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movies-digest Tuesday, April 11 2000 Volume 02 : Number 264
[MV] Got DVD?
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:07:00 -0700
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: [MV] Got DVD?
I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every
movie buff. Here's why:
1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats
such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I watch
something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth.
2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is
the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic.
3. Portability. DVD's can hold several hours of material. For example, the
entire miniseries "The Stand" fits on two sides of a DVD. Plus, there's no
rewinding and with chapter search you can get to part of the DVD you want to
see immediately. Interactive menus make all of this a snap.
4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide
range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled.
5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video.
Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews,
sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to
watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody
(usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a
fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight.
There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks
to DVD are...
1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by
much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down
once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies).
2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a
few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the
time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new
movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection
is getting better at video stores as well.
Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:40:44 EST
From: KenKnows@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
In a message dated 03/30/2000 7:13:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be writes:
<< Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted descently
in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself
in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th
Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be
Tom Cruise >>
The movies I saw last year received few if any nominations. I did not see any
of the movies that you mentioned, but Michael Caine's acceptance speech was
magnificent and it was very possibly the best acceptance speech that was
given during the entire program. This agrees with an opinion that Paul gave
here earlier.
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:38:50 -0500
From: Wez <wez@williams-net.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
"(Paul D Richardson)" wrote:
> I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
> has a DVD player. I must say that these things are a must-have for every
> movie buff. Here's why:
> .....
>
> Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
> checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
Another benefit you left out which I enjoy immensly is the ability to also play
VCDs, which can be burned with any PC CD-Recorder. I make music video
compilations and such, along with other things....my DVD player has been well
worth the money.
Wez
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:29:31 -0500
From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
At 10.07 AM 30/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I thought I'd throw out a new topic for everybody out there, and see who else
>has a DVD player.
But of course. Have had it for over a year now.
I must say that these things are a must-have for every
>movie buff. Here's why:
>
>1. Picture and Sound quality are superb. DVD supports digital sound formats
>such as Dolby and DTS. The picture has spoiled me terribly. Whenever I
watch
>something on video it's like I'm viewing it through a cheesecloth.
Picture is nice, but you need a large screen to really appreciate it. (Not
that it is a waste on a small screen, just not as noticably greater).
Sound will blow you away, tho. One of my favourite DVDs is The Big Chill.
With the soundtrack, the DVD is head and shoulders above the video sound.
>
>2. Whereas pan/scan is the norm on video, on DVD widescreen presentation is
>the order of the day, from letterboxing to anamorphic.
>
Yes, but try explain the benefits to the "unwashed masses":-)
>4. Language selections. Depending on the DVD, you can choose from a wide
>range of languages, both dubbed and subtitled.
North America has nothing on Asia. The DVDs there may contain up to 10
languages. Still, English/French/Spanish (with subtitles in each) is
common on DVDs in our region.
>
>5. Extras. Many DVD's contain additional extras not found on video.
>Theatrical trailers are common, also "making-of" documentaries, interviews,
>sometimes the entire script! Deleted scenes and outtakes are always fun to
>watch. My favorite feature by far is the commentary track where somebody
>(usually the director) will talk while you watch the movie. It's a
>fascinating new look at the film and often offers a lot of insight.
Very true.
>
>There are other benefits too, but those are some of the main ones. Drawbacks
>to DVD are...
>
>1. Cost. Buying a DVD is more expensive than buying a video...but not by
>much. DVD players cost more than VCRs, but that cost is expected to go down
>once Playstation 2 comes out (it will play DVD movies).
Well, actually, considering that most videos are released with an initial
suggested retail price of $110 or more (which can be quickly repriced as
soon as the rental market dries up), and DVDs are $20-30 right away, DVD is
actually cheaper than video, out of the gate.
>
>2. Title selection. DVD is only a few years old, so there are still quite a
>few titles that haven't been released. However, titles get released all the
>time, and DVD is rapidly catching up. The standard now is to release new
>movies on video and DVD (unless your name is George Lucas). Title selection
>is getting better at video stores as well.
