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I saw the first show of the opening day at the Savoy in Boston. It was the long version and some sections felt like a slog to me. I caught it about 4 weeks later when it spread to the nabes and it was noticeably lighter. I'm not a serious devotee and don't have knowledge of how judicious the...

I feel the need to emphasize that the Somerville Theater is a gem in the community and does some excellent current and retro programming. Their equipment is top-shelf and every presentation is superbly executed. It's only the structural parameters that impose a suboptimal image in the main...

Coolidge Norelco AAII projectors are at practically zero degree pitch and aligned with screen center owing to the booth being at floor level - as compared to Somerville's extremely steep projection angle from rear of balcony with attendant keystoning, image clipping and focus deficiency. Don't...

The Coolidge Corner Theater is infinitely preferable with a far superior projected film image.

It's on tonight. Charlton Heston said that Yul Brynner gave the best performance in the film. He also had the best dialogue: "I will not make him a martyr for you to cherish. No phantom will come between you and me in the night. Yes, my sweet, I will let him live. Dead, you alone would possess...

I saw the picture when it was first released and a couple of 35mm IB prints since then. It had the beautiful rich Technicolor look you fully expected from Disney films of those years. A huge expenditure of work and money went into the production of Darby O' Gill. Disney had it photographed by...

You are not in the minority. The majority of critics felt Frenzy was one of Hitchcock's best latter-day efforts. I think many who say they dislike the film are not actually offended by the graphic depiction of rape and murder so much as that Hitchcock chose to employ it. There seems to be a...

That's Hildyard!

I've never been entirely certain of the ownership of The Big Fisherman. It appears to have been an independent production produced by Rowland V. Lee (Son Of Frankenstein) which had a distribution deal via Buena Vista, not released under the Disney imprimatur nor necessarily owned by them. The...

Mr. RAH: Kindly forgive my apparent obtuseness if your comment was meant in jest. That, and a subsequent comment suggesting that Mr. Sharpe (or the "other guy") had a speech impediment, appeared to mischaracterize a fine actor.

Albert Sharpe, who played Darby, deliberately spoke in a heavy Irish brogue dialect as befit the character. Connery said Sharpe was wonderful in the part. As to getting more work, Sharpe was a member of the Abbey Players, played Finian McLonergan in the original broadway production of Finian's...

Agreed. I do not have Disney+ so have not seen that presentation of Darby O'Gill. My remark was specifically about the blu-ray which was poorly done.

I would love to see Poppins given the full UHD treatment. I would add Darby O'Gill, which requires a full restoration.

I recall Marty explaining to me that 70mm Ultra Panavision 70 prints, although protected for 2.76:1 on the frame, were generally expected to land at about 2.65:1, factoring in the effects of aperture plates and screen masking.

Do both films have English SDH subtitles?

That's Hedley!

Intro cards from the wide version on YouTube indicate the 65mm version exists. Could they not have used that?

"Like a savage sock at the solar plexus of your entertainment appetite!" You don't see ad copy like that anymore.

The original Japanese release is approximately 88 minutes. This is the RT of the Japanese import bluray and Tokyo Shock dvd. See also: https://wikizilla.org/wiki/The_Mysterians and https://www.tohokingdom.com/movies/mysterians.htm. The USA MGM release has always run 85 minutes, as is my VCI vhs...

The VHS, which is the American version, runs 85:10. The Japanese blu ray runs 88:36. So less than 4 minutes wherein one or two brief shots of a second Mogera robot are cut, and the scene where the Mysterian saucer men kidnap the two women is re-edited somewhat. Maybe some of the battle scenes...

I have the Japanese Blu Ray. The American cut is identical to the Japanese version except for one or two quick shots removed and one minor scene slightly edited. Nothing of consequence. This isn't Kurosawa; it is not a film where you gain subtle nuance from reading the subtitles instead of...

I'd love a Blu of The Mysterians - the American cut and dub. It was initially acquired by RKO, but they closed shop shortly afterward and the film was picked up and distributed by MGM. So who has the materials - MGM, WB?

Thanks for the links. Interesting that Fleming was so acquiescent toward the modifications of the novels, and that the Kremlin condemned the film Dr. No yet apparently made no objection to From Russia With Love.