Ashanti (Richard Fleischer/Michael Caine) - December 11,2012 - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 10-12-2012, 12:48 AM

.... a guilty pleasure of mine.Severin is officially back.

1970s Exploitation Action Film 'Ashanti' w/ Beverly Johnson, Coming To Blu-ray DVD In December

kashif · 10-12-2012, 01:56 AM

Wow surprising good news.

pro-bassoonist · 10-12-2012, 04:20 AM

It is not news. It was announced on February 22, 2012. The only problem is that Severin kept changing the release date.

NEWS
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8246

Pro-B

Nissen · 10-12-2012, 06:50 AM

This was still news to me, and good news at that.

A childhood favourite of mine, Ashanti is a good thriller with a stellar cast and good location footage. I was about 8 when this movie first appeared in my father's video collection, taped from ITV or channel4 in the UK. I found the action the be quite rousing at the time.

In the ensuing years I have been frustrated by trying to hunt down this film uncut on DVD.

Compared to the UK televised taping, the US DVD is cut, the UK DVD is cut, the Scandinavian DVD is cut. In fact, they all look to come from the same master.

Several shootings are truncated, like a sanitised US TV cut. The nudity remains, though.

I'm hoping Severin has gone back and done a new transfer, so we get the full cinema version. I had all but given it up.

kashif · 10-13-2012, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

It is not news. It was announced on February 22, 2012. The only problem is that Severin kept changing the release date.

NEWS
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8246

Pro-B

Thanks. I didnt notice it before.

JMK · 12-10-2012, 05:58 PM

Ashanti Blu-ray Review

oildude · 12-10-2012, 06:35 PM

Learning that Ashanti and The Wild Geese are both MPEG-2 is disappointing. But I seem to recall both were listed as more recent codecs prior to these reviews. It would not have changed my pre-order, especially for The Wild Geese, but I am curious if Severin put out misinformation? Or was there really no information on codecs and listings were assumed?

10-12-2012, 12:48 AM	#1
Akijama Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Europe	Ashanti (Richard Fleischer/Michael Caine) - December 11,2012 .... a guilty pleasure of mine.Severin is officially back. 1970s Exploitation Action Film 'Ashanti' w/ Beverly Johnson, Coming To Blu-ray DVD In December The Pink Panther Collection (movies & cartoons) coming to Blu-ray in 2013! The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese) coming to Blu-ray October 29th! Twin Peaks Series heading to Blu Last edited by Deciazulado; 10-12-2012 at 05:37 PM.

10-12-2012, 01:56 AM	#2
kashif Power Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Dubai Blu-ray collection:126 PS3 collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:2	Wow surprising good news. *"My father taught me many things ... keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."* Michael Corleone to Pentangeli - (The Godfather 2)

10-12-2012, 04:20 AM	#3
pro-bassoonist Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:X Home Theater Gallery:47 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:21	It is not news. It was announced on February 22, 2012. The only problem is that Severin kept changing the release date. NEWS http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8246 Pro-B The Studio Canal Collection\|The Raro Video Collection\|The Artificial Eye Collection\|Masters of Cinema\| The Criterion Collection\|Olive Films

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10-12-2012, 06:50 AM	#4
Nissen Senior Member Member since:May 2010 Trading Score:1	This was still news to me, and good news at that. A childhood favourite of mine, Ashanti is a good thriller with a stellar cast and good location footage. I was about 8 when this movie first appeared in my father's video collection, taped from ITV or channel4 in the UK. I found the action the be quite rousing at the time. In the ensuing years I have been frustrated by trying to hunt down this film uncut on DVD. Compared to the UK televised taping, the US DVD is cut, the UK DVD is cut, the Scandinavian DVD is cut. In fact, they all look to come from the same master. Several shootings are truncated, like a sanitised US TV cut. The nudity remains, though. I'm hoping Severin has gone back and done a new transfer, so we get the full cinema version. I had all but given it up.

12-10-2012, 05:58 PM	#6
JMK Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Blu-ray collection:-	Ashanti Blu-ray Review

12-10-2012, 06:35 PM	#7
oildude Special Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Texas, at the bottom of a well 21,000 ft down Blu-ray collection:1073 DVD collection:101 Blu-ray reviews:7	Learning that Ashanti and The Wild Geese are both MPEG-2 is disappointing. But I seem to recall both were listed as more recent codecs prior to these reviews. It would not have changed my pre-order, especially for The Wild Geese, but I am curious if Severin put out misinformation? Or was there really no information on codecs and listings were assumed?