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So few topics...

posted 13 years ago by godcharles
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Friends,

I check the boards over 2 years after it's released on DVD (I've literally JUST finished watching it for the 2nd time since I bought it the DAY it was put on the shelves), and I find only 2 other topics, with posts by 5 people, maybe less. For "one of the most requested titles from the Disney vaults", this is a pathetic turn-out.
I wanted this title to be re-mastered and released on DVD for years. When I found out it was coming, you could have knocked me over with a feather. The first time I saw it was at a theater for a re-release probably in '75 or '76. I also saw it on "The Wonderful World of Disney" in 2 or 3 parts (I can't recall which version they showed) back in the late 70's. I'm also proud to say I have the Hammer Studios adaptation, "NIGHT CREATURES" with Peter Cushing. Now if someone would release the 30's adaptation... we could all be content until the next re-telling.

CKB

[–] ozymandias312 13 years ago

I agree with just about everything you just said. And I say it with no joy. There *should* be a LOT more interest and activity here. It's a kind of disgrace that there's not. :o(

Dave (no longer to be known as Ozy, alas! as my Ozymandias312 e-mail account has been grievously hacked and hijacked; furthermore, I am unable to change either my e-mail password, OR the e-mail account I have listed on the IMDB)

And I stood where I did be; for there was no more use to run; And again I lookt with my hope gone.

[–] gargoyle888 12 years ago

There are actually three other listings for this movie. Here's the first:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055929/

Which has a lot more discussion than this board.

I guess it has to do with the way Disney released it.

[–] Satan2016 (23329) a year ago

That's Wonderful World of Disney (part 1). Date on this page should be 1963.

[–] rebekahrox 12 years ago

There used to be lots of comments on this message board. I think they may have erased a lot of them due to age. I came on to report that it is currently showing on Time-Warner's Disney Family on Demand. The turn over is rather quick so get it and record it while you can.

[–] activista 9 years ago

While reading the synopsis of the plot of this film, I kept thinking that it sounded almost exactly like another flick I'd seen called NIGHT CREATURES, with Peter Cushing,but his character was the villain. Even though me and my little )now-grown-up) brother used to watch Walt Disney every week when we were little, I can't recall seeing this film at all---I probably saw some advertisements for it,though.

Coudln't find this film on the Tube, but I did find the original DOCTOR SYN, from 1937---here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24I__ARFAmg

[–] greenbudgie (2355) a year ago

It's strange that Peter Cushing and the 1937 version of 'Dr Syn' gets mentioned in the same post. I think George Arliss as the 1937 Dr Syn looks a lot like Peter Cushing in some shots.