>
Almost everything that comes out new is pretty much on DVD, except (as was
mentioned above) anything by Lucas or Speilberg. (American Beauty is also
not going to be on DVD right away, and that is Speilberg's baby). There
are literally hundreds of DVDs out every week. There is a free email
newsletter, the DVD-Daily, which I read to keep up on all of them. Very
good reference, if rather long (especially for email). You can subscribe
like thus:
>Subscriptions to this magazine are free, and can be attained
>by sending email to majordomo@redbank.net with the subject line
>--- 'subscribe dvd-daily HTML' --- for the special HTML version of
>the magazine (if your mail agent can accept HTML-based mail),
>'subscribe dvd-daily TEXT' --- for the text-based version, or
>'subscribe dvd-daily URL' for new half-page, URL version (for
>individuals who find the TEXT and HTML e-mailings too large).
I think my biggest complaint is that the powers that be have split up the
world into 6 different regions, and DVDs coded for one region will not
normally (there are work-arounds:-) play on machines in other regions.
Regards,
- --Mel
- --Mel Eperthener
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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:21:53 +0100
From: Garrett Winters <gargoyle@iol.ie>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
on 30/3/2000 18:07, ("Paul D Richardson") at Richardson.Paul@amstr.com
wrote:
> Those are my thoughts on DVD. As I indicated before, it's a format worth
> checking out by any movie buff. Anybody else out there have a DVD player?
oh yes, I had to get myself one at xmas last and you are so right about the
pluses and minuses of the format. without a doubt it has rung the death
knell for vcr, especially once a recordable ( affordable) machine arrives.
I've been slowly building up a collection of region 2 titles but I'm dying
to get the much better prepared region 1 movies ( so I will be chipping the
machine later this year I'm sure).
I can't wait to get a full set of Buffy for it.
Garrett
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:23:38 +0100
From: MARK <MARK@zippack.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
Although I'm not fanatical about Episode I, do you really think that it
not winning an Oscar has affected George Lucas in the slightest? The
guy is a multi-billionaire already from all his Star Wars films and I
think that having an Oscar for Episode I did not matter a jot!
MARK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manuel morrens [SMTP:mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be]
> Sent: 30 March 2000 16:01
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
>=20
> Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted
> descently in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just
> being himself in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment,
> the kid from 6th Sense was going to win this one and if not, it =
surely
> was going to be Tom Cruise in my mind, if not for magnolia, at least
> to reward him a little bit for Eyes Wide Shut.=20
> I also was surprised when Red Violin won the oscar for best =
Score.....
> I mean have these guys even been listening to the score from Insider
> and American Beauty??????? Every goddamn year the same, I mean movies
> like La vita e bella, The full monty won for the best score....one of
> these when Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer (Thin Red Line) was =
nominated,
> I mean....Come on!!!!=20
> I also was really dissappointed that Insider got nothing at all.=20
> Cool though that Matrix won 4 of them......sweet dreams George
> Lucas...hehe!=20
> --=A0
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> Manuel Morrens=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
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> Department of Medicine=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0
> <http://minf.vub.ac.be/~mmorrens/eighties>
> Brussels Free University=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 (lyrics of the =
eighties)
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> =A0 << Message: [MV] re: supporting actor award... >>=20
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Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 09:33:58 -0500
From: Gene Ehrich <gene@ehrich.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
>Another benefit you left out which I enjoy immensly is the ability to also
>play
>VCDs, which can be burned with any PC CD-Recorder. I make music video
>compilations and such, along with other things....my DVD player has been well
>worth the money.
I have not been able to burn a VCD with my CD-RW drive and read it on my
DVD player that plays VCD's. I play them all the time but cannot create them.
How do you do it and what software do you use?
I have a bunch of JPG files (1600 of them) that I would love to make a VCD
from and then be able to show them on my standalone DVD player on my big TV.
gene@ehrich
http://www.voicenet.com/~generic
Computer & Video Game Garage Sale
Gene Ehrich
PO Box 209
Marlton NJ
08053-0209
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Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:45:33 -0800 (PDT)
From: Nathan Lemrick <Ghost160@go.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
I would have to say that I love DVD's. I think this
quality of the film is the best. I think with the advent
of HDTV home theatres are just going to get better. I
have a DVD-Rom on my computer which is nice. The only
problem is my montior is only a 16 inch so it is not as
big as I would like it to.
The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth
Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers
for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could
not skip them. I don't know about every one else but this
is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers
for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a
moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I
just want to watch the movie.
