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Confusion about the DVD

posted 18 years ago by chronicflip420
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So i'm looking to buy the DVD, i go onto amazon and see that there sell to different dvd's. The first one was released in 2000 by anchor bay studios and is more expensive then the one released in 2005 by universal. Also on both pages some guy claims that the orginal soundtrack has been replaced by "candy-licking 80s mall music". another reviewer says that his dvd has the orignal soundtrack. does anyone know which guy is right and why the universal release is cheaper

[–] amorgan-5 18 years ago

i'm pretty sure that neither DVD version have the original soundtrack. if you can get the VHS version off ebay, it has the real music. i've not seen the video version myself, but the dvd music isn't as bad as they make out. then again, i've no basis for comparison. as to why one is cheaper, i'd blame anchor bay's delusions thinking they release special versions.

[–] nuts-18 18 years ago

I just rented the VHS tape (Mainly because my video store didn't have the dvd) and the soundtrack was pretty much 70's rock. The soundtrack doesn't play a very big role in the film. As far as which dvd you want, take into consideration the features they have, rather than somthing as minute as the soundtrack.

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[–] gumborific 17 years ago

Minute as the soundtrack? Wow, no offense but that is one of the most ignorant things I have ever seen posted. The features in the film are not even as close to as important as the film itself, inclusing the music. I commend these people wanting to see the film as intended, with the original soundtrack.

Soundtracks are part of the film, and I am not even going to go into how many films are enhanced by a well thought out soundtrack. Especially, when talking already produced popular music.

Okay I will:

Apocolypse Now
The Breakfast Club
The Big Chill
Easyrider
The Muppet Movie!!!

All of Wes Anderson's films have extremely well thought out soundtracks, that are a big part of the modd of each scene.

Now don't even get me started on film compositions: The Godfather I&II, Star Wars and all the other big box office 70's flicks (Jaws, RotLA, Rocky, the Pink Panther, Bond films), LoTR, any of Danny Elfman's work on Burton films, The English Patient, a multitude of musicals from the 30's-50's...and so on.

Remove music from film, and you may as well remove the actors. Before talking in film, there was ONLY music, often played by a live pianist in the theater.

Please think before you post something as inane as that. Pretty much 70's rock? I have a strange feeling that what you dismiss as "pretty much", was a big thing to the people who lived through those times. Sex, drug and rock n' roll...last I checked that mottow would apply to most of the 70's, and many of the films it produced.

Oh, forget it, I can name 1,000 films that have soundtracks that are living parts of the film.

"In our wings that bark, flashing teeth of brass, standing tall in the dark" - David Bowie

[–] mike-2894 17 years ago

the soundtrack is an integral part of this movie and the DVD transfer is nothing short of mauling an American classic. I am also disturbed by the issue. I hope that who ever is responsible for stripping this movie of its brilliant soundtrack and replacing it with what can only be compared to the pushing of the demo button on a Casio keyboard, is routinely beaten with a rusty shovel every day!

[–] james_oblivion 17 years ago

Wow...I can't believe someone up there said that the special features on a DVD are more important than the soundtrack. The soundtrack is part of the film. Special features are just extras. The film is more important than the damn features. If I had a choice between a DVD with the right music and no features, and a DVD with a ton of features, but sh!t music in the film...I say to hell with the features. I don't buy DVDs for special features. I buy them because I love movies.

[–] quick-easy 17 years ago

i also have noticed that there are two dvd's offered on amazon, and here i'll list the information that i cut/copy from amazon's page.

for ten dollars, sold by amazon, you have
# Studio: Universal Studios
# DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005
# Run Time: 100 minutes
# ASIN: B0006H32EI

for at least twenty-five dollars, sold by a third-party, you have:
# Studio: Anchor Bay
# DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000
# Run Time: 99 minutes
# ASIN: B00003ETIT

you also have a few VHS versions from third party sellers including:
# Studio: Anchor Bay
# VHS Release Date: November 24, 1998
# Run Time: 99 minutes
# ASIN: 6305242127
and a collector's edition VHS with ASIN: 6305242135

amazon displays the same set of 67 reviews for all these products, so hello confusion!
i am grateful a user posted that the Universal (B0006H32EI) version has replaced the music because for me that's a deal-breaker.

i noticed that the two dvd versions had different pictures of the dvd case.
i enlarged the image of the anchor bay (B00003ETIT) back-cover and it says, "featuring music from Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and CCR", which sounds good, but i don't know if you can rely on that because the image was provided by a user named "dvdmuseum" who is not among the third-party sellers.
to further complicate things, that back-cover shows the logos of TWO production studios: universal AND Anchor Bay!

also, i have had experiences where the product description and images on amazon don't match what you get (with a 400$ camcorder!!! - they lied about the lens and the remote).
so you pays your money and you takes your chances.
afterwords, please be cool to post a reply on this forum letting us know what you've discovered - thanks!!!

[–] krypton_son 9 years ago

amazon displays the same set of 67 reviews for all these products, so hello confusion!
i am grateful a user posted that the Universal (B0006H32EI) version has replaced the music because for me that's a deal-breaker.

So that version does have the original soundtrack?