Originally posted by: Faustus
I saw the theatrical cut on TV a good 20 years ago, in Portugal, and I could never remember what is called. Now I know what it is.
I want to get this on DVD, as I'm downloading the Recobbled Cut. Which DVD should I get? The old or the new one? What about the VHS? Is it the same cut that released on DVD the first time around. What about LaserDisc?
I'd appreciate any help you can provide.
Cheers.

Do you mean a commercial DVD? The only widescreen DVD is out of print and is from Region 2 (not to mention it's a pretty lousy DVD). The "better" Australian cut is only in pan & scan. There's literally no DVD you can just buy normally in order to just get a tiny bit of quality presentation of ANY version of the film. Download it and save your money for stuff that actually had thought put into it like from Warner Bros. or Criterion.

MORE Google Video!

Richard Williams Studio Commercials (Reel One)
Richard Williams Studio Commercials (Reel Three)
Richard Williams and The Thief Who Never Gave Up

The first commercial reel is the one with the Roger Rabbit Diet Coke ad, Harlem Globetrotters, and the most "formal" reel with custom interstitials using footage from A Christmas Carol and Charge of the Light Brigade. It's also the best quality of the three (especially since ocp did a fantastic job on 24fps conversion). It also has the really famous Cresta, Owens-Corning and TDK ads (with the Pink Panther), Shell, Sex Appeal, Fanta, America's Life Insurance Companies, Tic Tacs, etc. The third is that really bad quality tape that starts off with Embassy American cigarettes... but it has some of the good ones like Cresta, Tic Tacs, Cadbury, and Vita Maltz. I need to find the second one... I forgot which disc it's on.

Of course, the last one is the excellent Thames TV documentary that's a must-see.

Letterboxed "Princess" and full Mark II Recobbled cuts are being encoded right now and should be up by tomorrow.