King Kong (1976) [French Import] - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Peter's review of the 1976 version of 'King Kong' is up. He says this this HD DVD import is a mixed bag -- the video transfer is surprisingly good, but the soundtrack can't overcome its dated origins and there's not a single supplement in sight.

Full review here:
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1079/...ng1976_fr.html

[Sporadic]

You should link to the UK version at the end.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

They actually have it in stock and after VAT comes off, it's £21.27 ($44.77)

[RichGardner]

stars James Bridges and Jessica Lange would spend years trying to live it down.

uh hum...that's Jeff Bridges.

[Ice2Dragon]

Oh thank god I was gonna import this.

Guess Ill grab Mullohand Drive instead.

[crash]

Originally Posted by RichGardner

uh hum...that's Jeff Bridges.

You see! That's how much he couldn't live it down. Had to change his name!

[jackinbox]

He forgot to mention the high-pitched audio track. Compare it to the Paramount DVD and it is clearly off pitch.

[ben1080p]

interesting...ill just tstick with the cg version.

[DanzBorin]

broken links, give an error message...

[RichGardner]

Originally Posted by crash

You see! That's how much he couldn't live it down. Had to change his name!

Ha....good one!

[sehnzeleid]

Originally Posted by Sporadic

You should link to the UK version at the end.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

They actually have it in stock and after VAT comes off, it's £21.27 ($44.77)

Or $30 or so from Xploited Cinema.

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/ki...e-p-10769.html

[resrvordog]

Actually, there WAS a Special Edition 2-disc French SD DVD of the 1976 Kong with several deleted scenes. I was really hoping they would have ported those to the HD-DVD.

It's available from Amazon.fr.

[Off The Fence]

This is my #2 guilty pleasure movie after "Omega Man." If it looks as good as the review indicates, I'm going to have to get this. I keep telling myself I'm not going to buy a lot of movies till a winner in the format war emerges, but stuff like this I can't pass up.

[mischa316]

I got this a few months ago and it actually looked really good for how old it is. They are right about the audio though it could have been a little better. I'm glad I picked it up. Well worth the purchase.
Mischa.

[Arkadin]

Actually saw this in the theater at the time. LOL. I was just a kid.
was definitely a big deal then and pretty cool.
Of course now that seems laughable.
can't see importing this, but maybe would get it once it comes stateside just to have all 3 versions. (original on sd of course)