Finally! Universal Reissues "Earthquake" --> May 9th!
03-02-06, 01:41 AM
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Found it on Universal's website. According to the information on there it will be bare bones. However, a great price on it.
DVD
Anamorphic Widescreen
English, Spanish, English SDH (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Snap Case
Price: $10.98
DVD
Anamorphic Widescreen
English, Spanish, English SDH (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Snap Case
Price: $10.98
03-02-06, 06:03 AM
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A Special Edition would have been nice but for that price the Anamorphic WS is cool and will go perfect with Poseidon and Towering Inferno: SE's released the same day.
03-02-06, 08:58 AM
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From dvdactive.com:
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Title: Earthquake
Starring: Charlton Heston
Released: 9th May 2006
SRP: $14.98
Further Details:
Universal Home Video has sent over artwork for a new anamorphic edition of Earthquake which stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene and Genevieve Bujold. This 1974 action adventure will be available to own from the 9th May, and should retail at around $14.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with both English and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. As far as we know, no extra material will be included. We've attached the official artwork below:
Starring: Charlton Heston
Released: 9th May 2006
SRP: $14.98
Further Details:
Universal Home Video has sent over artwork for a new anamorphic edition of Earthquake which stars Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene and Genevieve Bujold. This 1974 action adventure will be available to own from the 9th May, and should retail at around $14.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with both English and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. As far as we know, no extra material will be included. We've attached the official artwork below:
03-02-06, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Falc04
Wonder if they'll reinsert the 'airplane landing' scene, which was for some reason edited out of the Goodtimes version...
Universal also added footage and significantly altered another Chuck Heston film of the period, TWO MINUTE WARNING. In the TV version, the sniper is mixed up with a gang of art thieves who are hoping that the police will be so distracted with the killings at the football game, that this will leave the field open for them to steal paintings at a local art gallery without anyone stopping them. The theatrical version was no classic, but the TV version is even worse.
EARTHQUAKE had around 15 minutes of footage added. TWO MINUTE WARNING a bit more.
03-02-06, 03:58 PM
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I wouldn't have minded the TV version being included as an extra, but I'm just glad to get an anamorphic release of the theatrical cut.
Most of the disaster films of the time were expanded for network TV. AIRPORT 77 had nearly an hour of additional footage added (I've got that version on VHS) and THE CONCORDE AIRPORT 79 had a few minutes added. There were also expanded versions of BEYOND THE POSIDEON ADVENTURE, THE SWARM, TOWERING INFERNO among others.
Most of the disaster films of the time were expanded for network TV. AIRPORT 77 had nearly an hour of additional footage added (I've got that version on VHS) and THE CONCORDE AIRPORT 79 had a few minutes added. There were also expanded versions of BEYOND THE POSIDEON ADVENTURE, THE SWARM, TOWERING INFERNO among others.
03-03-06, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Eastmancolor
The airplane sequences were never in the original theatrical cut of the film. They were inserted into the television version, so that the network could spread the film over two nights. Later TV showings often left this extra footage in. It would be nice for Universal to include it as an extra, however.
03-07-06, 09:55 AM
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If the disc is 5.1 DD, it's quite possible the Sensurround has been added. I have the PAL Anamorphic DVD version of the film and the Sensurround is contained in the 5.1 mix. It might be the same mix that will be used in this version. Keep your fingers crossed. The 5.1 mix with Sensurround is awesome!
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03-07-06, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Greg613
Found it on Universal's website. According to the information on there it will be bare bones. However, a great price on it.
DVD
Anamorphic Widescreen
English, Spanish, English SDH (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Snap Case
Price: $10.98
DVD
Anamorphic Widescreen
English, Spanish, English SDH (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Snap Case
Price: $10.98
03-23-06, 01:58 PM
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According to DavisDVD this will indeed carry the Sensurround soundtrack. Anamorphic, remastered and sensurround for $11.00 = bought man!
http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html
http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html
03-23-06, 04:21 PM
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Sensurround was essentially a 1.1 audio format. It was mono with a dedicated bass channel added. It's certainly possible that the 5.1 track on the DVD could be mastered to replicate this (audio only coming from the front speaker and the subwoofer), but it's also possible that the studio might remix it to fake stereo and surround effects. I'm curious to know which way they're going with it.
