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Message # 15351.1.1.1.1.1 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Free Alice DVD Date: Sat 02/04/05 10:50:27 GMT Name: David Faltskog |
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Hi Mark, there is a soundtrack lp from AAIW that has a good "Pool of Tears" photo on it's gatefold, saw it once in a 2nd hand record shop in london but did,nt buy it...Damm!, finger's crossed this movie will get a proper release sometime soon with lot's of extra's.
Btw there are two dvd box-sets of the goodies that have been released here in the uk, more info here...
As for The Goodies being repeated on any channel here in the uk, like with most of the programes you mention it's a case of hoping that someone releases them on DVD, because the BBC or UK Gold seem intend on keeping them off the screen, it's too bloody PC over here and any Programme's from the past that might cause the slightest offence to anyone is kept under lock and key. |
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By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Sat 02/04/05 09:48:10 GMT OK...good.
FYI...I know there is more media from that film that has yet to surface....so somebody has it. For info I went to see that film in 1972 when it first opened, and I went to the Odeon cinema at the Marble Arch end of Oxford St in London to see it...and in the lobby area they had some very nice lobby cards from the pool of tears scene...and I have tried for years to find those photos....but they are not anywhere on any of the Alice websites. I was hoping they would put those on the new DVD version. Hey...Fiona Fullerton is the same age I am, and I was just a 16 year old admiring a girl my own age (but at that time....the 2 girls I had the biggest crush on were Jenny Agutter and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space).
BTW...if you get the UK Gold satellite channel....or any other channels that show old uk tv shows....make a note to look out for the 1969 childrens tv series in the UK called HERE COME THE DOUBLE DECKERS. In episode 8 of that series you will see Jane Seymour's first ever appearance on tv, as an 18 year old, playing Alice in an Alice in Wonderland episode of this show. I have only seen a few brief clips from of it from a biography show on Jane Seymour...the series IS still preserved on tape (it is not lost or deleted etc)...but so far they have never re-aired it in the UK or USA since 1971...though a dubbed version of the series was aired in France a few years ago.
Likewise...keep on the lookout for when the BBC will "finally" release the classic "The Goodies" series. Only 3 of he 60+ epsiodes have been released on video...and there are many wetlook and slapstick scenes in at least 10 different shows that I remember seeing.
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By David Faltskog - Sat 02/04/05 03:21:52 GMT Just picked this up, not bad it's in it's correct aspect ratio 2.35:1 and the picture is good not too grainy, sadly no special features just the usual scene selection, anyway it's from this company who oddly are still releasing it full price soon.
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By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Fri 01/04/05 21:03:16 GMT Funny you should mention that....cos last week I was reading an article about the "supposed" re-mastering of that film on DVD, and the Alice in Wonderland societies and websites were all complaining about how badly they have made this dvd.
Several Alice in Wonderland clubs and websites were eagerly awaiting this release on DVD, cos they had promised a total re-mastering of the film, and with "extras" for the DVD release....but when the DVD came out recently, not only was the DVD devoid of any special features such as deleted scenes, behind the scenes footage, additional stills etc...the print they used to create the DVD was very low quality and "grainy". The ultimate rating was that this was a very poor quality DVD and not the re-mastering that was promised.
You can see all this discussed on several Alice in Wonderland websites.
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/film_01.htm
This site has the best data on all known Alice in Wonderland films
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/menu.htm
I wonder if the poor film print quality of this DVD had anything to do with how the Daily Express ended up with tens of thousands of DVDs like this. My guess is....that the major videostore chains probably saw this DVD and rejected it due to the low quality of the film transfer process as discussed on the Alice in Wonderland site....so...somebody got stuck with 50,000 or 100,000 sub standard DVDs....so the Daily Express probably snapped them up as a job lot for a free giveaway, cos they are not good enough quality to be sold in the stores.
Lets see....the general view of the Alice in Wonderland sites is...this was a lousy job they did at making this DVD.
MK
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By David Faltskog - Fri 01/04/05 11:49:42 GMT See above or below. |
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By David Faltskog - Fri 01/04/05 11:46:48 GMT Just thought i'd pass on this info, tomorrow's (sat) UK Daily Express newspaper is giving away a free DVD of the 1972 movie "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" which has a good "Pool of tears" scene with Fiona Fullerton swimming about in her blue dress.
Not bad for the price of a newspaper.
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