I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on
DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them
on video and DVD. The DVD format would suit all four
movies and make them better than watching them on video.
I sure hope in time he will come over to the DVD side.
Nathan
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 16:24:08 -0600
From: Lindsey Boatman <lboatman@jc.edu>
Subject: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500
Hi, ny name is Lindsey and I'm a student at Jamestown College in Jamestown,
ND. I'm a junior and I'm majoring in Elementary Education. I'm interested
in
this list because I love to watch movies. I also enjoy hearing about new
and
good movies and what other people are interested in. Thanks.
Lindsey Boatman
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 00:55:44 -0700
From: "Movieman" <movieman@netcom.ca>
Subject: Re: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500
Welcome...the frequency of our discussions depends on the initiative of the
group. Sometimes we talk forever on a subject - and sometimes we don't talk
for days. I, for one, welcome fresh thoughts...!
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Lindsey Boatman <lboatman@jc.edu>
To: <movies@xmission.com>
Cc: Andrew Hennessey <hennesse@jc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 3:24 PM
Subject: [MV] Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 17:27:25 -0500
> Hi, ny name is Lindsey and I'm a student at Jamestown College in
Jamestown,
> ND. I'm a junior and I'm majoring in Elementary Education. I'm
interested
> in
> this list because I love to watch movies. I also enjoy hearing about new
> and
> good movies and what other people are interested in. Thanks.
>
> Lindsey Boatman
>
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 00:39:23 -0400
From: Mel Eperthener <bcassidy@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
At 10.45 AM 02/04/2000 -0800, Nathan Lemrick wrote:
> The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth
>Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers
>for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could
>not skip them. I don't know about every one else but this
>is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers
>for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a
>moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I
>just want to watch the movie.
>
You can thank Disney for that lovely move. Believe me, those of us in the
industry, those that have backed DVD since the inception in 1997, are not
at all happy with that move. Even better, look at what they are promoting.
Now go to the store and price those DVDs. Some of the most expensive ones
on the market.
The only reason that Sixth Sense was as cheap as it was is that everyone is
selling it at a loss.
> I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on
>DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them
>on video and DVD. The DVD format would suit all four
>movies and make them better than watching them on video.
>I sure hope in time he will come over to the DVD side.
Star Wars is a horse of an entirely different colour. The rumour is that
since Speilberg was such a big backer of DIVX, he is trying all he can to
avoid DVD. When you consider what is missing from DVD, some of the biggest
movies ever, and perfectly suited for DVD (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back
to the Future, ET), and that both Private Ryan and American Beauty have
been delayed, the rumour starts to sound believable.
Supposedly, Lucas wants to wait till the entire series is done, and release
one big, huge collector's edition. Well, someone needs to tell Mr Lucas
that many of the people that would buy such a collector's edition would buy
the movies individually now, AND the collector's edition when that comes out.
Regards,
- --Mel
- --Mel Eperthener
president, Gowanna Multi-media Pty http://www.webz.com/gowanna
mailto:bcassidy@usaor.net mailto:gowanna@australiamail.com
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:30:08 +0800
From: "David Lee" <sashimi@mbox2.singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
I know I don't pitch in much at these discussions and I should be ashamed
of myself. But there's something which I would like to say about the recent
Oscar's (if it hasn't been said to death already) best supporting actor.
Personally, I was quite impressed by Michael Clark Duncan, not least
because I watched the Green Mile only three days before the ceremony.
Having watched him in Whole Nine Yards a couple of weeks before that, I
thought he was quite credible with the character he was trying to portray.
Certainly had me feeling the sadness and the pain.
As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category
winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established...
recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a
2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Regards,
David
- ----------
> From: KenKnows@aol.com
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
> Date: 31 March 2000 01:40
>
> In a message dated 03/30/2000 7:13:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mmorrens@minf.vub.ac.be writes:
>
> << Hell no, I mean I've seen the movie and the only one who acted
descently
> in that movie was Charlize Theron, Michael Caine was just being himself
> in that movie. I really hoped that Haley Joel Osment, the kid from 6th
> Sense was going to win this one and if not, it surely was going to be
> Tom Cruise >>
>
> The movies I saw last year received few if any nominations. I did not see
any
> of the movies that you mentioned, but Michael Caine's acceptance speech
was
> magnificent and it was very possibly the best acceptance speech that was
> given during the entire program. This agrees with an opinion that Paul
gave
> here earlier.
