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(NOTE: The Title is actually "A Farewell To Arms")
directed by
Charles Vidor
USA 1957
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A Farewell to Arms is the second film version of Ernest Hemingway's World War One novel--and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind). Rock Hudson plays an American serving in the Italian Army during the "War to End All Wars". Jennifer Jones is his lover, a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair, which results in Jones' pregnancy. As the months pass, Hudson and Jones lose contact with one another, and Jones believes that Hudson has forgotten her. |
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Theatrical Release: December 14th, 1957
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Fox Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Resen - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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There is a, region 'B'-locked German Blu-ray here without subtitles:
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| Distribution | Fox Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC | Resen - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
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The Fox edition is also available in The
Hemingway Classics Collection which includes -
The Sun Also Rises,
A
Farewell to Arms,
The Snows of Kilimanjaro,
Under My Skin and Adventures
of a Young Man here:
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| Runtime | 2:31:55 | 2:32:06.158 |
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2.34:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.92 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 33,208,297,400 bytes Feature: 33,208,297,400 bytes Video Bitrate: 28.86 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 1.0) DUBS: French + Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0) | Dolby
Digital Audio Spanish 256 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 256 kbps / DN -4dB DTS-HD Master Audio English 1811 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1811 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio German 978 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 978 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit) |
| Subtitles | English, Spanish, French, None | English, Spanish, German, None |
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Release Information:
Edition Details: • Trailer
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Release Information: 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 33,208,297,400 bytes Feature: 33,208,297,400 bytes Video Bitrate: 28.86 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Trailer
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were obtained directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: Resen - Region FREE Blu-ray - April 2014 - Interesting to see the improvement. It confirms the film's softness is inherent. The 1080P does advance the detail, the image is brighter, skin tones cool and look more realistic. It is superior than the SD, but I think you'd have to appreciate the film's heaviness. This is dual-layered with a reasonable bitrate so I wouldn't expect the other German Blu-ray to have a better image quality. The original English-language audio is lossless (DTS-HD Master 2.0 stereo at 1811 kbps). The score by Mario Nascimbene (Barabbas, Love in the City) gains some benefit from the uncompressed transfer. But there are multiple subtitle options including English, German and Spanish - and the disc is region FREE. No extras except a trailer. Tough call - I really like Rock and Jen Jones so I see some value in the Blu-ray but others may not. ***
ON THE DVD: This image is anamorphic at approx. 2.35:1 and is progressively transferred. Black levels are very strong and at times the picture quality is a little soft and colors look pasty. It does tend to look heavy at times too, but overall it is weak but acceptable. Included with the optional English, French and Spanish subtitles are monaural audio with DUBs of the last two.
Extras include a trailer and some Fox Movie-Tone news clips at the
time of release. Fox is seen as doing adequate DVD production, rarely
stellar and rarely any flops. This again is middle of the pack and we
aren't complaining too much.
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There is a, region 'B'-locked German Blu-ray here without subtitles:
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| Distribution | Fox Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC | Resen - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
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The Fox edition is also available in The
Hemingway Classics Collection which includes -
The Sun Also Rises,
A
Farewell to Arms,
The Snows of Kilimanjaro,
Under My Skin and Adventures
of a Young Man here:
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