It appears that Detective Story was given careful consideration from Paramount as noted by the quality of this release. The picture quality is in mint condition and the sound is also very good. The effort and care that was taken is evident the moment this film begins. Anyone who was waiting for this DVD release will have no cause for complaint. Paramount has just released Detective Story along with The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. As to why Detective Story is a excellent quality release while at the same time not giving the same effort to The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is confusing. There is no way that Paramount can justify this other than to just push product out into the market. Again, this has been going on for quite some time without correction. It is important to note that films... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Kirk Douglas - Eleanor Parker Director(s): William Wyler DVD Release Date: Released the 25 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The poster (B. Graham etc.) who keeps asserting that this film was filmed in fullscreen ratio is all wet. I saw the original release and it was definitely widescreen. (Maybe not Cinemascope, but it impressed me by its size and color at the time.) And, no, it was not fullscreen cropped or matted to appear wide.
Paramount is out of its mind to do this supercolorful film in full screen only. (As the studios are for only issuing Sharky's Machine, Fearless, The Great Santini in fullscreen. But doing it to The Naked Jungle is the worst because of the gorgeous cinematography.) More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Eleanor Parker - Charlton Heston Director(s): Byron Haskin DVD Release Date: Released the 09 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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