The Natalie Wood Collection
Bombers
B-52 (1957) Cash McCall (1960)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Gypsy (1962) Sex and
the Single Girl (1964)
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Titles
From the back cover |
Posters
Theatrical Releases: Various from 1957 - 1965
DVD Review: Warner - Region 1,2,3,4 - NTSC
DVD Box Cover |
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Distribution | Warner Home Video - Region 1, 2, 3, 4 - NTSC | |
Times | 1:46:08, 1:41:45, 2:03:48, 2:22:55, 1:54:04 and 2:08:20 respectively | |
Audio | English (original) | |
Subtitles | English (SDH), French, None NOTE: 'Sex and the Single Girl' also offers Portuguese subtitles | |
Features |
Release Information:
Edition Details: • One cartoon and theatrical trailer (except for B-52 and Gypsy) for each feature. • 2 musical outtakes on Gypsy
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Comments: |
Three of the six discs are also sold separately (remastered versions of Splendor in the Grass and Gypsy plus Sex and the Single Girl) but the other 3 may be reaching DVD for the first time and seem only available in Warner's The Natalie Wood Collection boxset at the present time. They are all housed in full (standard) keep cases utilizing vintage poster-art covers. All are coded for regions 1,2,3 and 4 in the NTSC standard. Each have original audio and optional English (SDH) and French subtitles (NOTE: Sex and the Single Girl also offers Portuguese) in an off-white font with black border (sample below). All transfers are progressive, dual-layered and anamorphic in their original aspect ratios of either 1.85 or 2.35. We've compared three captures of this new Splendor in the Grass with the 2001 Single-layered snapper cased edition. The short story on the image is that Gypsy looks the best of the six but a cleaned-up Splendor appears to have fallen victim boosting and to some DNR with predominant softness covering noise.... and grain. Bad, bad, bad. Bombers B-52 is not especially sharp but colors are impressive. Cash McCall looks equally as bright. I noted some artifacts in Sex and the Single Girl but overall it is clean. Inside Daisy Clover is consistent with probably the next best image quality after Gypsy. In conclusion the collection is certainly 'watchable' but only Gypsy is stellar while Splendor's 'remastering' remains a disappointment.
Audio is a usual Warner strongsuit and no complaints here with nothing in the way of audible dropouts or hiss. Clean and consistent throughout. There are optional subtitles for each feature. No commentaries at all, and aside from 2 short musical outtakes on Gypsy (left over from the previous DVD release) we only get a 7-minute cartoon added to each disc/feature and a trailer for 4 of them. Effectively bare-bones. Overall, digitally-speaking this might be considered a disappointment by fans. Warner can usually be counted on for some more viable extras and the image for all but Gypsy is underwhelming. The positives are the film - I enjoyed the 'daughter' ones (Bombers B-52, Cash McCall) the best being my first time for both - in fact, in one sense this collection is like seeing Natalie rapidly mature over the course of a brief 7 years with the latter films taking on a very morose context. Despite the technical gripes it's nice to have these new-to-DVD films in the collection. |
DVD Menus / Extras
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Screen Captures
Bombers B-52 (1957)
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Cash McCall (1960)
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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
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2001 Snapper-case single-layered DVD TOP vs. 'Remastered' dual-layered DVD BOTTOM
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2001 Snapper-case single-layered DVD TOP vs. 'Remastered' dual-layered DVD BOTTOM
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2001 Snapper-case single-layered DVD TOP vs. 'Remastered' dual-layered DVD BOTTOM
Gypsy (1962)
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