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Yeah, TIB, seems like that is the case -- I think I for now gonna stay with my subtitled, home-taped, T.V. broadcast version -- hope the ZFT's gonna have some fun remastering the stuff from a mint-conditioned color print and the original multitracks, some day

Why, when it will be released by other companies every two years?

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Grammy-Award for best packaging?

Ok, I just got mine and watch it thoroughly.
It's much better than my old VHS with two drops in the sound level near the end and very approximate french sub-titles.
The sound on this DVD is not too good but they did not do no miracle for the CD release either, so...
This is not 16:9 at all, except for the menu, it's good old 4:3 and nothing is missing.
Nothing except a few seconds at the end of Penis Dimension, just after Howard says:"Eight inches or less?"
It misses Mark's reply:"Well let me tell you, brothers, that's the time when you've got to turn around and look that sonofabitch right between the eyes, and you got to tell him these words:"
And a bit of Ringo's:"I stuff three pair of socks and a bar of beauty soap down in front of my pants!"
But...
So, it's great that this incredible movie is at last available on DVD but if the ZFT was able to release it with a remastered picture and surround audio some day, of course, I would buy it once more.

...
And why, then, has the cover artwerg and everyone here been telling me so ?!?

...for weeks ?

...and made me look like a moron?

To look more Up to date?

The Tony Palmer version has a 4/20 release date for US buyers. $15 with shipping, I'll take one. Have had an almost unwatchable VHS rental dub for years. Time for an upgrade. Like mentioned if the ZFT ever does a deluxe box set version, I'd buy it again.
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.a ... tyle=movie

ON SALE NOW in the USA
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo ... 1-TPDVD127

I'm still not getting it.

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why the fuck is this shit cut out???

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HERE's the REAL thing and a great merchant also:
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo ... 1-TPDVD127

It's not the real thing, it's the same one that everyone's talking about lately from Tony Palmer. I bought a copy myself. I can confirm the bit about a little piece missing at the end of Penis Dimension. The DVD is in 16:9, but it looks stretched a wee bit. It was good to see the movie again as I'd only seen it once before a long, long time ago. The audio is totally crap. I have the music on a CD release from the 90s which is not brilliant, but sounds much better than the audio on Tony Palmer's release. On there it sounds like a cheap mono recording. On my surround, most of it was coming out the central speaker which sounded really bad so I just switched over to a 2 channel setting and it sounded marginally better but still seemed like it was all in the middle.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

<collapsing>

With their wide TV's screens, people get used to see fat ones.
yes, Flo and Eddie ARE fat, but not that much.

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I think Mr Glickman is having trouble with his English. The DVD is in 16:9 format, but the way they have achieved this is rather artificial. Personally I think Tony Palmer should be ashamed of himself.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Sure, I'm having trouble with my English but I assure you, this DVD is not 16:9.
Just try.

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I've watch this movie a thousand times and I think I know what it's supposed to look like.
But feel free to watch it any way you like.

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I have a very clean laserdisc copy of this film. The lines that are seen on the left hand side of the frame in this preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6UBPiazsTI are in the exact same scene on the '90's laserdisc release.

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"Voodoo Butter Underpants...
heh, heh... the pants that
nearly broke Tommy Mars' neck."

Okay, let me spell it out. The producers of this DVD have used 16:9. That's what it plays in if your TV uses auto detect. If you force it to play in 4:3 it looks normal. This indicates that the producers of this disk have stretched the original to make it 16:9. So, when I say it's in 16:9 I'm saying that is what it says on the disk cover, that's what Tony Palmer is peddling this as and that's how they've produced it. But it's artificial and yes, it probably looks better if you set your TV to watch it in 4:3. That's what I mean about you having trouble with English, it wasn't meant as an insult, just that your explanation is too minimal.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Why th hell
..wouldja
wanna
watch this stoopid movie
in some fantasmagorical
screener situation


why rave about it
It is probly the worst movie and waste of money
.. EVER

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Everything Frank touched was gold, Stride, gold I tell ya!

(I don't dislike it as much as you, but, I rarely watch it.)

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Just got this yesterday from Wayside. Excellent service from them. I think this Tony Palmer version is great, especially the picture. Like I said, my only previous version was a VHS dub.
Yes, the audio is not that great, but listenable and sort of goes with the lo-budgetness of the film itself. The director's commentary is great, and a nice bonus. Overall well worth the $15. I'm sure the audiophile geeks will continue to dog this release though.

With this being out now, it would be a perfect time for ZFT to reissue The True Story Of... on DVD.

I think it's just badly labeled and made by ignorants.
Luckily, it's easy to fix it.

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I was having a moment
.. wasn't I "?

still not on the buy now/soon/ever list

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