The African Queen - Amazon pre-order???
10-25-06 | 10:49 AM
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The African Queen - Amazon pre-order???
So it appears to be available for pre-order but I see asian writing on the cover and it appears to be from a studio in the UK. Can anyone shed light on this release?
http://www.amazon.com/African-Queen-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
http://www.amazon.com/African-Queen-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
10-25-06 | 12:31 PM
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Well, it's not the legit U.K. release which is from Carlton, and includes a great commentary track by Jack Cardiff - and doesn't have non-English info on the cover.
Edit: I see that there is now a second legit U.K. release, barebones, from Prism.
Edit: I see that there is now a second legit U.K. release, barebones, from Prism.
Last edited by marty888; 10-25-06 at 12:40 PM.
10-26-06 | 03:10 AM
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The Carlton release is best. Review here
In fact it looks and sounds great and I hope the 'look' and sound aren't destroyed when it finally gets a release in the US by Warner in 2012.
In fact it looks and sounds great and I hope the 'look' and sound aren't destroyed when it finally gets a release in the US by Warner in 2012.
10-26-06 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Reservoir
The Carlton release is best. Review here
In fact it looks and sounds great and I hope the 'look' and sound aren't destroyed when it finally gets a release in the US by Warner in 2012.
In fact it looks and sounds great and I hope the 'look' and sound aren't destroyed when it finally gets a release in the US by Warner in 2012.
11-02-06 | 01:39 AM
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no real reasoning...Paramount just hasn't released it...there pretty bad about getting classics out on dvd as of late... this is anniversary year 55...
hope it comes jam packed when it happens, but no one major (Ebert/Maltin/Casper) has reported giving any commentaries or interviews on the film....
hope it comes jam packed when it happens, but no one major (Ebert/Maltin/Casper) has reported giving any commentaries or interviews on the film....
11-02-06 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NitroJMS
So since the original Kong was released last year, is this perhaps the biggest catalog title not yet available on DVD?
11-02-06 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dx23
Yes. It's the only film from the AFI top 100 great films not released on DVD. For some reason, Paramount loves giving customers shitty covers, but like to hold on big releases like the Afican Queen, 1942 and Twin Peaks Season 2.
