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Re: "'Song of the South' deserves a fresh look."

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In Reply to: "'Song of the South' deserves a fresh look." posted by clarkjohnsen on February 8, 2005 at 14:37:24:

Although it's not released by Disney, a new DVD is out, if I did this right, there should be a link at the end of this. A wonderful movie.
John

http://www.songofthesouthdvds.com/ (Open in New Window)

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The DVD is homemade. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:01:57 02/09/05 (0)
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Re: "'Song of the South' deserves a fresh look." - KT88 17:21:55 02/08/05 (5)
These are not "new" DVD's in the release or mastering sense. They are simply copies from the original on VHS video tape. Quality is OK, but only for VHS and would be considered poor for DVD standards. The film was a great success and I also saw it in a theater as a child. The most notable song, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was a number one hit in 1946 or 1947, when the movie was released. Definately an uplifting movie after a terrible war. Yes, it used stereotypes as part of it's "charm", but that was another time and the movie certainly took us to another place.
-Bill
- Claims it is from a laserdisc - mishmashmusic 08:19:47 02/09/05 (4)
  If so and done right, quality should be fine as long as the laserdisc is HQ.
  I bet Disney would put this down pretty quick if they got wind of it...
  - Could be - KT88 12:57:30 02/09/05 (2)
    from Japan or elsewhere I suppose. I don't know that it was ever released here on LD, but perhaps it was. I do know that it is difficult to find in any format. ebay will not allow sales evidently. I bought mine from a fellow in CA who had an Indian accent. He makes dubs of weddings, family films and videos to DVD and also sells these. It looked like any VHS as far as quality goes to me, but the original film is so old that it may appear that way in any form; I don't know and just felt lucky to find it at all.
    -Bill
    - "ebay will not allow sales evidently." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 14:37:28 02/09/05 (1)
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      http://search.ebay.com/song-of-the-south_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQsatitleZQ22songQ20ofQ20theQ20southQ22 (Open in New Window)
      - Wow... - KT88 15:38:04 02/09/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: "ebay will not allow sales evidently." Hmm... posted by clarkjohnsen on February 9, 2005 at 14:37:28:
        
        They must have blown a hole in whatever legal paper was stopping them as there were zero available when i bought my copy and it was actually rather difficult to locate. That would explain all of the items using the term "rare" to describe it. Obviously, the adjective no longer suits...
        -Bill
  - I bought a tape version from this guy over a year ago... - Mali 12:38:35 02/09/05 (0)
    and it was everything he says about it. Excellent.
    I believe Disney did release it on videotape, but later withdrew it when the political correctness police arrived at Disney. Their objections were not so much with the live action portions of the film, but with the animated sections. However, they are okay with anyone with any common sense and remain hilarious to this day. The live action storyline is, well, strictly for kids, and pretty boring for adults.
    BTW, based on his tape version, I would suspect his DVD product is also excellent.

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