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Last week's Movie Quiz winners

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Supposedly, Stanley Kubrick's attitude toward the digital video disc (a format that was just getting started when he died) was less than enthusiastic, and DVDs of some of his films are full-screen only. Fortunately, he participated in the widescreen version of Dr. Strangelove, and it shows. Had he lived longer, I can't believe he wouldn't have redone the discs of his other films, as well.

The DVD of Strangelove is a thing of beauty-- I was even able for the first time to see George C. Scott and Peter Sellers in the same shot clearly during the conference-table scene. And if "King" Kong's plane looks phonier than ever, Kubrick's scary closeups of Sterling Hayden are so sharp that they almost jump out of the screen. In fact, his entire ghoul's gallery of great faces-- George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan "Bat Guano" Wynn, and, of course, Peter Sellers-- have never looked better or funnier.

Of course, all of this is no news to the following quiz winners, since they probably all have their own copies. Congratulations and a date with Gen. "Buck" Turgidson's secretary to: Wayne Palmer, Joe Rosenberg, David G. Bragman, Charles Youngquest, Eric Yarber, Dan Andreasen, and Hank Parmer. A nice collection of old and new names this time (although none older than Grandpa Rosenberg). Thanks to all for playing along.

Posted by Steve Monaco at May 30, 2005 11:26 PM

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