Here's more details on this upcoming DVD release from Fox:
Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 Special Edition DVD release of three World War II titles on 5th June 2007, priced at $19.98 SRP:
The Sand Pebbles - Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Features on this 2-Disc Special Edition include…
Specs:
• 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
• English DD4.0 Surround and Stereo
• French Mono
• English, French and Spanish subtitles
Disc 1:
• Anamorphic Widescreen Feature (Theatrical Version)
• Audio Commentary by Director Robert Wise and actors Candice Bergen, Mako & Richard Crenna
• Isolated score and FX with commentary by Music Producer Nick Redman, Film Music Historian Jon Burlingame, Screenwriter (The Limey, Dark City) and Film Historian Lem Dobbs
Disc 2 (Side A):
• Roadshow Version Feature
• Robert Wise Roadshow Intro
• Richard Zanuck Roadshow Intro
Disc 2 (Side B):
• "The Making Of Sand Pebbles" Featurettes (view individually or play all)
• Side Bars:
o Steve McQueen Remembered
o Robert Wise In Command
o China 1926
• From FOX Vault:
o A Ship Called SAN PABLO- Narrated by Richard Attenborough
o The Secret of the SAN PABLO- Narrated by Richard Crenna
• Radio Documentaries Narrated by Richard Attenborough:
o Changsha Bund and the Streets of Taipei
o A Ship Called SAN PABLO
• Radio Spots:
o 2:00 of audio over static image
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Galleries
• MAD Magazine's THE "SAM PEBBLES"
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chuckju
16 years ago
Unfortuately, and Lord knows why, the Roadshow version on Disc 2 is desaturated of much of its color and has a red hue. This I have found impossible to correct in either my dvd or computer. The Disc 1 original theatrical version shown in most theaters still has all the excellent color as always. There is no excuse that the dvd makers could not have simply repeated the good theatrical version and inserted the Roadshow additional minutes. (And for some extra money they could simply have handled the color problem of the Roadshow version copy.)
I do find the extended putting out the fire sequence during the major ship engagement actually detracts greatly from the excitement of the regular version, so its absense is actually beneficial.
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