Does Netflix's Season of the Witch contain There's Always Vanilla?
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Does Netflix's Season of the Witch contain There's Always Vanilla?
I just received my rental DVD of Romero's Season of the Witch from Netflix only to discover that there's nothing at all on the B side of the disc. Nada.
I was under the impression that this was a "flipper" disc with the movie There's Always Vanilla and a few other extras on the B-side. Called Netflix and they claim the DVD should contain the extra movie, but it's simply not there (no writing on A or B side indicates it's there, and I've tried playing it on 3 different players). Can anyone throw any light on this situation?
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I was under the impression that this was a "flipper" disc with the movie There's Always Vanilla and a few other extras on the B-side. Called Netflix and they claim the DVD should contain the extra movie, but it's simply not there (no writing on A or B side indicates it's there, and I've tried playing it on 3 different players). Can anyone throw any light on this situation?
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I was under the impression that this was a "flipper" disc with the movie There's Always Vanilla and a few other extras on the B-side.
EDIT: Nope, looks like I was wrong. I'm glad it's that way, though, since that means it'll be cheaper when I get around to buying it.
I thought "There's Always Vanilla" was a lost film?
But it is currently available as a special feature on the new "Season of the Witch" disc (which was also an almost-lost Romero feature).
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Interesting that of the two Netflix user reviews that mention it, one said it was there and the other said it wasn't.
I don't know anything about this particular disc, but I have encountered Netflix rentals where the commercial version is a flipper, but the copy I got from Netflix was single-sided. Northern Exposure Season One for example.
So it's at least possible that there's a rental edition of this movie that only includes Side 1 of the commercial version.
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I don't know anything about this particular disc, but I have encountered Netflix rentals where the commercial version is a flipper, but the copy I got from Netflix was single-sided. Northern Exposure Season One for example.
So it's at least possible that there's a rental edition of this movie that only includes Side 1 of the commercial version.
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If it is a double sided disc, Netflix usually will have a special version for it. When I rented The Butterfly Effect, I only got to see the directors cut. The Universal DVD's that everyone has problems with, Netflix gets them on single sided DVD-9 discs.
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This release IS a double sided disc. I own it and can verify Season of the Witch is on one side and There's Always Vanilla is on the other. So unless Netflix receives different versions for some reason, it should be there.
Most of the extras are on the SotW side, but the other side contains There's Always Vanilla and a 15 minute featurette where they interview Romero and he just flat out says he doesn't like the film and it was a terrible experience for him. Pretty funny.
Most of the extras are on the SotW side, but the other side contains There's Always Vanilla and a 15 minute featurette where they interview Romero and he just flat out says he doesn't like the film and it was a terrible experience for him. Pretty funny.