Welp, the first review is up, and WOAH, it's horrible. There's lots of problems listed, but the killer is that it's not OAR and there's NO extras, nothing. Looks like another hack job by Paramount, just to cash on Basic Instinct 2's release date.

I've picked up guilty pleasures with no extras before, like Robot Jox.... but no OAR, no sale!
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=20679

Can't wait, I loved this movie... Or Stone's boobs, I can't remember which it was...

Maybe it's another infamous DP deciding to crop his film for 'more resolution' on tv excuse?

As I mentioned in the review the film is far from being in the correct aspect ratio. In fact, the framing is rather unusual as there are very specific scenes (such as the one when Carly first enters Sliver through the garden and you could definitely tell that the aspect ratio is off) that stick out. Some might be able to tolerate the current version of Sliver but for me this is definitely a missed opportunity. Furthermore, considering the fact that Paramount did not bother to include even a single trailer leads me to believe that the DVD is just what its price suggests...a budget duff!

There are so many extras that they could have added...

Ciao,
Pro-B

I guess I'll rent it just to get my fix. It's a shame they had to mess this up so badly.

Damn she was super hot in this movie.

Too bad. I was looking forward to picking this one up, but not anymore.

Well, it's not much of a surprise that there are no extras. This is Paramount, you know, who rarely includes even a trailer on most of their catalog titles.

I am picking this up anyway, it will make a good VHS upgrade obviously, also I can't read these reviews coming in (see DVDtown), they are way to painful, tearing the film to death. I don't care what the critics say about Sliver, I love this film.

I see nothing has changed with the critics and this.

Man this sucks about the aspect ratio, but I'll still pick it up since I've never seen the unrated one and it'll probably be another 10 years before it comes out on blu-ray.

Any chance of getting a screenshot or two?

I am currently unable to provide direct screen caps :(

Ciao,
Pro-B

No screenshots for me, I still own this on VHS and would love to happily toss it in the garbage. I don't care about the aspect ratio being off, if you owned this on VHS and have to watch this in P&S all the time, it's so easy to not care about proper AR.

Anything but that stinkin VHS tape for me.

I wouldn't have expected a Phillip Noyce audio commentary anyways since he didn't do one for the Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger Special Editions that were released a couple of years ago.

At least Paramount could have dug into their vaults and dug up an EPK for this movie. Also, Stone has a conversation feature on the new Basic Instinct DVD, was she too busy to do something for this movie?

..quite frankly I do not think anyone invited her to do anything for this DVD release. A few nights ago she appeared on eXtra...and she was very excited about Basic Instinct 2. I would bet that she would have done something for Sliver had anyone made the effort to contact her.

Pro-B

Very true, Paramount is pretty notorious for getting older movies and TV shows out on DVD ASAP and not wanting to spend any money on extras.

So are they going to show the rumored Baldwin goods??

common guys its gotta be worht 9.99?!

Yeah, your right, everyone needs to lighten up a bit and buy this for a fair price.

I have it, I just watched it, and it is a perfectly acceptable DVD.

I'm going to have this Friday, although there's a chance I'll have it sooner. I can try and post some screenshots then.

IIRC, at the time the movie was released it was said that Noyce shot 3 or 4 different endings, all of which test-screened horribly. The one they finally went with was the one that got the least derisive audience response cards.

Here's a screenshot-you can see the black bars are not as thick as a standard 2.35:1 release:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...htf/sliver.jpg

Hopefully it won't be cramped when I watch it.

Assuming that screencap was ripped straight from the DVD with no cropping, by my measurement it's 2.08:1.

According to IMDb, the movie was shot with Panavision anamorphic lenses, which if correct would mean that the DVD is cropped, not open-matte.

Josh,

I just did the screencap in PowerDVD, pasted into MS Paint and saved as JPEG. Did not touch the image other than that.