DVD quality?


Years ago, one of our local TV stations would show this film once or twice a year, and I enjoyed it enough to watch it whenever I could. Unfortunately, this was in the days before VCRs were common in households.

Since then, I've occasionally looked for it on DVD without any luck (although to be fair, I might have had better luck if I hadn't been looking for it under the title 'Cry of the Penguins'.)

I'm looking forward to picking up this DVD, but I'm a bit disappointed to hear that there might be a problem with the picture quality.

I'd be interested in any comments anyone might care to make regarding the picture quality of the DVD, or even your thoughts or feelings about this film.

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I just watched this movie on DVD (in Antartica by the way) tonight. The DVD quality was poor, but not significantly enough to detract from the film. Since I currently live on Ross Island, where the movie is set I was very surprised that most of the Antarctica references, explanations, and experences were dead on (except for the fact that he was living in Shackleton's hut, that is definitely prohibited, but hey it might not have been back in the 70's). I'd be very interested to know how much of that was actually filmed on the ice, and in the real hut. I've never gotten a chance to go to the Cape Royds area that he was at, but I know there are still significant amounts of research conducted there to this day.

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Thanks for your response, crismo2124. I'm sorry I didn't spot it sooner. It was interesting to read that you're actually in the location where the story takes place.

I admit that I don't know much about this film, other than that I watched it several times when I was younger, and always enjoyed it very much. I think the most memorable part of the film was when John Hurt's character, began to lose his objectivity over the predatory birds. I could easily imagine myself reacting the way he did. (I hope that was vague enough not to give anything away.)

Now you've made me curious to see what else I can find out about the making of the film.

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Not all that bad for the age of the film (1971) and for the price ($1.00) at most Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar Mart, etc. It is not near as poor picture quality as majority of the other $1.00 dvds in these stores.

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I remember standing in on this movie for Dudley Sutton and we did a lot of the inside of the hut at Elstree studios. I worked with John and Dudley for many more years.

Aitch,

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Damn you carrion Skewer!

This is one of my favourite films, I think the film highly odd, especially Forbush contemplating the date of Michaelmass during the Research Team Interview, this showed me the subtltey of good scriptwriting, which American films sadly lack, as are most films that are made.

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I had this in my NETFLIX queue, but it just recently switched to "Unavailable" so I looked to see what the sale-status of this was on Amazon...and there seem to be about 7 different DVD releases available for this film! Obviously, it's in the public domain so good luck narrowing down which has the best quality...

The good news is all the copies are priced for sale relatively cheap... The bad news is they are probably are derived from the same source!



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For anyone still searching for a good quality copy of this, Network On Air sell it, and they have a solid reputation for remastering etc. There's a trailer on their sales page here in case anyone wants to look:

http://networkonair.com/shop/1773-mr-forbush-and-the-penguins-5027626393441.html

If you're quick they have a half price sale on, although given the slow nature of IMDB visits, it will probably have ended by the time you see it.

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