I noticed the DVD was released in Britain, which is in DVD region 2. Has anyone living in America or Canada bought the DVD and tried it in an region 1 player?
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that's a wonderfully helpful reply mr. zapata, but seriously, does anyone know if this DVD works in Region 1?
shareof course it works you need multy region dvd player which can convert pal to ntsc also.
sharethey sell a region 1 on amazon.com
shareCheck Ebay. There apparently are some Region free versions available from Asia. I have a Region 6 version from Singapore that works fine on my multi-region player. It's technically a very good transfer (and of course, it's a great film).
shareOk, Zapatistas –
Here's some skinny that may be helpful.
An all-region version of Viva Zapata! is available at:
http://www.efilmic.com/product.asp?PID=0367&CID=22
I believe this is a Taiwanese-based company.
I have purchased several discs from them, but not Zapata. The quality has not always been the best (a lot of ghosting), but at least they are viewable and the content is there. The discs I've purchased have had Chinese subtitles which can be turned off by accessing the soundtrack control on the DVD player.
Hope this proves helpful. This is a terrific flick. Just don't understand why it's never been on DVD here in the States, much less why it never airs on TV.
If you live in the U.S. or Canada, be very careful of these "all region playable" claims. While it is true there are DVD Players that can play multi region DVD's, there is more to it than that.
I have such a player and have purchased Region 2 DVD's and Multi region DVD's because of the excitement of finding one title or another that is suddenly "now available on DVD". Unfortunately, In most cases the quality of the transfer is the issue as well as the region. Very often (not always, but often) they are either bootleg copies or, very poor transfers with muddied sound tracks and glitches. They are transferred in the cheapest way possible in order to make the largest profit possible. My own DVD player is a a good quality multi region player but certainly not what I would consider a high end product available for several hundred dollars. My own experiences with these (other than Region 1) DVD's have been rather costly to me and have made me very shy about future purchases. I've learned my lesson.
I've been waiting for Viva Zapata to come out of one of the studios in a quality form and as Region 1 for a long time. Obviously I'll have to wait longer. As much as I want this film in my collection, I no longer am willing to put up with less than satisfactory product of excellent classic films simply to own them on DVD. The risk is great. I would strongly recommend those reading this to wait as well.