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Any good DVD versions.

posted 13 years ago by thegalaxybeing
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I have the Alpha Video version. It's overly cropped and full of film breaks (in fact the first 10 seconds or so is missing). And due to the cropping You can't read Marilyn Nash's name in the credits or much of the bottom lines.

I also have the VHS version which has almost no breaks and little or no cropping.

There is a very clean version on one of the Wal-Mart 4 movie Sci Fi packs. Unfortunately, it's heavily edited (missing perhaps 7 to 10 minutes). Apparently to make 4 movies fit onto the disc.

My point is that there are good original prints somewhere and I was wondering if any of the other DVD releases have a cleaner (and complete) print. Would really like to see a remastered version but who knows how long that'd be.

Anyone found any decent DVD prints?

[–] captainapache (82) 3 years ago

The cleanest transfers of this film I've seen are currently available on youtube. While not perfect, they remain much more watchable than anything I've seen on disc. I have not found these 'higher quality' youtube prints on any DVD or DVD-r to date.

The Alpha is still the best one I've found on commercial pressed DVD(which isn't saying much).

The release currently available everywhere listed as Nostalgia Family Video/Reel Vault/Cinema Classics Collection dated 2015 with the vintage poster artwork upc# 644827150328 are all three the same transfer on DVD-r and are poorer quality than the Alpha release. Don't waste your dough, just watch youtube.

Watch a decent, correctly framed, full 114min transfer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbsEal3Jgbg