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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "Konská opera" or "Lemonade Joe" or "Limonadovy Joe")
directed by Oldrich Lipský
Czechoslovakia 1964
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Theatrical Release: December 11th, 1964 - Finland
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DVD Review: Filmexport Home Video Region All (Czechoslovakia) - PAL
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Distribution | Filmexport Home Video (Czechoslovakia) | |
Runtime | 1:35:21 | |
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2.42:1 WideScreen 16
X 9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 6.75 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s |
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Audio | Czech - Dolby Digital (2.0) Mono and English dub - Dolby Digital (2.0) Mono. | |
Subtitles | Czech for the hearing impaired, English and None (Extras is NOT subtitled) | |
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This is a difficult DVD to review, mostly because of the heavy use of colour filters in the movie, I have never seen the movie before so it's hard to say if the colours are true against the original cinema release, but it looks fine to me. I
measured the aspect ratio to 2.42:1, a bit wider than the 2.35:1
that both cover and IMdb lists, so the picture might be squeezed
a small amount but nothing deterring my viewing the film. There are quite a lot blemishes running through the
print, a few heavier print damage and some grain, but it what we can expect from a 40 years old movie that
hasn't been fully restored. The picture could have been sharper but that might have caused
some edge enhancement which I didn't notice. The Czech soundtrack is very good - clean, no noise or
hisses. I only listened to the English dub a few minutes and it sounded clear
as well. Very nice extras, but a pity that there isn't subtitles on the interviews and the
history. The rest of the extras don't require subtitles. The English opening credits
are in pretty bad shape and appear to be transferred from video. Overall a very fine release and I don't think we will see this great and
humorous Western parody released in a better shape elsewhere, so I recommend you to buy this DVD from Czechoslovakia
today.
Ole Kofoed (DVD-Basen.dk) NOTE:
Jakub Vanek from the
Czech DVD site http://www.dvdbase.cz
has kindly come with some additional information - The original
aspect ratio is 2.55:1 so there is zoomed a little on the DVD
release. The colors is true to the original cinema release
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