The Fox Archive release has not been mastered in HD and it looks only slightly better than laserdisc quality, but it's a good source print and is perfectly watchable.

In 1996, for the film's 25th anniversary edition laserdisc, Disney went back and tried to reconstruct the film's lengthy original cut.

This was one of the very first commentary tracks ever recorded and was unavailable to most viewers (there aren't a lot of laserdisc players still spinning discs out there) until it was revived for the 2011 Blu - ray.

There are three commentary tracks: one from film professor and writer Robert Kolker and another from screenwriter Paul Schrader recorded for the 2007 Collector's Edition DVD, and the original 1986 commentary by Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader (recorded separately) for the (long out of print) Criterion laserdisc release.

At last, it is getting that with its long - wished - for, rumored, and awaited readmission into The Criterion Collection, who last released it on laserdisc in 1998.

George Lucas, for all his pioneering in the movie business, made three really bad movies and ruined the «Star Wars» franchise for a new generation of moviegoers who only knew Episodes IV, V and VI on VHS and laserdisc.

Thank God I still have my laserdisc player!

First Universal DVD of John Carpenter's THE THING replicates content of Laserdisc, plus adds isolated stereo track of Ennio Morricone's score under the feature - length documentary.

Universal's early DVD releases were either bare bones editions, containing just the movie and maybe a trailer, or special editions that duplicated the contents of their laserdisc releases.

Whereas The Lion King offered a single audio commentary ported over from the laserdisc release, Aladdin gives us not one but two brand new audio commentaries in Backstage Disney.

Unfortunately, this Blu - ray, which also includes the film on DVD and a code for a digital copy, doesn't include the extensive, 1.5 - hour making - of documentary originally created by Laurent Bouzereau for the 1996 laserdisc release.

Even for a non-anamorphic laserdisc transfer port, Disney's 33rd animated classic disappointed, with video that made it hard to believe the feature was less than a decade old.

On the Pocahontas laserdisc, there was a highly - praised audio commentary, a making - of documentary with location footage, highlights of the film's premiere in Central Park, a multi-language reel of «Colors of the Wind», and interviews from the filmmakers.

Isolated mono track of Mark Isham's score and source cues, as originally featured on Crirtion's prior Laserdisc.

Whereas Algiers does not contain any musical extras, Criterion's releases for The Tin Drum (1979) and Short Cuts (1993) port over the isolated mono score tracks from the respective laserdisc releases.

This DVD is essentially a rehash of the laserdisc, and while the movie is not everyone's cup of tea, there is no reason that Disney couldn't have at least included a few extras or made the movie look nicer.

For the Laserdisc releaae, film was remixed to a vibrant Dolby Surround mix.

(Note: the laserdisc incorrectly listed the isolated mono track as a stereo music & sound effects mix; the DVD merely replicates the same mono music stems, though it's still a mere shadow of Mark Isham's marvelous, and still unreleased, music score.)

(Unique to the laserdisc, however, is an isolated mono score track.

The 10th Anniversary Edition ports over most of the deluxe laserdisc supplements that were left off of the first DVD.

The laserdisc had a pinkish hue in some daytime scenes, and the excessive brightness muted the deep blue sky and saturation of reds and deep greens (although in augmenting the overall colour contrasts, darker blacks and browns in the DVD obfuscate some subtle object and facial details).

Score is in stereo on 1996 CBS / Fox Laserdisc (Cat.