>
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:32:27 +0800
From: "David Lee" <sashimi@mbox2.singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: supporting actor award...
On the theme of speeches, may I just add that there was indeed a lack of
display of over-emotions (if I may term it thus) ala Miss Paltrow's
'I-love-everybody' teary speech. Compared to that, every speech was sedate
this year. With the exception of Beginini's 'I-wish-I-had-a-tail' antic, of
course...
David
- ----------
> From: Diane Christy <dchristy10@earthlink.net>
> To: movies@lists.xmission.com
> Subject: [MV] re: supporting actor award...
> Date: 30 March 2000 03:12
>
> On 3/29/00, 11:28 AM -0700, Paul D Richardson said so nicely:
> > > How did you all feel about Michael Caine getting the Oscar for
"Cider
> >> House Rules" ? Did you think he deserved it??
> >
> >I haven't seen THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, but I really must comment that
Caine's
> >speech was one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever seen. What a
> >gracious winner! Compare, for instance to John Irving or that smug
MATRIX guy
> >(who acts like the "bullet time" stuff is so innovative, even though it
was
> >used in a Gap commericial before showing up in THE MATRIX).
> >
> >Based on his speech, I think Caine was well-aware that the award was
really
> >for his lifetime of achievement, rather than for this particular
performance.
>
> I must say that I agree with your assessment of Caine's speech.
> Wonderful!! I did see "The Cider House Rules" and thought Caine was
> very, very good. But, Osmont was astounding and I think he deserved
> the award!
> --
> ~~~~~
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> Jefferson, LA
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:49:26 -0700
From: Oz <oz@filmink-online.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting actor award...]
David Lee wrote:
>
> As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category
> winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established...
> recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a
> 2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Or perhaps they tend to go to Miramax films because they send each
Academy member tapes of their films, hold special screenings,
re-release their contenders near Oscar time and spend ungodly
amounts of money in the trades on "vote for me" ads. Oh yes,
Shakespeare In Love was a Miramax film. So was The English Patient
before that. And yes, Cider House Rules... Miramax.
The Oscars are shite. Nice speech or not, Tom Cruise should feel
bloody ripped off.
Props to the Golden Globes - the real test of a performance.
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:36:31 +0800
From: "David Lee" <sashimi@mbox2.singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Re: [MV] supporting actor award...
> Yeah, I am ok with him getting it to some extent because he did an
excellent
> job. Haley Joel was my choice though, and I was disappointed he didn't
get
> it, and after him Duncan. But, as long as Cruise didn't get it, I would
have
> been ok with any of the choices really. Even Law, whom I am not sure
> should've been nominated.
I have to agree with you, Wade... though I haven't watched Tom Cruise in
Magnolia yet. Perhaps Caine summed up everything quite nicely for Jude Law
- - you're going to be a big star someday. Don't you guys agree with him? To
think that his last rememberable role was in Midnight in the Garden of Good
and Evil.
And again, my heart went all the way out for Haley Joel Osmont. Even though
I watched 6th Sense many months before the Oscars, something told me that
he might win. Then again, per my last e-mail, there was Caine to contend
with...
David
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:46:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
> The only problem I have is I just bought The Sixth
> Sense and on the DVD at the beginning it shows 5 trailers
> for movies before it even got to the menu. And I could
> not skip them.
I was able to skip them using chapter skip, but I had to do it for each
trailer.
> I don't know about every one else but this
> is something that gets to me. If I wanted to see trailers
> for movies I would go to the theatre. If I purchase a
> moive on DVD or video I don't like to see trailers. I
> just want to watch the movie.
While I like to watch trailers on my DVDs, I don't like to be FORCED to watch
them. What's odd is that these same trailers are accessable through the main
menu on the disc. As if I'd want to see them again after having them crammed
down my throat. What's funny is that if they had these trailers as an option
only, everybody would be happy and calling them a "feature."
I'm worried since it is possible to disable all buttons and force you to watch
the trailers (like with the FBI warnings). I envision a grim future where
everytime I pop in a DVD I have to watch 30 minutes of ads and trailers.
