Sam Peckinpah's "The Getaway"

[thompsonjohn]

So, I just got this off Amazon via 3rd party from seller "GoHastings." Which I assume is the "Hastings" store selling blu-rays to move product from their stores. I put the disc in today and the entire damn thing is in Chinese or Japanese lettering. The warning before the feature begins, all the menu selections, everything. There is no indications on the disc or case that this is from China or Japan because if it was it surely would not play in my Region 1 player right? A PS3.

Has this happened before? Is it just me? I'm rather pissed off right now. Any information will be extremely helpful. The only thing I found puzzling is that there was no security tag sticker on the top of the case, but sometimes there just isn't one in some cases. I looked over the case and disc are and it all looks legit, but makes no mention of what Region the disc is.

Also, very oddly when going to selection subtitles the first option that comes up is not English, but Japanese. I have no other disc in my entire collection that gives Japanese as the first option for subtitles.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

So, I just got this off Amazon via 3rd party from seller "GoHastings." Which I assume is the "Hastings" store selling blu-rays to move product from their stores. I put the disc in today and the entire damn thing is in Chinese or Japanese lettering. The warning before the feature begins, all the menu selections, everything. There is no indications on the disc or case that this is from China or Japan because if it was it surely would not play in my Region 1 player right? A PS3.

Has this happened before? Is it just me? I'm rather pissed off right now. Any information will be extremely helpful. The only thing I found puzzling is that there was no security tag sticker on the top of the case, but sometimes there just isn't one in some cases. I looked over the case and disc are and it all looks legit, but makes no mention of what Region the disc is.

Also, very oddly when going to selection subtitles the first option that comes up is not English, but Japanese. I have no other disc in my entire collection that gives Japanese as the first option for subtitles.

If the writing is in Japanese, I guess the disc is zone A, as is the USA.

China is zone C.

[thompsonjohn]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

If the writing is in Japanese, I guess it's zone A, as is the USA.

China is zone C.

I guess I'm going to try and get a refund, this is insane, the entire menu text is in Japanese I have no idea what special feature I'll be selecting. How in the world could this have happened?

[thompsonjohn]

Seems like I'm not the only one with this issue, has this been brought up here before? A bunch of people on Amazon got a disc like mine..

http://www.amazon.com/menu-Blu-ray-copy-Getaway-Chinese/forum/FxMBJTPGFPD2HK/Tx3NJN89MJYFXJE/1?_encoding=UTF8&asin=6303111874

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by thompsonjohn

Seems like I'm not the only one with this issue, has this been brought up here before? A bunch of people on Amazon got a disc like mine..

http://www.amazon.com/menu-Blu-ray-copy-Getaway-Chinese/forum/FxMBJTPGFPD2HK/Tx3NJN89MJYFXJE/1?_encoding=UTF8&asin=6303111874

Sounds like he is selling Japanese imports.

[thompsonjohn]

Originally Posted by #Darren

Sounds like he is selling Japanese imports.

There are no indications whatsoever that this is an import from Japan. Even if it was it would have be region free so I could play it in my player. All of the text on the insert in the case is English, the film plays in English. I'm really upset with this now.

[thompsonjohn]

Just wrote WB customer service, I hope I can at the very least get a replacement disc, I cannot understand how they could let something like this happen.

[murch13]

Apparently Tarantino has the longer workprint of the film in his personal collection.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by murch13

Apparently Tarantino has the longer workprint of the film in his personal collection.

Old post but do you mean that Tarantino has an actual workprint of The Getaway? How did he get that and what are the differences between it and the theatrical release?

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by murch13

Apparently Tarantino has the longer workprint of the film in his personal collection.

I never heard of a longer workprint. How do you know that? Just curious.

[zepol]

There is a scene when Sally Struthers is asked to remove her bra by the bad guy in bed. I thought they show her remove it when I saw this back on video in the 80s'. Anybody know about this?

[MagellanvsHimself]

Ditto, where did this info come from?

[Jorvic]

Watched The Getaway again recently for the first time in many years and had almost completely forgotten how flat out excellent it is. Things like the clever editing techniques used at the start of the film. Then the whole train sequence. And the sense of the vastness of the terrain and remoteness of some of the locations combined with the immediacy of the violence.

Picture quality on the Warner Blu-ray is decent and sound was OK.

Just superb, essential filmmaking for those who love 70s crime/action thrillers. No surprise though with the talent involved (screenplay from Hill).

Both this and Junior Bonner deserve a higher status in Peckinpah's oeuvre.

[slimjean]

Originally Posted by Jorvic

Watched The Getaway again recently for the first time in many years and had almost completely forgotten how flat out excellent it is. Things like the clever editing techniques used at the start of the film. Then the whole train sequence. And the sense of the vastness of the terrain and remoteness of some of the locations combined with the immediacy of the violence.

Picture quality on the Warner Blu-ray is decent and sound was OK.

Just superb, essential filmmaking for those who love 70s crime/action thrillers. No surprise though with the talent involved (screenplay from Hill).

Both this and Junior Bonner deserve a higher status in Peckinpah's oeuvre.

It is when Sally Struthers I thought was super hot and her cruel way in the movie was something else!

[Jorvic]

Originally Posted by slimjean

It is when Sally Struthers I thought was super hot and her cruel way in the movie was something else!

Her scenes and acting style gave an extra dimension to the film!

[HuggyBear73]

Originally Posted by Jorvic

Watched The Getaway again recently for the first time in many years and had almost completely forgotten how flat out excellent it is. Things like the clever editing techniques used at the start of the film. Then the whole train sequence. And the sense of the vastness of the terrain and remoteness of some of the locations combined with the immediacy of the violence.

Picture quality on the Warner Blu-ray is decent and sound was OK.

Just superb, essential filmmaking for those who love 70s crime/action thrillers. No surprise though with the talent involved (screenplay from Hill).

Both this and Junior Bonner deserve a higher status in Peckinpah's oeuvre.

Yeah.. The Getaway.. is Top 3 McQueen for me. Along with Papillon and Nevada Smith.

Will we eventually see ... The Getaway .. on 4K? Probably not in the near future since Warner's rollout of great catalog 4K has been abysmal.

And don't get me started with ..Nevada Smith.. and .. Paramount. This film still has never seen a blu-ray release. It's criminal.

[Jorvic]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Yeah.. The Getaway.. is Top 3 McQueen for me. Along with Papillon and Nevada Smith.

Will we eventually see ... The Getaway .. on 4K? Probably not in the near future since Warner's rollout of great catalog 4K has been abysmal.

And don't get me started with ..Nevada Smith.. and .. Paramount. This film still has never seen a blu-ray release. It's criminal.

Always liked those other two films. And McQueen in the The Cincinnati Kid too.

The Getaway would be great on 4K.

[mike962]

liked the 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger much more

heck Kim's shower and sex scenes in 4K what needs to be said ?

Official Trailer: The Getaway (1994) - YouTube

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by mike962

liked the 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger much more

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[Tom Sharky]

Originally Posted by mike962

liked the 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger much more

heck Kim's shower and sex scenes in 4K what needs to be said ?

Official Trailer: The Getaway (1994) - YouTube

I actually just realized that the 1994 remake of "The Getaway" has never even been released in North America on Blu-ray. I've actually never watched the 1994 remake but will put it on my to-do list. Of course, I really like the Steve McQueen original.