The Ghost and the Darkness...DVD?
 

Hello

This is one of those movies that's doesn't dazzel or brings in great reviews but for me has been a some what of a fascination and intrigue. It's been rarely shown on cable/Dish and decided to just get the DVD (not on BD yet). However I cannot find much reviews on the video and audio of the disc except on Amazon. I think it's on letterbox format but that's all I know.

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It's an enjoyable movie w Kilmer & Douglas; not sure why it has been 'ignored'.

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Yeah an updated anamorphic presentation of this film would be welcomed!

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I don't know if i should hold out hope for a BD realease or not. For good sake if they can realease "Demolition Man" to "12 o'clock High" to "Legend" on BD then why not this? I look at the growing list of movies being turned to BD and it's like WTF!

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I agree that this is under-appreciated. One of those films that I can't click away from if I stumble upon it on cable.

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I actually "Googled" this for BD and found a older DVD Talk topic on this from 2009 asking the same question...coming to BD/ In fact I found a couple of forums that had this. And all agreed on BD with the African landscape it would be solid visually. But it did win some Oscar I thought for best sound editing or some sound catergory. And everyone said that would be something to hear and see on BD. Jaws on land...

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Paramount may release The Ghost and the Darkness on BD in the near future. It's just a matter of time, like any other blu-ray catalog title releases.

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You're referring to 3 recent, and upcoming blu-ray releases from 3 different studios! Demolition Man is from Warner Brothers, 12 o' Clock High (20th Century Fox), and Legend (Universal.)

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Paramount rereleases a fair amount of stuff so I'm a little surprised that they never got around to this one. Then again, I don't know if the substudio involved was a factor or legal or whatever.

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This would be a release date purchase for me, and I pretty much make it a rule to hold off buying catalog titles until a sale hits. Its a great-looking film that would benefit greatly from blu-ray.

Somewhat off topic, but its Val Kilmer and Paramount: I'm even more surprised that The Saint hasn't made it to blu yet. It didn't light the world on fire in the theatre, but seemed to be a fairly popular title on DVD.

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I was just at Amazon and noticed that there is a new 2013 release of The Ghost and the Darkness with a new cover.

It's standard, not Blu-ray.

Does anyone know if the extras (if there are any) are different from the original release?

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Here's the pic.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2vb63xu.jpg

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They kill animals in this movie. No thank you.

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I like this movie once in a while. Doesn't bother me a bit about the animals.

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I hate to say it, but its probably a repackaging of the original dvd. Any updates on the video and audio would be on a bluray if it ever comes out.

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Thanks, Bluelitespecial.

This is one of those movies that was always on my list but I never got around to picking up.

I just prefer this cover to the original red one.

The other has only the trailer for extras.

I was just hoping this one did as well.

I knew I probably wouldn't be gaining anything in terms of quality and extras, but I didn't want to be going backwards either.

EDIT: I heard that this DVD (and the original) are not enhanced for widescreen TVs.

That would take it off my list with hopes for a Blu-ray release.