buckee1

I have the R1 version of the film however, the saturation levels on the print make it almost B&W. I was wondering if anyone knew of the full color print on DVD in any other region and where I might buy it ?

Thanks

HockeyMan2000

I've wondered the exact same thing, but I'm fairly certain this doesn't exist outside R1.

The de-saturation of the print was entirely the doing of director John Badham. Apparently he was always annoyed he couldn't shoot the movie in B&W in the first place, so he took it out on all of us by re-tinting the LaserDisc years ago (the exact same transfer was used for the DVD).

I'd love to see Universal remaster the title in the original theatrical version AND give us a 5.1 remix as well.

buckee1

Thanks for the reply.

I guess I can stop my search for a disc bearing the original saturation levels.

A choice for the consumer would have been nice on this one.

Steve Phillips

I've held on to my old panned and scanned version for this reason. Yes, I've got the widescreen DVD too!

HockeyMan2000

Ditto!

Universal, at least, seems to be paying more attention these days to their back catalog (re-issuing Halloween II & III in the last two years, etc.), so maybe they'll do the original '79 theatrical DRACULA in 16:9 sooner or later.

That's one instance where I wish the director had left well enough alone!

Randy810

At the time of the release there was quite a bit of talk about wy the director WANTED nation was thethe colors washed out. His explanation was that it lent atmosphere to the film. Go figure....

buckee1

Are any of those panned & Scanned versions still available that you know?