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20-10-2006 00:43  |  6276 views   |   Dave Foster   |   My Other Content
 
Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of two Christmas Classic Special Editions for 21st November 2006. Priced at $19.98 SRP each are the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street and the work of five director's can be seen in O. Henry's Full House.

Miracle on 34th Street
  • 1.33:1 Full Frame
  • English Mono & DD5.1 Surround
  • French & Spanish Mono
  • Black & White (Disc 1) and Colourized (Disc 2) versions
  • Audio Commentary
  • Hollywood Backstory
  • Movietone News: Hollywood Spotlight
  • Promotional Short
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour of Stars – Miracle on 34th Street
  • Featurette: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Floating in History

O. Henry’s Full House
  • English Mono
  • English & Spanish subtitles
  • Commentary by Dr. Jenny Lind Porter Ph.D
  • The Life and Writings of O. Henry
  • The O. Henry Museum
  • Original Exhibitor’s Campaign Book (121 Stills)
  • Still Gallery (230 Stills)
  • The 1927 O. Henry Short-Girls
  • The 1927 O. Henry Short-Man About Town


#1 Posted: 12-09-2006 04:19
ravma479
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Posts: 143		This should be great! Nice to see both Mono AND 5.1, both B&W AND Colour.
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#2 Posted: 12-09-2006 18:52
mateo107
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Posts: 102		*shiver* why do they have to tamper with classic B&W movies by colorizing them? and generally, when the original soundtrack was mono, there's no real point to 5.1 (especially in a mostly dialogue movie?). what next, are they going to cut off the top and bottom so we can finally see it in "widescreen"?
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#3 Posted: 13-09-2006 14:13
ravma479
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Posts: 143		I agree, why bother? But some people don't care if it disrupts the original intent. At least it's not ONLY colour, ONLY 5.1. Regardless, I will be watching it in Mono and B&W. :D

And yes, that IS coming. I fear tilt and scan will be the norm soon. They're already doing it on some HD channels here with old TV shows. (Although, honestly, they're doing a VERY good job of framing it to make it look more natural. But still...)
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#4 Posted: 20-10-2006 00:04
James Lee
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Posts: 525		The colourised Miracle has been around for donkey's years and it keeps getting revived whereas many older colourisations have disapeared.

The cropping of academy ratio material to widescreen is here -the WB DVD set of Kung Fu suffers from it
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#5 Posted: 25-10-2006 13:50
David Scott Butner
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Posts: 3		And when are we finally going to get A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?
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