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Zulu Dawn DVD from France.
KEITH


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I have just received from Amazon FR the French PAL version of Zulu Dawn renamed L'Ultime Attaque. The picture quality compared to the American and UK issued DVD's is a great improvement, in full 2.35:1 widescreen compared to the cropped 1.85:1. The french dubbing and/or french subtitles can be switched off. Well worth a look if you want to see the film as the director intended. Thanks to someone who posted this on amazon uk.


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Keith

That's interesting. I am a fan of 'Zulu Dawn'.

I wonder if Sheldon knows of this version ?

As we were recently discussing the film and the possibilites of there being an improvement in the visual and sound quality.

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AMB


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So, let me get this right:

The French have a better quality version (albeit with a French title) that the one normally obtained in the UK?

Interesting! Odd, but interesting!

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Sheldon Hall


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Keith, what's the running time of this version? Is the English sound in full stereo?
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Sheldon

It does sound quite promising.

Do you think they might have made enough of an improvement to the film to raise the quality up a level, towards what it could have been ?

Here's hoping.

I'll be viewing this topic with great interest.

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KEITH


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Sheldon

The running time according to the box is 117 minutes. Unfortunately only the French soundtrack is in stereo, the English is still in Mono. I wonder why this is?. On the back of the box it says "new master high definition" in French. It does seem very good with a full 1:2.35 anamaphoric widescreen picture. No extras except the theatrical trailer. Oh well, it is the best I have seen until something better comes out. The link below takes you to Amazon, France.

http://tinyurl.com/35te9p
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Does anyone know if this version has ever appeared on Amazon, U.K. ?

I'd be interested to see it, if better than the rest.

Thanks

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Sheldon Hall


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I guess it's all to do with gaining access to the master materials...
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I've finally checked out this dvd on Amazon.fr., but I'm unable to send for it, as I tend to not buy in from abroad.

Is this same ' L'Ultime Attaque ' dvd version available anywhere in the U.K., or does anyone else have it ?

Nice illustration on the dvd front cover too.

Thankyou

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