Winchester '73
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Dan Duryea, James Stewart, Millard Mitchell, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally Director: Anthony Mann Brand: Winchester Cinematographer: William H. Daniels Editor: Edward Curtiss Producer: Aaron Rosenberg Writer: Borden Chase Writer: Robert L. Richards Writer: Stuart N. Lake DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 92 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Universal Studios |
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Movie Reviews of Winchester '73
Movie Review: Important Landmark Movie Negated By Shabby DVD Transfer
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie is meant to be in Black & White, but comes across as muted greys, an extremely poor "restoration"? I cannot believe this movie HAS been "restored"! It is in very bad condition. It looks flat and grainy beyond belief, there are no pure blacks or pure whites, it looks to me like a television print, the visual "noise" is abominable, in one scene Dan Dureya's shirt erupts in a moire pattern so violent it almost hurts your eyes! The sound is good, I'll give you that. The inteview with Stewart is poor, the interviewer is obvioulsy reading off of a prepared list of questions and often fails to follow up on interesting points as he rushes to get to the next benal question.Nope, this is another of those great lost opportunities whereby a landmark movie suffers at the hands of the distributors either too lazy or too mean to spend some money restoring the picture to it's original glory. The depth of focus is lost in the mud!!!
Shame on all those involved in this shabby release, it is NOT a fitting tribute to those who made and starred in the original. Don't waste your $$$$ on this DVD as you will be annoyed and frustrated, it is like looking at an old worn out VHS tape played through a knackered VCR on an old portable TeeVee in your kitchen. Instead badger your local Art House Cinema or Film Society to run it, get together some like minded friends,pool your resources, have yard sales, anything to raise the cash to pay to have it shown on the big screen..Just don't judge this movie by this lacklustre DVD, & to think you pay mre for a DVD as you expect it to be better quality than a VHS tape!