Danger: Diabolik dvd--Canceled?
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Danger: Diabolik dvd--Canceled?
My pre-order for Danger: Diabolik has been removed at DDD and replaced simply with "backordered". Has this release been canceled by Paramount?
I was really looking forward to this release with it being OOP for so long.
I was really looking forward to this release with it being OOP for so long.
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I got a message from DVD Empire over a month ago that is was taken off the schedule.
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More information here:
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/46856.html
In this post:
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/46957.html
The poster indicates that he spoke with Paramount and they are going to add more to the release and make it an SE, but no word yet on when it will be released. So apparently good and bad news (good for the SE, bad for the wait).
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/46856.html
In this post:
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/46957.html
The poster indicates that he spoke with Paramount and they are going to add more to the release and make it an SE, but no word yet on when it will be released. So apparently good and bad news (good for the SE, bad for the wait).
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I wonder how hard would it be to acquire the MST3K commentary? Is it Universal who owns that show?
Even if tehy didn't get the MST3K thing, they could get Mike Nelson and the Actors to make fun of it on a NEW commentay...
Even if tehy didn't get the MST3K thing, they could get Mike Nelson and the Actors to make fun of it on a NEW commentay...
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I wonder how hard would it be to acquire the MST3K commentary?
The shame is, if the movie gets a real release, that means the MST version will probably never get an official release, and that's too bad, since it's the final episode and all...
Is it Universal who owns that show?
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
I wonder how hard would it be to acquire the MST3K commentary? Is it Universal who owns that show?
Even if tehy didn't get the MST3K thing, they could get Mike Nelson and the Actors to make fun of it on a NEW commentay...
I wonder how hard would it be to acquire the MST3K commentary? Is it Universal who owns that show?
Even if tehy didn't get the MST3K thing, they could get Mike Nelson and the Actors to make fun of it on a NEW commentay...
I'm realy glad this is not cancelled after all, I've been looking forward to this one for a long time.
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Recent update:
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/49774.html
Lucas (an authority on the life and work of Mario Bava) also notes that he recorded an unrehearsed commentary with Diabolik star John Phillip Law. Nothing in the post about a definitive release date, though, unless I missed it.
http://www.mhvf.net/forum/euro/posts/49774.html
Tim Lucas of Video Watchdog wrote:
... it was delayed by the folks at American Zoetrope (particularly Roman Coppola and Kim Aubry) who saw the value of the movie and recommended that Paramount stop their plans for a no-frills release and beef it up properly.
... it was delayed by the folks at American Zoetrope (particularly Roman Coppola and Kim Aubry) who saw the value of the movie and recommended that Paramount stop their plans for a no-frills release and beef it up properly.
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Glenn Erikson's (DVD Savant) article on Danger: Diabolik is here:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s71diabolik.html
and discusses a revised (and inferior) soundtrack with some redubbed voices and different volume levels for the score. This is the track that was used on the Paramount laserdisk.
Tim Lucas confirms that the upcoming DVD will have the original soundtrack (with the character's name pronounced DYE-abolik, not DEE-abolik as in the redone track).
More information here:
http://s8.invisionfree.com/MHVF/inde...showtopic=2439
There had been concerns expressed that the original soundtrack did not exist or couldn't be used for legal reasons. Looks as if we will be getting the superior version.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s71diabolik.html
and discusses a revised (and inferior) soundtrack with some redubbed voices and different volume levels for the score. This is the track that was used on the Paramount laserdisk.
Tim Lucas confirms that the upcoming DVD will have the original soundtrack (with the character's name pronounced DYE-abolik, not DEE-abolik as in the redone track).
More information here:
http://s8.invisionfree.com/MHVF/inde...showtopic=2439
There had been concerns expressed that the original soundtrack did not exist or couldn't be used for legal reasons. Looks as if we will be getting the superior version.
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whew! glad to see that this is an old thread that has been bumped up. when i first saw the thread title i thought this title had been delayed yet again.
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Originally Posted by Seashellz
I seem to recall reading somewhere that this film is actually shot in 'scope-though even though the laserdisc was in 1:85.
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(and also makes you feel slightly stoned, which is soooooooooooo sixties).
Happy to finally be adding this to my Bava section of the library.