> I also wish the Star Wars movies would come out on
> DVD. I guess George Lucas just wants everyone to buy them
> on video and DVD.
Exactly. If Lucas were to release Episode 1 on both VHS and DVD tomorrow, DVD
owners would buy the DVD only (of course). However, by delaying the DVD he
can get DVD owners to buy the video now, and the DVD later. Very savvy...
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:06:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
> Even better, look at what they are promoting.
> Now go to the store and price those DVDs. Some of the most expensive ones
> on the market.
Not to mention that 1) the movies are stinkers, and 2) they have nothing to do
with THE SIXTH SENSE. The preview for the "new release" isn't even timely!
MISSION TO MARS has been out for weeks, and is about to move to second-run
theaters. It'll be great in five years when I pop in my DVD and have to look
at those outdated previews.
> Star Wars is a horse of an entirely different colour. The rumour is that
> since Speilberg was such a big backer of DIVX, he is trying all he can to
> avoid DVD.
Spielberg has nothing to do with the delay of STAR WARS on DVD.
> When you consider what is missing from DVD, some of the biggest
> movies ever, and perfectly suited for DVD (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back
> to the Future, ET), and that both Private Ryan and American Beauty have
> been delayed, the rumour starts to sound believable.
While PRIVATE RYAN was delayed on DVD, it did come out in both DTS and Dolby
5.1 versions. I have the Dolby disc, and it's reference quality, with some
great features. AMERICAN BEAUTY is delayed for a special edition as well, and
if the disc is as good as the SPR disc (and it sounds like it's going to be
even better), it'll be worth the wait. BTTF is supposed to come out later
this year as well in nice special editions. Other Spielberg titles are out on
DVD as well (including a Director's Cut of 1941). CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is slated
to be coming out in the next year. Spielberg does seem to be coming around.
> Supposedly, Lucas wants to wait till the entire series is done, and release
> one big, huge collector's edition. Well, someone needs to tell Mr Lucas
> that many of the people that would buy such a collector's edition would buy
> the movies individually now, AND the collector's edition when that comes out.
He has been told, but doesn't care. Lucasfilm was sent a list of 10 questions
from DVD consumers and they responded that they weren't putting out STAR WARS
on DVD until Lucas has time to do it right. The issue you raised above was
one of the 10 questions, but it was ignored.
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:11:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [MV] re: supporting ac
> As for who should win, perhaps the best supporting actor/actress category
> winners tend to go to characters who are more well-known and established...
> recall: Dame Judi Dench winning for Shakespeare in Love for, what, a
> 2-minute performance? Correct me if I'm wrong.
The supporting actor/actress category ends up yielding 2 kinds of awards:
1. Awards that are more for lifetime achievement than the actual performance
(Judi Dench, Michael Caine, etc).
2. Awards to young actors who you never hear from again (Cuba Gooding Jr, Mira
Sorvino, Marisa Tomei, etc).
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:12:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] re: supporting actor aw
> On the theme of speeches, may I just add that there was indeed a lack of
> display of over-emotions
What about Chad Lowe?
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:29:05 -0700
From: "David F. Nolan" <DFN@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
When peopole refer to DVD as an _alternative_ to "video" they're confusing
things. DVD is one form of video recording; others include laser discs, VHS
and Beta. So right now, the issue is when a movie will be out on DVD vs.
VHS, not DVD vs. "video".
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:44:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
> When peopole refer to DVD as an _alternative_ to "video" they're confusing
> things. DVD is one form of video recording; others include laser discs, VHS
> and Beta. So right now, the issue is when a movie will be out on DVD vs.
> VHS, not DVD vs. "video".
Technically, your correct, but in terms of popular usage, "video" and "VHS"
have become synonymous. I myself use the term "video" as a shortened form of
"videotape." Since VHS is by far the most popular way to purchase
pre-recording films on tape, I indirectly mean VHS.
When somebody says "Do you have BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO on video?" I
think everybody knows that they mean VHS. Nobody says things like "The audio
commentary on my RAT FINK A BOO BOO video was great, so was the Dolby 5.1
audio!"
Again, you are 100% correct in terms of proper usage of the term, but I ain't
never spoke no proper english!
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 13:34:57 CDT
From: "W S" <wds9974@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Got DVD?
