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How about a Region 1 (U.S.) DVD?


I'm disappointed that there is no DVD version of this movie -- not one that will play in the U.S. or Canadian format, anyway. You would think that Disney + Hailey Mills would guarantee a good sell.

After that, let's see Summer Magic and The Truth About Spring...

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Where can you buy this DVD?

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It's available in Austalia (PAl, region 4). hmv.com.au.

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A DVD of this movie is now available many places, such as www.deepdiscountdvd.com. It has no special features at all, other than subtitles, which is disappointing. There isn't even a theatrical trailer, or cast bios. But the reproduction itself is decent, even though it's the full-frame format rather than widescreen. (I can't recall if it was even released in widescreen originally.)

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It was originally shot and released in widescreen. I seem to recall reading complaints of a few other Disney titles being released fullscreen rather than in the correct ratio, as well.

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For so-called "family" movies, many of the studios still think full-screen is all people want.

In my country (Australia), the first Harry Potter movie was only released on DVD in full-screen at first. No widescreen option at all.

It took a lot of organised complaint from the public -- petitions, co-ordinated letter campaigns and the like -- before Warner Bros backed down on their decision and gave us a widescreen transfer, and then they only did it with very bad grace and a bout of public sulking. (They bundled the widescreen version with the soundtrack CD, and put a price tag on it that was more than twice the price of the fullscreen version.)


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All those movies are now available on region 1 dvd on amazon,com.

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