The PAL transfer is a very good one; especially in the dark scenes. I used a tool called Besweet to modify the length of to sound to NTSC timing. I was worried the pitch was also adjusted when the sound was changed to PAL; but no pitch adjustments were made so it was a simple time conversion. No more high pitch voice or music. By the way, does anyone know what font is used in the movie's main title? I can't seem to find out what it is.
Sounds good, looking forward to getting my hand on the dual-layer one sometime. I don't know what font was used but I'll try to find out when I have more time. A combination of felix tilting and footlight MT light is close.
The VHS and Laserdisc released here in the states was completely different than the theatrical version. The overall story was the same as the theatrical version but the theatrical version had a few things that the VHS and Laserdisc were missing. The scene where Hawkeye shoots Maj. Duncan Heyward when he is on the fire was a bit longer. You got to see the bullet hole in his head. The DVD version is only a few frames shorter than the VHS and Laserdisc but those were even shorter than the Theatrical Version. The end battle on the cliff side was gorier and a bit longer and in the theatrical version we actually get to see Magua eat Col. Edmund Munro's heart! It was good stuff. Mostly it was gore that was cut from the US home video releases and nothing major. But I have yet to see that version on ANY US home video release.
If you watch any US home video version of this film you can see some of the jump cuts. Especially during the end cliff battle between Chingachgook and Magua.
Sounds good, looking forward to getting my hand on the dual-layer one sometime. I don't know what font was used but I'll try to find out when I have more time. A combination of felix tilting and footlight MT light is close.
The VHS and Laserdisc released here in the states was completely different than the theatrical version. The overall story was the same as the theatrical version but the theatrical version had a few things that the VHS and Laserdisc were missing. The scene where Hawkeye shoots Maj. Duncan Heyward when he is on the fire was a bit longer. You got to see the bullet hole in his head. The DVD version is only a few frames shorter than the VHS and Laserdisc but those were even shorter than the Theatrical Version. The end battle on the cliff side was gorier and a bit longer and in the theatrical version we actually get to see Magua eat Col. Edmund Munro's heart! It was good stuff. Mostly it was gore that was cut from the US home video releases and nothing major. But I have yet to see that version on ANY US home video release.
If you watch any US home video version of this film you can see some of the jump cuts. Especially during the end cliff battle between Chingachgook and Magua.
Interesting. Neither of the two versions I have show Magua eating Munro's heart. Are you getting this information from a website, or do you remember this from viewing the movie in a theater? I would love to see Magua chowing down on a heart, however sick it sounds. Anybody else know anything about this?
EDIT: I found the found using this cool site Whatthefont. It is shango-regular (or some varieent). The font they used for the movie menus is different though. Maybe I'll take some screenshots of the menus and find those later.