MCA DiscoVision - The Great Waldo Pepper

Catalog Number 10-004

Format Standard Play CAV

MPAA Rating

Mono

Running Time 107 minutes

Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Year Issued	1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	32,964	22min 53sec
2	34,959	24min 16sec
3	30,765	21min 21sec
4	32,890	22min 50sec
5	24,913	17min 18sec
	156,491	108min 40sec
Dead Side	Various

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Large Open-Top
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Price History
Silver Catalog	$15.95
November 1979	$24.95
May 1980	$24.95
August 1980	$24.95
October 1980	$24.95

Pressing Notes

The film was transferred to video without unsqueezing the anamorphic 2.35:1 Todd-AO 35 image. As a result, the entire film is squeezed in on the sides. It would look great on a 16x9 television set, when configured for widescreen. The 24fps 3/2 pull down is done wrong, and almost all the freeze frames flicker. The film is still running at 24 frames per second, it's just the wrong fields are assigned to frame numbers.

The video transfer is sharp, but suffers from the all too typical DiscoVision fault of being too dark. As a result, fine details are lost. What picture is present is full of color. The audio has some of the widest dynamic range I've heard on DiscoVision, but it wasn't on purpose I'm sure. The high ends are rather tinny and take a bit of getting used to. On the replication front, most copies have minor speckling.