VOTE here for this film to be released on DVD
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"Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact." - Arthur Schopenhauer
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It is available on dvd as part of the Douglas Sirk Box Set,although this was expensive when first released,it was available last week for £17($35) at Amazon or Play.com,needless to say I have ordered one.
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Sunshine Girl my motto is Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
I bought a spanish version of this film recently on DVD, it has an English audio with Spanish sub titles. It's a great film and once again Robert Stack gives a superb performance as the tormented aviator. It's such a shame that as a movie actor he was so little used and underrated. I am constantly on the lookout for his films. At the moment I am looking for The Iron Glove and John Paul Jones, If there is anyone who has these films on video and can transfer them to DVD I am willing to pay a fair price plus postage and packing. Just PM me.
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This title is on DVD: Madman Films Australia MMA2757 dvd-9 Region 4 as have!
shareI voted; I'm watching a VHS from my video store and I'm shocked--shocked!--to find that it isn't the widescreen version that Sirks intended and that it's pan-and-scan; "formatted to fit your screen" my ass.
I hope it gets a Criterion release sometime in the future, as they're clearly a fan of Sirk, and that regardless of the DVD company, the widescreen will be preserved.
"Go on, tell me...tell me something sweet. Smile at me and say I just misunderstood."
The Tarnished Angels is in CinemaScope and seeing that pan-and-scan is well you're not really seeing a film just a fascimile, an excerpt really. It's one of the great 'Scope masterpieces.
The Tarnished Angels is out on DVD in Europe and Japan for those with all-region DVD players. Criterion should release it. It's adapted from William Faulkner's Pylon(not one of his great ones admittedly but still fine) and it's generally regarded as the greatest film adaptation of Faulkner. Criterion could also release A Time To Love and A Time To Die made in the same year(1958 could be the Year of the Sirk), it's adapted from Erich Maria Remarque(he himself acts a role in the film). They like literary adaptations.
"Ça va by me, madame...Ça va by me!" - The Red Shoes
Anyone seeking to buy a widescreen NTSC copy of this movie can email [email protected]. Thanks, HR
shareThe Tarnished Angels is in CinemaScope and seeing that pan-and-scan is well you're not really seeing a film just a fascimile, an excerpt really. It's one of the great 'Scope masterpieces.http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/tarnished_angels.htm share
U.S. release of the box set "TCM Vault: The Douglas Sirk Filmmaker Collection", containing this film and three others, is scheduled for September 30th, 2010. Details at classicflix.com
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DVDreview (comparison): http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/tarnished_angels.htm.
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