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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'm afraid that I firmly believe the reviewer (below?), from Blackpool, is mistaken - this film IS cropped at the sides. There are instances of films being "unmasked" on DVD, thus giving more picture information than widescreen, but I'm sorry to say that this isn't the case here. Not only is the framing much too close to allow this, but even a couple of the opening credits disappear off the sides of the screen. The film should be in 1.75:1 ratio, instead of the 1.33:1 full screen version here.
This is a wonderful, old fashioned adventure film - one of Disney's very best in the genre - but is at least partially ruined by the framing. Apart from the lost picture information, it simply looks "wrong". The print looks fresh but the framing is just ugly. There are far too many instances of classic films being given this treatment and Disney is one of the worst offenders. When will studios treat their classic films (and their customers) with respect?
The film is 94.5 minutes with 10 chapter stops. There are no extras (not even a trailer) and no insert.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hayley Mills is an appealing young heroine in search of her shipwrecked father but Maurice Chevalier, coming across more like a prospective dirty old man than a guardian, is a distinct embarrassment on the quest that sees them brave fire, flood, earthquake and unfriendly natives. Filming by numbers, this is surprisingly heavy-going.
A lavish but abortive attempt to recreate the success of Swiss Family Robinson and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and filmed when Walt himself still ruled the studio with an iron hand, a lot of money has obviously been spent on In Search of the Castaways - Paul Beeson's colour photography and Michael Stringer's art direction are very attractive - but little care. The script is disjointed and uninvolving, with the film looking as if it was heavily re-edited at the last minute, leaving loose ends all over the place as if everyone lost faith halfway through production. Not much faith in the DVD either - a fullframe release with no extras at all.
A lavish but abortive attempt to recreate the success of Swiss Family Robinson and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and filmed when Walt himself still ruled the studio with an iron hand, a lot of money has obviously been spent on In Search of the Castaways - Paul Beeson's colour photography and Michael Stringer's art direction are very attractive - but little care. The script is disjointed and uninvolving, with the film looking as if it was heavily re-edited at the last minute, leaving loose ends all over the place as if everyone lost faith halfway through production. Not much faith in the DVD either - a fullframe release with no extras at all.
23 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This has been one of my all-time favourite Disney live-action films forthe past 20 years...so I know it was originally released in 70mm. I wasvery much looking forward to receiving this film on DVD, taking forgranted Disney would release a quality version...how wrong can you be? Iwas really disappointed to find it was in a FULL SCREEN version - what awaste of money! I have recorded better off the BBC, who always show thisin its full version. Not worth paying for in my opinion, get it off theTV.
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