Tom Sawyer
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Movie Reviews of Tom Sawyer
Movie Review: MGM's poor trasfer of a great family film....
Summary: 1 Stars
Just as many other reviewers have criticized MGM for this poor release, I will add my own. This is a great family film. It carries a top notch cast with Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, and Jodie Foster in one of her breakout films of her career!
MGM released this on Laserdisc in the 80's. That transfer was great for the limited medium of the laserdisc. It did include the original overture, and "exit music. It was also presented in the wide screen format. With the DVD format able to present programs with many different formats, why MGM pulled this transfer for release on dvd boggles the mind. I attempted to write emails to MGM home video to express my feelings about this release, however, no reply.
As a film, it is top notch entertainment. Filmed on location on the Mighty Mississippi River, I give the film 4 stars. This poor transfer is what is rated here. The film makers deserve much better, Especially Don Taylor and the cinematographer Frank Stanley. The Laserdisc transfer did have the film's audio remixed into stereo, as well as updated color restoration. It would be great to see this film transferred into wide screen, and "re-mastered" for the new dvd formats available. Ironically, cable network Turner Classic Movies broadcast this movie in the wide screen format (July, 2010).
The question as to who to write to is confusing. MGM/UA home video is distributed by 20th Century Fox Video, but they still keep the release label under the MGM/UA label. If anyone wishes to start "talking" with customer service here is the phone number....
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING MGM DVD RELEASES, CUSTOMERS (IN THE U.S. AND CANADA) MAY CALL 888-223-2369
Peace everybody!
Movie Review: Wonderful film! Terrible DVD.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a favorite from my childhood. I saw it in the theatre when it was first released, and I owned the album and the (widescreen) laser disc.
I was so disappointed to see that this was a full frame transfer, and a lousy one at that! One of the biggest thrills of this movie was its wide open vistas of the Mississippi River and the wonderful cinematography. This DVD release from MGM/UA is grainy, dark and at times fuzzy. The sound is terrible too, and it was terrific on the laser disc in 5.1 surround. You're missing the wonderful, detailed orchestrations by John Williams of the tuneful Sherman Brothers score. I would only recommend this DVD to you if you HAVE to own a copy of it, even a bad one. I suppose it's better than nothing at all. But not by much.
My hope is now that Fox owns the MGM/UA library they will properly restore and release this movie, with a remastered soundtrack and interviews with Whitaker, Foster and East. It was a hit, back in the day. Nominated for 3 Oscars, a favorite from my childhood, and I'd like to see it given the treatment it richly deserves.
Movie Review: False advertising on this DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
The advertisment for this DVD on Amazon was incorrect. The ad stated that the DVD was in Wide Screen Anamorphic format. The DVD was not in this format, it was standard Pan and Scan, and it was a poor quality transfer from the film. I thought about returning it, but decided to give it as a gift. Motion Pictures that are filmed in anamorphic, or 2.35 to 1 format should only be transfered to a DVD in this format. The people that make the decision to use pan and scan to fill a standard television are ill advised, and poorly educated to artistic principles.Movie Review: Why only full screen?
Summary: 1 Stars
I, too, saw this wonderful movie when it first came out, and it was shown in the CinemaScope aspect ratio. I waited for years for the DVD to come out, and when it did, I ordered it immediately. It came today, and I am returning it tomorrow. I don't buy pan-and-scan versions of 'scope movies. I just assumed when I ordered it that it would be the widescreen version. Please beg MGM to issue a widescreen version! How could they ruin it like this?Movie Review: Waste of a release!
Summary: 1 Stars
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid at Radio City Music Hall in New York. I really loved it and as DVD's became more and more popular over the years I waited anxiously for the release of Tom Sawyer. All I can say is
IF A MOVIE IS FILMED IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT THEN PLEASE RELEASE IT IN WIDESCREEN ON DVD. Don't waste your money on this until the studios wise up.