Mini-Review: Almost Famous - Extended Edition

[tlanger71]

Hallo,

just watched the European Blu-ray-Release of "Almost Famous - Extended Cut" from Sony.
The good news first: The picture quality is excellent; the image is very sharp and very detailed throughout with some of the outdoor-scenes having that 3D-Pop we like from HD; there is some grain but it is reproduced faithfully to the source (at least it looks that way to me); all in all the image is much better than what I exspected and much better than any previous DVD;
after haveing watched some of the dreadfull catalog-titles from Fox (Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, ID4, Master & Commander) this was a visual revelation;
The Audio is TrueHD and sounds pretty amazing as well but I am no expert so I cannot say how much better it sounds than the DVD;
Unfornutaley the extras suck: you get 10 minutes B-Rool and a short Interview with the real William Miller

Picture: 4.5/5
Sound: 4.5/5
Extras: 0.5/5

Equipment used:
Playstation 3 (24p-Output)
Panasonic 1080p Projector PT AE 2000 with 9-Foot-Screen

[MickB]

Thanks for the review. I will pick it up.

[jus10 said]

thanks for the review. just ordered it from sendit

[sfligio]

There is only the Extended cut? Or maybe a menu like "Close Encounters" to choose the theatrical version?

[Reiter]

My copy shipped yesterday. Is the commentary track on the disc?

[skippyrulz]

Originally Posted by tlanger71

Unfornutaley the extras suck: you get 10 minutes B-Rool and a short Interview with the real William Miller

who do you mean when you say "the real william miller"? do you mean cameron crowe? since he based the movie on his experiences writing for rolling stone, he is the real william miller.

can't wait for the disc, btw! preordered from amazon.uk.

[cjefferys]

Originally Posted by skippyrulz

who do you mean when you say "the real william miller"? do you mean cameron crowe? since he based the movie on his experiences writing for rolling stone, he is the real william miller.

I believe the interview actually involves the real Lester Bangs.

[skippyrulz]

Originally Posted by cjefferys

I believe the interview actually involves the real Lester Bangs.

ahhhh that makes more sense.

[DavidHir]

I've never bought an import before, but I'm very tempted with this one.

[Adam_ME]

Thanks for the review. I already have it preordered from Send It, so I'm glad to hear the video and audio quality are great.

Just out of curiosity, do the opening credits still show "Untitled" as the name of the movie?

[Ian_Currie]

It's a region 2 disc... Sendit says it may not play in the U.S.... anyone know if this is true?

[lgans316]

Bollocks.

11th February 2008

Almost Famous (Extended Edition) - Coming-of-age drama from Cameron Crowe about a young boy who goes on tour with rock band Stillwater and ends up receiving the greatest education imaginable from professional groupie, Penny Lane (Kate Hudson).

Coded for all regions (A, B and C), features include:

* 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
* English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround
* Polish (VO) DD5.1 Surround
* Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
* Love Comes and Goes – Featurette
* Lester Bangs Interview

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=66730

[Jonathan Hickey]

Just placed an order through Amazon. Thanks.

[Sky042]

So is this only available as an overseas import??

[lgans316]

Yes. The stateside distributions is held by Dreamworks.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/companycredits

[Sky042]

hmm so no scheduled HD-DVD release.
Where to order the BD release.

[JadedRaverLA]

Thanks for the review. Definitely going to need to import this... although I wish they had used seamless branching to include both versions.

[mumbles3k]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Just out of curiosity, do the opening credits still show "Untitled" as the name of the movie?

That's a great question. Anyone?

[Chadci]

I just preordered this from Amazon Uk. My very first import.. I feel so.. well, about the same as I feel with any other movie order. I don't even have a blu player yet and I already have half a dozen blu movies on order!

[tlanger71]

Hallo,

will check about the Title-Sequence tomorrow; I tested the German-Version from Sony.

[Sky042]

Originally Posted by Reiter

My copy shipped yesterday. Is the commentary track on the disc?

I'm very curious to know about the commentary track.

[Dan Hitchman]

So, the UK version is the same as the other European versions from Sony, right? Nothing censored or omitted?

[Earz]

Originally Posted by Ian_Currie

It's a region 2 disc... Sendit says it may not play in the U.S.... anyone know if this is true?

It's a region free release.

[depooter]

bump.

can anyone confirm a commentary track? also, is it a making of video or a music video included as an extra ?(along with the Lester Bangs interview)...

[BerserkerTails]

Originally Posted by tlanger71

Hallo,

will check about the Title-Sequence tomorrow; I tested the German-Version from Sony.

Definitely awaiting this response. I've been on the brink of ordering this for the past week now.

[GamerGuyX]

Can the OP post pics of the packaging and even the disc itself? I just like to see what companies do in different countries.

[Earz]

My copy shipped from Amazon U.K. yesterday for 28.36 delivered.
Really looking forward to this one on Blu.

[Chadci]

The cover features a very seductive Kate Hudson

[Chadci]

Sorry, I can't get the link to work, but, go to amazon.uk.co and search under Almost Famous Blu

[mumbles3k]

That cover was the poster they used in Europe. I have that poster hanging up at work.