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blam1 wrote:

Yes, "Missing" is time compressed from 122 minutes to 116 minutes. As with other titles discussed, the Japanese edition runs the full 122 minutes. You do have to have the subtitles however.

I just watched Missing tonight and I didn't notice the time compression. I'm surprised, since six minutes got chopped. Missing is a great film but the transfer on this post-Discovision- early MCA Videodisc was atrocious. It's the worst transfer from this series that I've come across: The Border had a fairly decent transfer and The Sword and The Sorcerer was average if it weren't for the rot on Side 1 on my copy.

Author:	blam1 [ 13 Feb 2012, 23:10 ]
Post subject:	Re: Apparently Some LDs are Time Compressed
laserdiscoking wrote: blam1 wrote: Yes, "Missing" is time compressed from 122 minutes to 116 minutes. As with other titles discussed, the Japanese edition runs the full 122 minutes. You do have to have the subtitles however. I just watched Missing tonight and I didn't notice the time compression. I'm surprised, since six minutes got chopped. Missing is a great film but the transfer on this post-Discovision- early MCA Videodisc was atrocious. It's the worst transfer from this series that I've come across: The Border had a fairly decent transfer and The Sword and The Sorcerer was average if it weren't for the rot on Side 1 on my copy. "Battlestar Galactica" and "Jaws" are the same way. The speed up is so slight and across the entire film, you just simply don't see, or hear it. "Star Wars" and "Empire" however all sound (to me) like the actors were sucking helium - especially Carrie Fisher.

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