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Harry & Tonto----I was afraid at first when I read, director " Mazursky "---

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As I remembered him well from the seventies and most of his films were on the very " slow side "...
Now this is one of the more touching and sensible " road movie " you may reach out for.
A film who is curious about people, lovingly depicting them, with a touch of seemingly naivity, but you may be wrong to think it is all surface!
It is a rich and mature work, with a touch of self irony and a prise of Judaismitic Zen.
A wonderful film.

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Re: Harry & Tonto----I was afraid at first when I read, director " Mazursky "--- - rico 06:57:30 12/03/06 (9)
I couldn't agree more. This was never released on laserdisc and only recently on DVD (at least in Region I). I jumped for joy when it finally came out. I believe Carney won an Academy Award. One of the best road movies ever, full of humanity and humor. The supporting cast is also excellent.
- Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - grinagog 18:17:33 12/03/06 (7)
  as CBS/Fox PILF1073, tho' it's *extremely* uncommon
  I have the luxury of combing through the LD bins in Tokyo where titles are seldom more than 2 bucks ( supposedly an obsolete format but Pioneer still make LD players ) Lots of unusual titles but much now has been re-released on DVD
  Grins
  - Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - rico 08:37:45 12/04/06 (6)
    Well, I looked for years here and never found the LD so I'm glad to have the DVD now. But thanks for the information. I only have one friend who has an LD player and he is the beneficiary of all mine when I buy a repalacement DVD (although I still have about 800 LD's of films or subjects that have not been or will never be released on DVD). That's why I still have an LD player and two spares.
    - Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - patrickU 09:15:50 12/04/06 (5)
      What is the state techically speaking of your LD? Did they degraded severly?
      Recently I have I have replayed some old DVD and they are!
      Long live vinyl and...VHS. ( I have some thirty years old copies and they are still in excellent conditions )
      - Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - rico 09:01:43 12/05/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 posted by patrickU on December 4, 2006 at 09:15:50:
        
        If you mean the software in the 900 plus discs I have owned I had only ONE case of so called laser rot.
        OTOH if you mean the players, toward the end Pioneer dumbed them down and the CLD-94, 79 and one or two others were and are the best (the much vaunted LD-S2, which I still own was superceded by these).
        
        Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - patrickU 09:49:52 12/05/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 posted by rico on December 5, 2006 at 09:01:43:
        
        I meant the sofware, as I never had any troubles with the many players save the Theta I had, the first one being a Philips, the rest being Pioneer�s.
        I had many laser rot!
        That was the main reason I part away, beside the fact that software was more and more hard to get by.
        The analog sound was the best of it, much better than DVD, if I remember well?
        
        Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - rico 12:27:25 12/05/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 posted by patrickU on December 5, 2006 at 09:49:52:
        
        I totlally agree on the superiority of the analog sound and I was boiling mad when Dolby Digital and DTS came in and they stole the right channel for that codec instead of using one of the (inferior)digital channels. On the other hand, a modern five or six channel mix is quite an improvement over plain stereo (and stereo can now be greatly enhanceed by Dolby Pro Logic II Music).
        
        Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 - patrickU 13:58:20 12/05/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 posted by rico on December 5, 2006 at 12:27:25:
        
        I could have wrote this words of yours.
      - Re:only 3 out of maybe 1000 have deteriorated - grinagog 17:02:32 12/04/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re:err, H+T was released on LD in Japan in 1990 posted by patrickU on December 4, 2006 at 09:15:50:
        
        one is unplayable because its warped, two others have like continous white specks on the screen and degraded picture quality
        These LD's look fine; no visible delamination or scratching, so other than playing the LD it's impossible to tell
        It's very uncommon to find a "bad" LD and many I own are 25-30 years old ( no digital soundtrack! )
        Grins
- Re: Harry & Tonto----I was afraid at first when I read, director " Mazursky "--- - patrickU 10:08:23 12/03/06 (0)
  I could not agree more....

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