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  1. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    Ah, my apologies for the confusion. I have ordered from both ClassicFlix and Amazon over the years and it had been some time since my initial pre-order of that title. So I had to go into my email notifications and saw messages from ClassicFlix letting me know it was ready for shipment and so on...
  2. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    ClassicFlix does ship to some non USA countries. My copy of Our Town was shipped to me in Thailand. VERY LATE EDIT: At some point I did have to shift my order to Amazon for an international delivery!
  3. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    Thankfully, I have never seen a lousy one. However, I have never seen one that moved me to tears and profound self-reflection nearly as much as this 1940 movie version of it.
  4. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    Ah, thank you so much for that link! I had not seen that or read it anywhere else before. Right or wrong, that is my feeling about it as well for that movie version of the story as presented with all the real sets and props, close ups, music soundtrack and so on working on us. However, the...
  5. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    I do wish there was more info on Thornton Wilder's reasoning for the change. And fellow screenplay contributors Frank Craven, Harry Chandlee, producer Sol Lesser and director Sam Wood as well. I have searched but not found anything more on it. I have not read anything about any of them...
  6. Cineman

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Our Town -- in Blu-ray

    Thornton Wilder has the first screenplay credit and I had always heard and read that he authorized the change you mentioned if not actively proposed it. I don't know the truth of it but I think it was the right call for this movie version. That is just my feeling based on the year it was made...
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