MCA DiscoVision - Gray Lady Down

Catalog Number 12-005

Format Standard Play CAV

MPAA Rating

Mono

Running Time 111 minutes

Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Year Issued	1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	33,476	23min 14sec
2	31,066	21min 34sec
3	31,659	21min 59sec
4	31,452	21min 50sec
5	32,736	22min 44sec
	160,389	111min 22sec
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

Good copies of Gray Lady Down are known to be rare. Most have reported troubles finding acceptable sides 3/4. This aside, replication is about average for this DiscoVision title, with the standard amount of inclusion. The video transfer rates only as average. While it received high marks for color balance in most areas of the film, shots inside the submarine too blue. Additionally, the exterior underwater shots are poorly contrasted and it is almost impossible to see any detail. The Audio transfer is better and is fairly free from background noise. Even the "over the air" radio dialog is clean and clear without any tinny side effects which are common in many of the DiscoVision transfers. There are a few occasions where the audio breaks up during exceptionally loud passages, but it is mild. 10,000 Frame Shift has been identified to exist on some masterings of Side 5.

Not having seen this movie for a long time, I was kind of surprised to see that Charlton Heston lives through the closing credits. He ends up dying in all of his other DiscoVision appearances.