marlboro_man

Knowing that the DVD is pretty much barebones and also does not include 4:3 version I was surprised to find out that the disc is double sided DVD-10. I played the other side and the only thing that was recorded on it is the TV test pattern, accompanied by the high-pitched tone. The volume label of that side of the disc is "CINRAM_TEST_DVD".

SterlingBen

Did you get the Anchor Bay Version or the bargain bin "illegal version" (thats just what I hear, they might have actually licensed it)

canaryfarmer

There is nowhere enough cleavage in that shot. Definitely a bootleg.

marlboro_man

It's the Anchor Bay version, I bought it at DVDpacific.

TomOpus

My disc is one-sided since it has artwork on the disc.

edit: forgot to mention I have the Anchor Bay one too.

darkside

Weird. I have the Anchor Bay version, but it is single sided.

hilts

Just checked mine. It's double-sided, just like yours, and the reverse plays the test pattern. I just bought it this year from a B1G1 OR B2G1 sale from DD, it is the Anchor Bay product. Goofy.

Alan Smithee

Did this disc have any label on it? I've gotten several 1-sided discs that have color bars on the label side, with the label printed over it. I cleaned one off with alcohol and it played. Most of them have "DVD BLANK" stamped in the center.

Most of the earlier single-layer titles made by Warner (WAMO) had the movie repeated on both sides, with one side covered by the label. A REALLY weird occurrence was on discs from the defunct Simitar label- a number of those have a movie called "Time Under Fire" on the label side- if you can see "136 POWER" stamped in the middle then that's what's on there.

This harkens back to the early DiscoVision laserdisc releases, where unused sides would be test pressings of other titles or sometimes General Motors sales discs. They'd coat the side with something to make it unplayable, but rubbing alcohol takes it right off. I have a CAV copy of "Three Days Of The Condor" whose last side is a CLV test-pressing of Side 2 of "Bullitt", which was never released commercially on the DiscoVision label.

Alan Smithee

There's a still-frame on unused sides of discs made by FutureMedia, usually marked as "FM/CA". This one was Trimark's "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" which has a printed label just around the center like on a 2-sided disc.

marlboro_man

hotsexyboi

I've got the Anchor Bay version that I bought from Amazon.com and it is 2 sided and also does the same test thing on the blank side..weird but I dont mind as I am not worried about it because that side isnt' supposed to be put in and played anyway just the movie side.

The Valeyard

Creepy!

Julie Walker

My disc is double sided as well. I'm sure AB just cheaped out in later pressings to save money or something(if it ever had disc art originally). Lionsgate did this with some title as well. Where instead of disc art. The 'art' side of the disc is just white with plain boring small text of the film title.

TomOpus

On my AB disc, the disc art is a reproduction of the cover art.

darkside

Same here. I got it in one of those cheap AB six pack sets.

Alan Smithee

I think this was put out as a double-feature disc with another movie on the other side- might be where that center label came from, odd they made discs with that and the test pattern on side 2.