The Steve Reeves Collection

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Actor: Steve Reeves
Brand: INFINITY RESOURCES
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Retromedia

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Movie Review: I Said I'd Double-Dip, and I Did!
Summary: 4 Stars

Sometime back, Alpha Video released Giant of Marathon in a letterboxed presentation that I praised for at least trying to get it right. It wasn't a beautiful presentation by any means. In fact, it was a pretty darn awful film print that was used, with a great deal of scratches and jump-cuts, popping and hissing in the soundtrack, and even scenes that were washed out with print damage. In that review, I praised the low-budget company Alpha Video for at least releasing the movie in a truncated widescreen version (no animorphic enhancements, of course) and until that release, I had not had an opportunity to see this entertaining Sword-and-Sandle epic in widescreen. It wasn't great, but it was at least watchable.

I also said I'd step up and buy a future, digitally remastered, animorphic widescreen version, if a studio would release it. I still say good job Alpha Video. However, that was then, this is now, and now Retro Media has released The Steve Reeves Collection, a double feature that includes both, Giant of Marathon and War of the Trojans, both in fairly nice prints (though still with some apparent age related problems).

At last, fans of Steve Reeves can enjoy a very decent print of Giant of Marathon. It is lightyears ahead of the Alpha Video release. It now appears to have it's correct 2:35:1 Scope which is also enhanced for widescreen TVs. The colors are vivid and lush. The black tones are deep and full. The sound is clear, although it does appear to be the original mono stereo, it's fine, and it no longer has the distracting hisses that were prevelent in the Alpha Video version. Both movies are more than acceptable in this release, though not perfect. There still appears to be some popping and small jumps in both films that are probably related to damages from aging (these movies are nearly 50 years old!) But for anyone who has tried to get good copies of any Steve Reeves movies, both films are presented in very attractive, colorful, widescreen formats, with good sound.

Out of the two movies included in this collection, Giant of Marathon fairs the best. War of the Trojans seems to have more print damage, though still looks very nice and is an entertaining action movie from the same era as Marathon. I'd give both movies a B+ here, and a big Thank You to RetroMedia for an attractive package for Steve Reeves fans.

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Summary of The Steve Reeves Collection

Before Schwarzenegger there was Steve Reeves--heroic tough and overflowing with muscles. This double bill features Reeves at his most Olympic.In GIANT OF MARATHON Reeves is Philippeides an oversized warrior who defends Greece from their perennial nemeses the Persians. While it may be an over-the-top muscle-fest cinema junkies will be drawn in by B-film master Jacques Tourneur's direction along with cinematography by Italian horror legend Mario Bava.Next on the bill is another Greek adventure WAR OF THE TROJANS where Reeves plays Rome's mythical founder Aeneas who does his share of butt-kicking and chain smashing in another camp classic.System Requirements:Running Time: 180 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE/CLASSICS Rating:?NR UPC:?617742601497 Manufacturer No:?RET 6014

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