Interestingly, the Out of the Past podcast featured this as a film noir.

As said, the version out now is good. I would probably upgrade considering how great a film this is. Growing up I never thought much of it just seeing bits and pieces of it, maybe I was too young. I thought it was a bore-fest until I watched it in full as an adult for the first time a couple of years ago... fantastic film. This is one of the best Christmas movies ever and I'd double dip.

I saw it for the first time a couple of Xmas ago (2004 I think) and I loved it. Fantastic film. :) I will get it, as I dont have any version.

I hope Amazon revise the specs though - "Format: Color, NTSC"

WTF? IAWL is black and white! :confused:

I'm sure it was made/released in 1945.

it is B&W. Though it was one of the first films to get the color treatment, as at the time it was public domain, and tv stations would eat it up. I'm sure the dvd will be B&W.

though being made in 1945 does qualify for color...remember both Wizard of oz and Gone with the wind are from 1939, and while not the first technicolor movies, they are the most recognized of the early days of technicolor

Yeah, I'm not saying it doesnt qualify for colour in that sense, just the film is supposed to be black and white (sepia?) - for some reason my player seems to display b/w films in more sepia tones.
Adventures of Robin Hood was in Technicolor - released in 1938.

Great site on the history of film and color film at http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html

I'd love it if they'd include the colorized version on the DVD as a bonus feature. I have the colorized version on VHS and while I definately prefer it in its original B&W glory, it's an interesting experiment. :)

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You could say the same about the experiments performed by Dr. Mengele.

Nice art.

Very nice! Any more info about any extras?

Full disc details are now posted.

It sounds like it's not any different with the exception of that Frank Capra tribute. :(

Nope, it's ZERO difference from the current version, the tribute is on that too.

This is NOT an upgrade, just another pointless re-release. No need to get this unless you cannot find the current release, which is slowing disappearing from retailers, so hop to it ;)

Although it's pretty bare-bones, I'll still be buying it, especially since I don't own the original release.

How disappointing! Geez, if they're going to the trouble to rerelease it, why not at least throw us who currently have it some sort of a bone--pics of movie posters or something. Ah well. It's a pretty cover, but no use buying something I already have. :(

it's not a new transfer? probably the only reason to get this one is it sounds like it will come with a slipcase.and i don't have any of the old releases.so yeah.

thats a bummer...Paramount has totally dropped off the face of the planet in the way of classic film releases.

Why would you want them to rerelease the exact same transfer and extras with a very minor additional extra? You should be happy that you're not getting suckered into rebuying something you already own just for a meager bonus feature that you'll watch once.

If it was a new transfer(has that been confirmed at all?),I would pick it up. But otherwise there is no reason to rebuy it,since I already own it on dvd.

I was wondering the same, so I went over to www.dvdcompare.net and looked it up. They say it is just a re-pack of the OOP Republic version.

I think someone else said that here too.

Another pointless re-release. Kind of surprising considering:
1. How wildly popular this film is; and
2. It's the 60th anniversary of its theatrical release.

A new transfer with some retrospective interviews, and a documentary, etc. would have been nice, and probably would have sold well.

Wow, one would expect a DVD with a "60th Anniversary Edition" label to have at least something the prior version didn't.

Oh well, that's one less DVD upgrade for me to worry about. :)

I'll get the R2 release then.

No I won't - according to DVD Beaver, the R2 Universal transfer is AWFUL (taken from a video source) whereas the Republic R1 was sourced from the original negatives. Hopefully this re-release will have the same transfer.