MCA DiscoVision - Diary of a Mad Housewife

Catalog Number 10-006

Format Standard Play CAV

MPAA Rating

Running Time 100 minutes

Mono
Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Retail Price	$15.95
Issued	January 1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	39,119	27min 09sec
2	32,788	22min 46sec
3	35,677	24min 16sec
4	32,154	22min 19sec
	139,738	97min 02sec

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Pressing Notes

The original theatrical release of Diary of a Mad Housewife had a total running time of 103 minutes. While it cannot be confirmed, the only difference between that version and this 97 minute version is an edited opening credits sequence, which admittedly is rather disjointed in this edition. This version cannot be confused with the TV version of the film which could more correctly be called an alternate version with some altered footage and a running time of 95 minutes.

DiscoVision last listed this mad housewife in the August 1980 catalog update. Mastered with the alternate "red" bumpers, the video transfer has an odd blue tint to some scenes - almost as if the image was shot through a fog filter. The reds are amazingly brilliant but show the typical defects in DiscoVision's pressing. The audio transfer is unremarkable, except for the first 2000 frames of side 2 where the volume is almost non-existent.

Some masterings of side 2 were encoded with 20 Frame Skip.

Release History

Diary of a Mad Housewife was never reissued on LaserDisc.

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Catalog Number	10-006
Format	Standard Play CAV
MPAA Rating

Running Time	100 minutes