Alex, for 1000 dollars, what are two things I never expected to hear in my
lifetime? ;-)
wade
>When somebody says "Do you have BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO on video?"
>"The audio
>commentary on my RAT FINK A BOO BOO video was great, so was the Dolby
>5.1>audio!"
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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:17:12 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Sci-Fi Movie News - 04/06/00
German and Japanese investors will finance the
production of Terminator 3 and 4, the sequels to
James Cameron's megahits Terminator and
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. The films will be produced by Mario Kassar and
Andrew Vajna, the trade paper reported.
Teddy Sarafian is nearing completion of the T3 script;
David Wilson has completed an 80-page treatment for T4.
No cast or director has been chosen for either film, but
Terminator 3 is aiming at a summer or fall 2001 release,
the trade paper reported.
The filmmakers are trying to sign Arnold Schwarzenegger
to reprise his role as the eponymous killer cyborg, but
Schwarzenegger has said he won't do it without James
Cameron. Cameron has not signed on. Kassar's and
Vajna's C2 Productions, meanwhile, is also planning to
produce a TV series and a computer game based on the
Terminator franchise.
-=> * <=-
Haley Joel Osment will receive $2 million to star in A.I.,
the SF feature film to be written and directed by
Steven Spielberg, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. Osment, who received an Oscar nomination for
his breakthrough role in 1999's hit The Sixth Sense, will
star in A.I. with fellow Oscar nominee Jude Law (The
Talented Mr. Ripley).
Osment's A.I. pay will double the fee he received for
co-starring with Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey in the
upcoming Pay It Forward, the trade paper reported.
Warner Bros. and DreamWorks are co-producing A.I.
A.I., based on a treatment by the late Stanley Kubrick, is
set for a July 10 start and a summer 2001 release.
-=> * <=-
Adam Rifkin (Mouse Hunt) will write and direct Posse,
an SF action comedy, according to Variety. Special
effects wizard Stan Winston (Small Soldiers) will
produce the movie, the trade paper reported.
Posse tells the story of a small-town sheriff who is drafted
into an intergalactic dragnet by three alien federal
marshals, Variety reported. Walt Disney Co. wants Rifkin
to complete a screenplay before it approves the movie.
-=> * <=-
Chris Columbus, the newly named director of the first
Harry Potter movie, has already traveled to Scotland
to meet with J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling
children's book series on which the film is based,
according to the Los Angeles Times. Columbus told the
newspaper that he plans to cast a British actor in the lead
role of the young wizard-in-training, "without a doubt."
Columbus also told the Times that he was "incredibly
excited" about directing Potter. "My oldest daughter,
Eleanor, who is 10, got me into the books over a year
ago. Between my four kids and all their friends, I've heard
a lot about what this movie should be and how I could
ruin it if I cut this or that scene. I won't let anyone down.
It will be a faithful adaptation."
-=> * <=-
An English Christian school has banned J.K. Rowling's
best-selling Harry Potter series of children's books,
arguing that they do not conform with Bible
teachings, the Reuters news service reported. St. Mary's
Island Church of England school in Chatham, U.K., banned
the story of a young wizard and his adventures.
Meanwhile, preorders for the fourth book, Harry Potter
and the Doomspell Tournament, are placing it on
Amazon.com's best-seller list, though the book isn't due
until July 8. And Warner Bros., which announced this week
that Chris Columbus will direct the feature film version of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, has already
committed to a sequel based on the second book in the
series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
according to The Hollywood Reporter.
-=> * <=-
The much-anticipated fourth installment in the Indiana
Jones film series may deal with the lost continent of
Atlantis, tipsters told the Ain't It Cool News Web site.
The film would be called Indiana Jones and the Garden of
Life or Indiana Jones and the Lost Continent, anonymous
students in a film class at the University of Southern
California told AICN.
The students said they were told the information by their
professor, who is planning on having series creator George
Lucas visit the university on April 12, the site reported.
(Admission to Lucas' talk is apparently restricted to
ticket-holding students in the class.)
"Our professor, who is frequently in contact with Lucas,
said Indy IV will be a joint venture between Lucasfilm and
DreamWorks, with [Star Wars: Episode I producer] Rick
McCallum as producer," a student told AICN. "Our
professor also said the film will be about Atlantis ... and
was written by Jeffrey Boam [The Phantom]! I do want to
say, however, that I would not take this as 100 percent
true fact as I am not sure where our professor got his
information."
