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Subject: Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions Author: Sue G. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 22:05:51 09/12/06 Tue In reply to: Eva Danø 's message, "Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions" on 12:33:12 09/12/06 Tue I too have the special edition Laserlight DVD of JI. It does not have the time on the cover but the estimated time when I put it on the computer is 1:30:34, which is approx 90 minutes. I wonder what has been cut out if the total time should be 108 minutes. I think when these movies are copied from tv presentations, that parts of the movie are cut out to fit in the commercials. In fact, the tape that I have of Hatter's Castle has pauses where there were commercials. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions Author: Eva Danø [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:25:49 09/13/06 Wed First comparison: Miracle DVD vs. Crown Classics tape: We start out bad for the DVD: Tape starts with "Mayflower Pictures present Charles Laughton in", a view of the inn sign, and "A Pommer-Laughton. . ." screens, while the DVD only has a split second of the inn sign. Other than the beginning credits, the first missing bit is on the tape; about 40 minutes in. On the DVD, after Josh's visit to the squire, we see the ocean, and then the rowboat and the cave where Mary and Jem are hiding, while the tape cuts directly to the sleeping Jem and Mary. About 25 seconds are missing from the tape. The fade out/fade in between where Squire and Jem orders the coach and where Mary enters the inn there are a couple of seconds missing from the tape; nothing significant though. Likwewise where Squre and Jem knock on the dor of the inn; one or two seconds max. There are several very small snippets missing, again from the tape, where Squire is in the coach and giving instructions to Chadwick and the groom. Again, only a second or two at a time, but several bits, though not enough to ruin the continuity. Another second or two missing from the tape as Pengallan and Mary get to the gangplank of the ship. The end is equally abrupt on both tape and DVD; a VERY short shot of the inn sign with "The End" superimposed. The pic on the DVD does not quite fill the screen; it has a black border all around, while the tape is overscanned quite a bit; so we lose some picture on all four sides. The tape also has obviously been put together from several different prints; sometimes the picture jumps a little and goes darker or lighter, but the splices are well made; no more than a frame or two at most missing in the transitions. The sound on the Crown Classics tape is pretty bad; lots of crackles and crunches, and the picture is pretty poor too, with lots of streaks and snow. Eva [ Post a Reply to This Message ]