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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Free Alice DVD

Date: Sat 02/04/05 10:50:27 GMT

Name: David Faltskog

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By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Sat 02/04/05 09:48:10 GMT

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FYI...I know there is more media from that film that has yet to surface....so somebody has it. For info I went to see that film in 1972 when it first opened, and I went to the Odeon cinema at the Marble Arch end of Oxford St in London to see it...and in the lobby area they had some very nice lobby cards from the pool of tears scene...and I have tried for years to find those photos....but they are not anywhere on any of the Alice websites. I was hoping they would put those on the new DVD version. Hey...Fiona Fullerton is the same age I am, and I was just a 16 year old admiring a girl my own age (but at that time....the 2 girls I had the biggest crush on were Jenny Agutter and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space).

BTW...if you get the UK Gold satellite channel....or any other channels that show old uk tv shows....make a note to look out for the 1969 childrens tv series in the UK called HERE COME THE DOUBLE DECKERS. In episode 8 of that series you will see Jane Seymour's first ever appearance on tv, as an 18 year old, playing Alice in an Alice in Wonderland episode of this show. I have only seen a few brief clips from of it from a biography show on Jane Seymour...the series IS still preserved on tape (it is not lost or deleted etc)...but so far they have never re-aired it in the UK or USA since 1971...though a dubbed version of the series was aired in France a few years ago.

Likewise...keep on the lookout for when the BBC will "finally" release the classic "The Goodies" series. Only 3 of he 60+ epsiodes have been released on video...and there are many wetlook and slapstick scenes in at least 10 different shows that I remember seeing.

mk

By David Faltskog - Sat 02/04/05 03:21:52 GMT

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http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/films/alice`s.asp

By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Fri 01/04/05 21:03:16 GMT

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Several Alice in Wonderland clubs and websites were eagerly awaiting this release on DVD, cos they had promised a total re-mastering of the film, and with "extras" for the DVD release....but when the DVD came out recently, not only was the DVD devoid of any special features such as deleted scenes, behind the scenes footage, additional stills etc...the print they used to create the DVD was very low quality and "grainy". The ultimate rating was that this was a very poor quality DVD and not the re-mastering that was promised.

You can see all this discussed on several Alice in Wonderland websites.

http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/film_01.htm

This site has the best data on all known Alice in Wonderland films

http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/menu.htm

I wonder if the poor film print quality of this DVD had anything to do with how the Daily Express ended up with tens of thousands of DVDs like this. My guess is....that the major videostore chains probably saw this DVD and rejected it due to the low quality of the film transfer process as discussed on the Alice in Wonderland site....so...somebody got stuck with 50,000 or 100,000 sub standard DVDs....so the Daily Express probably snapped them up as a job lot for a free giveaway, cos they are not good enough quality to be sold in the stores.

Lets see....the general view of the Alice in Wonderland sites is...this was a lousy job they did at making this DVD.

MK

By David Faltskog - Fri 01/04/05 11:49:42 GMT

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By David Faltskog - Fri 01/04/05 11:46:48 GMT

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Not bad for the price of a newspaper.