mrhan

These two were some of my early DVD purchases back in the 90's. I'd like to get anamorphic versions but after searching it looks like R2 and R4 are my only options right now. Is there going to be newer versions anytime soon or even maybe an HD release in R1? Thanks for any info.

Peep

Well, according to DVDempire, Freeway is coming out as an 1.85 Anamorphic SE on April 3rd. Troubling is that they list the original version as 2.35 and having a running time of 8 minutes longer.

If the specs are correct for both, we'll get an anamorphic release that's truncated in both picture and run-time. If so, no sale.

And despite, the lame "Widescreen" banner on the first release, the cover art is still much nicer.

mrhan

The Republic release I have is 1.85. What is the theatrical OAR?


edit: IMDB also list it at 1.85:1.

matome

Yeah, I just popped in my Republic disc and it's non-anamorphic 1.85:1 with a runtime of 1:41:55 (DVDEmpire's 110 minutes and 2.35:1 listing for the original disc is wrong). This seems to gel with the new release specs, so I'll definitely be picking this up, especially at $7 new. Lucky I saw this thread or I would have had no idea. Thanks! Ah, the good old days days when Reese made good flicks.

meritocracy

Appreciate the info on the new anamorphic release Peep. I'll be upgrading.

ReduxGuy

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...earchID=279082

Nice. A little out of the blue, though.

Rypro 525

watch teenage girls buy/rent this thinking this will be a nice goody two shoes Reece.

ReduxGuy

That'll put a huge grin on my face.

Peep

I'm actually surprised it didn't happen earlier, what with Reese and Kiefer's current popularity.

Still torubling. If the spec for the old release were so wrong, who's to say that the new release is actually anamorphic?

matome

I was thinking that as well. I'm just praying that in this day and age we will no longer get non-anamorphic discs from any studio, especially bigger ones like Lion's Gate. I'm willing to take a $7 gamble, since I'm not sure if we'll be getting an early review on this re-release.

BuckNaked2k

Honestly, I never heard of Freeway, but I love, love, love Bound.

Although it is an affront to God and Man, in it's current non-anamorphic condition!!

matome

Freeway is definitely worth a shot, if for anything but to totally destroy your current conceptions of Reese and Kiefer. This one is high up there in my fucked-up movies list.

scarredgod

though Freeway is one whacked out movie, it really is a great performance by Reese.

mrhan

When I first saw this I thought Reese was going to be another Parker Posey. She sort of became mainstream but this early work shows she can do edgy stuff if she really wanted to.

Peep

I just got an email saying that my $2.50 copy of "Freeway" shipped from http://www.familyvideo.com

$6.50 + $1 shipping - $5 new customer discount:

The Infidel

It's Little Red Riding Hood meets Natural Born Killers.

matome

Should have mine on Monday and I'll check the specs.

chente

Totally agree. The LD is actually better than the DVD!

ReduxGuy

Anamorphic, my aunt fanny!

I bought it today and except for the cover and art, it's the same damn disc!!!

mrhan

Are you serious? That's pretty f*cked up if it is. Did it say it was anamorphic on the back of the cover?

Jaymole

Lionsgate has a really bad habit of putting totally misleading information on the back of their DVDs. The Freeway DVD says 16X9 widescreen...which leads you to believe it is anamorphic.

What a crappy company.

ReduxGuy

They produce some great discs most of the time, and completely botch others!!!

Back to Best Buy!

meritocracy

Ridiculous!

I'm glad I held off dumping the original disc in advance of this.

matome

WTF Now I'm actually glad I didn't get my preorder delivery yesterday instead of today and had opened it to check. Thanks for biting the bullet for us. Back to DVDEmpire it goes.

jmj713

Ordered it because the back cover stated 16x9. Isn't this false advertising?