Swimming With Sharks - FF Only?
12-31-04 | 09:30 AM
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Swimming With Sharks - FF Only?
A friend recommended this movie, and when I saw it at a local Futureshop, it was the Trimark release. On the back I saw it said in Full Frame. Is this the OAR for the movie?
12-31-04 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by dryars
A friend recommended this movie, and when I saw it at a local Futureshop, it was the Trimark release. On the back I saw it said in Full Frame. Is this the OAR for the movie?
Last edited by dyevin; 12-31-04 at 09:55 AM.
12-31-04 | 12:46 PM
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I have the R2 UK which is 1.85:1 and also has a good director's commentary. I can't remember if it's anamorphic but I think so.
Great film!
Edit: It's not anamorphic; see my post, below.
Great film!
Edit: It's not anamorphic; see my post, below.
Last edited by movielib; 12-31-04 at 11:19 PM.
12-31-04 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mikewendt
I love this film but have been waiting for a better release.
However according to to IMDB the German disc is anamorphic 1.85:1 with 5.1 but only 89 mins.
The R1 disc is a flipper 1.85:1 Letterbox and Pan & Scan with 2.0 but is 101 mins.
However according to to IMDB the German disc is anamorphic 1.85:1 with 5.1 but only 89 mins.
The R1 disc is a flipper 1.85:1 Letterbox and Pan & Scan with 2.0 but is 101 mins.
pal speedup? i don't know how much faster pal runs to determine if this is the case...
12-31-04 | 11:18 PM
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OK, I compared my R1 disc and my R2 disc (which is actually an R0 disc, according to the specs on the box).
The British DVD is PAL, of course. But here's where it gets peculiar. Supposedly the film runs 101 minutes according to IMDb. But the American DVD says it's 93 minutes (not 101) and it is. The British DVD says it's 89 minutes (which would be a correct conversion with normal PAL speedup) but it actually runs 93 minutes (which would be about 97 minutes in NTSC). I don't know how long the film is actually supposed to run but the British disc has the George Huang commentary and he doesn't say there's anything wrong with the film as presented so I have to assume it's correct.
BTW, neither disc is anamorphic. There does seem to be a British disc newer than mine. Maybe it is anamorphic but I can't find any verification of that.
The British DVD is PAL, of course. But here's where it gets peculiar. Supposedly the film runs 101 minutes according to IMDb. But the American DVD says it's 93 minutes (not 101) and it is. The British DVD says it's 89 minutes (which would be a correct conversion with normal PAL speedup) but it actually runs 93 minutes (which would be about 97 minutes in NTSC). I don't know how long the film is actually supposed to run but the British disc has the George Huang commentary and he doesn't say there's anything wrong with the film as presented so I have to assume it's correct.
BTW, neither disc is anamorphic. There does seem to be a British disc newer than mine. Maybe it is anamorphic but I can't find any verification of that.