-=> * <=-
Trinity may or may not be a double agent in The Matrix
2, according to rumors on the SF Crowsnest.com Web
site. The site posted spoilers from the upcoming
sequel to the 1999 Oscar-winning film The Matrix that
revealed what it said were key plot points.
Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) is kidnapped and taken to an
alternative virtual reality, and Neo (Keanu Reeves) must
re-enter the Matrix to find her. But Neo must discover
whether Trinity is in fact a double agent working for the
artificial intelligence that operates the Matrix.
Moviegoers will also finally see Zion, the last human city,
as well as the Core Conscience, the mainframe for the
human resistance, SF Crowsnest.com reported. Matrix 2
is in production for a 2001 release.
-=> * <=-
The Ice Age, an animated film set in prehistoric times,
will feature the voices of Ray Romano, John
Leguizamo, Jane Krakowski and Goran Visnjic,
according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Fox film, to be
directed by Oscar-winner Chris Wedge, is set to start
production in June.
Ice Age is a comedy about a woolly mammoth (Romano), a
saber-toothed tiger (ER's Visnjic) and giant sloths
(Leguizamo and Ally McBeal's Krakowski) who combine
forces to rescue a human baby. Wedge won an Academy
Award in 1999 for directing the short animated film Bunny,
the trade paper reported.
-=> * <=-
Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (Godzilla) will produce
Arach Attack, an SF comedy film about giant spiders,
Variety reported. New Zealand director Ellory Elkayem
will helm the movie--his first feature film--based on a
script he co-wrote with Jesse Alexander, the trade paper
reported.
The film, from Devlin and Emmerich's Centropolis
Entertainment, tells the story of a toxic waste spill that
creates giant arachnids, who go on a rampage. Much of
the film's less-than-$30-million budget will go to special
effects. No cast has been set.
-=> * <=-
Undone, a supernatural thriller movie, is in development
at Walt Disney Co. based on a pitch by Seth E. Bass
and Jonathan Tolins, according to The Hollywood
Reporter. The studio reportedly paid in the mid-six figures
for the idea, the trade paper reported.
Undone tells the story of a man who is haunted by the
ghost of his wife's former husband. Bass and Tolins wrote
the original version of American Neurotic and Dad's New
Life, both of which are still in development.
-=> * <=-
Jurassic Park 3, the proposed second sequel to 1993's
Jurassic Park, will film on the Hawaiian island of Maui
instead of in New Zealand, according to the Dark
Horizons Web site. Director Joe Johnston also told the
magazine Moviz 2000 that neither Helen Hunt nor
Elizabeth Hurley is starring, as had been rumored, nor is
Chris Klein, who recently signed to do a remake of the
1975 SF film Rollerball, according to Dark Horizons.
William Goldman (The General's Daughter) is rewriting the
script, Johnston reportedly said. As for the plot? "All I can
say is that it isn't a prequel to the first movie, but a new
and more independent story, which stands alone. Expect
more dinosaurs and more plot!" Johnston said.
-=> * <=-
At a post-Oscar party in Los Angeles, director
Alejandro Amenabar told a reporter for Spanish
television that shooting will begin at the end of May
on his supernatural thriller The Others, which will star
Nicole Kidman, according to the Dark Horizons Web site.
The movie, which is not related to the NBC supernatural
television series of the same name, will film in the northern
Spanish city of Santander before moving to Madrid.
The Web site also reported that Kidman recently bought a
house near Madrid. The Others is a Spanish-French
co-production that will be shot entirely in Spain, though it
is set in England, Dark Horizons reported. Miramax will
distribute the film.
-=> * <=-
In the latest postings to his official Web site, Ian
McKellen reveals that there are twin sets of Hobbit
interiors for the feature film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's
The Lord of the Rings. One set of interiors is Hobbit-sized,
i.e., designed for people only 3 feet, 6 inches tall, said
McKellen, who plays the wizard Gandalf in the films, now
shooting in New Zealand.
The other sets are exact matches, but larger, built for the
actors who play Hobbits. "When I, as Gandalf, meet Bilbo
or Frodo at home, I bump my head on the rafters,"
McKellen said. "So there is a small Bag End set with small
props to match." He added, "And of course there has to
be a big Bag End, where the scale is human-sized and all
the objects of the small set are duplicated, but bigger."
