Chimes DVD

[chrissie]

Re. subs, if they're not actually burned onto the video image (a la Immortal Story), and you have a DVD-R, use DVD shrink in reauthor mode and just uncheck the subtitle streams, backup and burn a copy. (Saves wear and tear on the original to boot.)

[DexyMan]

Hey Jeff- what DVD player do you have? My player won't let me switch off the subtitles for The Trial when played in French mode. Normally this isn't a problem so I'm assuming that they purposely made that change this time around. What is the difference betweent the Malata 520 and 525? I've seen some complaints about the 520 but everyone who has it here is satisfied???

[Jeff Wilson]

I have a Malata N996. It's an old model from about 4 or 5 years ago, I think. Long out of production.

[wellesfan66]

I bought a all-region player for $89 online and then got Cimes via Spain and Don Q. as well. Q: Does anybody know where I can get a copy of the script to Touch of Evil???

[jaime marzol]

i have the 520 and have not had any problems with it, and it's taken quite a beating. it constantly gets moved from room to room, and from city to city because it's the only deck i have that zooms back.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO WATCH CHIMES, OR ANY WELLES FILM, IS ZOOMED BACK

[colwood]

I don't know if this would work for the chimes dvd, but it has worked at turning off the subs on my copy of the Studio Canal Trial dvd.

I have a sampo 612(n)
-Start the dvd and get to the main menu.
-Press Stop
-Press Menu
-Turn the subtitle option to OFF even if it is already set to off
-Press play to resume the dvd and play the movie.

Hopes this helps somebody.

[RayKelly]

Restoration of Chimes in the planning stages??!!! This is from the Aug. 9, 2007 Roger Ebert column: Ask the Movie Man:

Q: Are there any plans to restore Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight" (aka "Falstaff") and give the film a proper DVD release in America?
- Scott Brady, Chicago

A: Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic of the Chicago Reader and expert on Welles, tells me:
"Michael Dawson, the guy who rejigged the lip-sync on Welles' 'Othello,' has been planning for years to do the same thing with 'Chimes at Midnight' -- only this time, I'm happy to say, without changing the music and sound effects and without turning the soundtrack into stereo. (My only beef with his ground plan is that he wants to add the sound of neighing horses to one shot! Go figure.)
"The problem is, until or unless the labyrinthine rights issues get cleared up with the widow of Harry Saltzman, one of the producers, you can't even buy DVDs now from Europe, either, judging from my latest Google search. (When the Locarno film festival had a huge Welles retrospective and conference two years ago, they had to get special permission from her just to show the film once.)"
Ebert again: For my Great Movies piece on the film, I was able to find a decent DVD from Brazil. Probably no longer available.

[purplepines]

Harry Saltzman is a her?

[tonyw]

Colwood, Thanks. Perhaps this method may work for my Spanish version of the film with Japanese subtitles!

[RayKelly]

Harry Saltzman is a her?

The "her" is a reference to Saltzman's widow

[Tony]

Harry Saltzman was a very interesting man: he was a Canadian producer who was the the first guy to buy the Bond books for filming. He formed a partnership with Cubby Broccoli to co-produce the Bond series and he continued to produce independently as well, working with director Guy Hamilton 6 times. In 1975 Saltzman's wife became ill and due to financial problems he sold his 50% stake in Bond to Broccoli (big mistake). His wife passed a way in 1976 and he entered a long period of depression, leaving the movies shortly therafter and retiring to Florida. A really brilliant guy who took chances, and one of them was Chimes.

Here are some of the terrifiic films he produced in just 19 years between 1958 and 1979:

Look Back in Anger (with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom)

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (with Albert Finney)

Dr. No

From Russia With Love

Goldfinger

The Ipcress File (with Michael Caine)

Thunderball

Chimes At Midnight

Funeral In Berlin (with Michael Caine)

You Only Live Twice

The Billion Dollar Brain (with Michael Caine)

The Battle of Britain (with everybody)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Diamonds Are Forever

Live and Let Die

The Man with the Golden Gun

Nijinsky (with Alan Bates)

[colwood]

"The problem is, until or unless the labyrinthine rights issues get cleared up with the widow of Harry Saltzman, one of the producers, you can't even buy DVDs now from Europe, either, judging from my latest Google search."


I guess this would explain why you used to be able to find a dozen copies of the spanish dvd at any time on ebay but now can only find a handful, at best. I don't know about the boxset that began this thread. The links work but I'm don't speak french and can't make out if you can still buy them. As for the spanish dvd, there may be hope. Most places seem to sell this for at least $20, or did when they had it. But if you look up "companiadas a medianoche" at a spanish retailer called el corte ingles, you can still find the spanish dvd for only 5 Euros (<$7). I know this place had it because that's where I bought five copies from three years ago. Yes shipping to the states costs as much as the dvd, but worth it if you want the film. Just be aware it is a spanish dvd so will be region 2 and PAL.

http://www.elcorteingles.es/cine/productos/producto/producto.asp?cod_referencia=25940900563

[DexyMan]

As I posted in the trading forum, I am selling my French Chimes box set for anyone who is interested. I have gotten a couple offers so if anyone else is interested let me know.

[Michael O'Hara]

Are there any versions of Chimes on DVD that will play on a Region 1 player? What about Don Quixote? Those are the 2 films I don't have. I have Chimes which I burned from a substandard VHS copy. I haven't seen Don Quixote at all.

[Joshua]

Are there any versions of Chimes on DVD that will play on a Region 1 player? What about Don Quixote? Those are the 2 films I don't have. I have Chimes which I burned from a substandard VHS copy. I haven't seen Don Quixote at all.

Yes, there are. If you see the thread "Does anybody have this version of Chimes" there is a link to the one that I bought at Amazon.com. However, the sound is pretty bad--and much of the time it is difficult to understand the dialogue. I recommend it only if you are desperate--which I was