At the end of the movie on this disc there is an ostentatious vanity card for a company called Cloud 19 at www.cloud19.com apparently crediting them with the DVD production. It is amazing they would clam credit for this piece of s--t. I'd say they have a lot of explaining to do.
shareLOUSY INDEED, I SENT AN EMAIL ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY SUCH A POOR AND PATHETIC DVD FOR THIS CLASSIC FILM.
"NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE"
BARBRA STREISAND AS YENTL
Well, someone from CLOUD 19 contacted me after I emailed them. They explained to me that LIONSGATE provided them with a VHS master to transfer to DVD; A FREAKING VHS MASTER, CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE THAT?
To add insult to injury, all the other crappier movies in this collection do not look anywhere as bad as this one does.
And to think they are claiming the sound on this is 5.1 Dolby Digital from an analog VHS tape, CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE THIS PATHETIC RIP-OFF?
I sure hope CRITERION or KOCH LORBER do this movie justice, since apparently it is an independently made film, and WARNER BROTHERS does not own the rights to it, even though they released it theatrically.
"NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE"
BARBRA STREISAND AS YENTL
I suggest you go to the Amazon page for this product and post that little bit of information. Amazing that this, the best movie of Lionsgate's "forgotten" line, with the most famous stars, gets the worst treatment.
Thank heaven for Olive Films and their nice new Blu Ray and DVD release (though I'm not crazy about the cover and menu design in which the title doesn't read well). Odd to see so many studio logos (Olive/Warner/Paramount, etc.) on one picture that no studio would put out on homevid.
I am also offering anyone from the cast or crew of this production an interview on Cinema Sightlines to comment on the movie - a personal favorite that I'm looking into screening in a theatre as an anniversary reunion event.
Just picked this up today, I figured it would be a pan and scan version. The worst part is the cover art!!!! who came up with that crap it's awful and makes this great movie look even cheaper then it should!!! I've seen TV-movies done better then this film.
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