McKellen also describes the experience of acting opposite
legendary British actor Christopher Lee, who plays
Gandalf's nemesis, the wizard Saruman. "Spread across
the black throne under Orthanc's vasty roof, [Lee] looked
like King Lear in age and authority. He is 78 years old,
handsome and powerful. When he speaks, all I see and
hear is Saruman, my old associate gone wrong. Except
once when he rounded off a speech, at [director] Peter
Jackson's suggestion, with a snarl. To be within four feet
of a Lee snarl is unsettling. I was glad he wasn't wearing
his [Dracula] fangs."
-=> * <=-
Production photos from the proposed feature film
version of Douglas Adams' satirical SF novel The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy have appeared on
the Coming Attractions Web site. The photos
purportedly depict the design for Marvin the
Paranoid Android and the electronic Hitchhiker's
Guide itself. (http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html)
-=> * <=-
Rae Dawn Chong will make her feature film writing
and directing debut on Cursed Part 3, a spoof of the
Blair Witch-style horror genre, according to The
Hollywood Reporter. Cursed starts shooting April 10
in Los Angeles.
-=> * <=-
The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan's
next movie, Unbreakable, may have a superhero
element to it, according to the Comics2Film Web
site. Unbreakable tells the story of a man who
acquires unique abilities after an accident.
-=> * <=-
Michael Rooker (The Bone Collector) will co-star
with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the independent SF
feature film Replicant, which starts shooting in April
in Vancouver, according to Variety.
-=> * <=-
The soundtrack for the upcoming film The Crow:
Salvation has been released, featuring tracks from
the Infidels, Hole, Tricky, Rob Zombie, Kid Rock,
Danzig and Filter. The film, the second sequel to
1994's The Crow, opens in May.
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:43:22 -0700
From: "Movieman" <movieman@netcom.ca>
Subject: [MV] Error?
I seem to keep having my posts to this list come back to me unsent. Do I
have the correct address? Only time will tell...
and now for movie related comments...
Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act - with Keeping
the Faith which opens this wkd!!
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:53:14 +0100
From: Garrett Winters <gargoyle@iol.ie>
Subject: Re: [MV] Error?
on 11/4/2000 4:43, Movieman at movieman@netcom.ca wrote:
> I seem to keep having my posts to this list come back to me unsent. Do I
> have the correct address? Only time will tell...
>
> and now for movie related comments...
>
> Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act - with Keeping
> the Faith which opens this wkd!!
Well this got through all right and I recall seeing another of your posts in
the last few days as well.
Garrett
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:53:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Keith H. Poole" <keith_poole@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the Faith
I was a bit disappointed with Keeping the Faith. Norton as an actor
is not his usual fantastic self, but maybe the character just didn't
give him enough to work with. I guess I have come to expect so much
from Norton, and this comedy vehicle is just a different tack for
him.
As a director, I saw competency but no real style. Probably playing
it safe (Gillian Anderson had a better directorial debut, albeit on
the small screen). Supporting characters are flat.
All in all, KTF is a decent, light comedy with a sprinkling of
romance and a delicate scratching of the surface of modern religious
issues. The slapstick physical comedy kind of detracted from an
otherwise OK film.
Keith
- --- Movieman <movieman@netcom.ca> wrote:
> Here's hoping that Ed Norton can direct as well as he can act -
> with Keeping
> the Faith which opens this wkd!!
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:04:00 -0600
From: ("Paul D Richardson") <Richardson.Paul@amstr.com>
Subject: Re: [MV] Ed Norton - Keeping the
> I was a bit disappointed with Keeping the Faith. Norton as an actor
> is not his usual fantastic self, but maybe the character just didn't
> give him enough to work with.
My guess is that the burdon of directing and acting was too much, and so
something had to slip (I haven't seen the movie myself). Directing a film is
a huge task, so trying to play a major part and direct at the same time must
be an enormous effort. No doubt this is why actor/directors often direct
films in which they themselves do not appear (Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford,
Woody Allen, etc). From the ads, his role in the film looks rather large.
Perhaps he would have been better off casting himself in a smaller role (like
Bonnie Hunt did in RETURN TO ME).
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