Nothing But the Truth (2008) Signature Entertainment - Blu-ray Forum

samdvd1 · 11-02-2014, 08:33 PM

This is a bit of an older release, but just a heads up to anyone who buys it based on it being cheap (I paid £1.50 including delivery) - don't. Okay, it has a commentary with Rod Lurie not on the German release, but it is cropped to 1.78:1 (OAR is 2.40:1), and the transfer isn't too hot.

Oh well.

nitin · 11-02-2014, 09:12 PM

thanks, the german release is good btw.

samdvd1 · 11-02-2014, 09:16 PM

I enjoyed the film, so perhaps I'll double dip.

This isn't the first time Signature have hacked a transfer this much though. They did with The Heist starring Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy and Christopher Walken too.

Not had any problems with any of their newer releases though, it seems to be down to their earlier discs.

Stray_Dog · 08-21-2015, 03:00 PM

Hi! I just bought the 'Signature Entertainment' Blu-ray on eBay for a couple of quid. From the early scenes, I thought something was off, everything looked too damn tight. It's a great shame, because if it's wasn't for the zooming-in the picture quality would have been very good. Decent extras too with a commentary, deleted scenes and nearly 30 minute 'Behind the Scenes' feature (Which shows scenes in the correct ratio!).

Absolutely primitive and inept to be doing this in 2013 (When the BD was released). I may e-mail the company to find out how they could have messed this up so badly. I would have just rented it, if I knew the video was cropped.

levcore · 08-21-2015, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stray_Dog

Hi! I just bought the 'Signature Entertainment' Blu-ray on eBay for a couple of quid. From the early scenes, I thought something was off, everything looked too damn tight. It's a great shame, because if it's wasn't for the zooming-in the picture quality would have been very good. Decent extras too with a commentary, deleted scenes and nearly 30 minute 'Behind the Scenes' feature (Which shows scenes in the correct ratio!).

Absolutely primitive and inept to be doing this in 2013 (When the BD was released). I may e-mail the company to find out how they could have messed this up so badly. I would have just rented it, if I knew the video was cropped.

They're still doing it, their release of Predestination was wrong aspect ratio. It beggars belief.

Stray_Dog · 11-28-2015, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by levcore

They're still doing it, their release of Predestination was wrong aspect ratio. It beggars belief.

Thanks for the heads up, believe it or not Predestination was at the top of my Lovefilm rental list when I read this, and I took it straight off. Not sure if I want to watch it in an altered ratio. So lame if a company can't get a simple thing like the OAR right. I've since read the BD has been altered from 2.35:1, in a similar way Ch.5 and ITV sometimes do when broadcasting 2.35:1 films, were they take off the letterboxing to show more picture at the top and bottom, and then zoom in a bit to cut some of the sides of the picture off. Seems like such a futile thing to do, surely it would be easier to just show the film as the director intended. Thanks for the info!

DecibelGuy · 06-27-2020, 09:59 PM

I've has this disc for about a year and watched it now. I found the picture quality very good but noticed in the deleted scenes that it was shot in scope ratio. I assumed that the director and cinematographer must have changed their mind and cropped it in post. I am now aghast to find out this was Signature's doing!

Ironically, however, I came in here to write not about this, but about another problem. For the most of the film's runtime, the rear right speaker is DEAD.

I'm serious. About the three quarters of the way into the movie it suddenly occurred to me that every instance of surround activity had clearly come from the left only. I got up and put my ear up to the rear left speaker. It was fine. I then stuck my ear in the rear right, and nothing. Zilch. I went back to the opening assassination scene. Rear left is bursting with activity. Rear right might as well have been disconnected.

I worried there was something wrong with my system. I tried the test tone, but all speakers worked fine. I then realised that at some very specific moments in the film the rear right speaker did produce sound, albeit briefly. Among those is the Battleplan Productions logo, and a scene at the end in which I could hear the faint sound of a vehicle.

Over the end credits the music was blaring over all the speakers except the rear right. There's no way the sound mixers intended this!

So, is this gaffe Signature's fault? Or does it trace back to the film's original sound mix, and may have even been present for its theatrical exhibition? (Gosh!!)

CelestialAgent · 06-27-2020, 10:32 PM

The DVD is in 2.40:1, per DVDCompare. So the DVD or German Blu-ray is the way to go.

DecibelGuy · 06-27-2020, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

The DVD is in 2.40:1, per DVDCompare. So the DVD or German Blu-ray is the way to go.

Definitely. Wish I knew that before I purchased. Then again, who would expect a movie to be butchered like this in this day and age?

Also still incredulous with the audio glitch. How can something like that happen?

sa5150 · 03-12-2025, 10:59 PM

The German blu-ray is pretty low in the encode , Does it look good ? It may be out of print . Why no USA release on this ? Fandango at Home has it in HDX and it looks like its in the OAR , It's free but with commercials , Rather buy the German disc if its up to par .

11-02-2014, 08:33 PM	#1
samdvd1 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Carlisle, UK Blu-ray collection:2698 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:11	Nothing But the Truth (2008) Signature Entertainment This is a bit of an older release, but just a heads up to anyone who buys it based on it being cheap (I paid £1.50 including delivery) - don't. Okay, it has a commentary with Rod Lurie not on the German release, but it is cropped to 1.78:1 (OAR is 2.40:1), and the transfer isn't too hot. Oh well.

11-02-2014, 09:12 PM	#2
nitin Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Trading Score:9	thanks, the german release is good btw.

11-02-2014, 09:16 PM	#3
samdvd1 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Carlisle, UK Blu-ray collection:2698 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:11	I enjoyed the film, so perhaps I'll double dip. This isn't the first time Signature have hacked a transfer this much though. They did with The Heist starring Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy and Christopher Walken too. Not had any problems with any of their newer releases though, it seems to be down to their earlier discs.

08-21-2015, 03:00 PM	#4
Stray_Dog Member Member since:Jul 2011 4K collection:33 Blu-ray collection:3053 DVD collection:2	Hi! I just bought the 'Signature Entertainment' Blu-ray on eBay for a couple of quid. From the early scenes, I thought something was off, everything looked too damn tight. It's a great shame, because if it's wasn't for the zooming-in the picture quality would have been very good. Decent extras too with a commentary, deleted scenes and nearly 30 minute 'Behind the Scenes' feature (Which shows scenes in the correct ratio!). Absolutely primitive and inept to be doing this in 2013 (When the BD was released). I may e-mail the company to find out how they could have messed this up so badly. I would have just rented it, if I knew the video was cropped.

06-27-2020, 09:59 PM	#7
DecibelGuy Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Malta, Europe 4K collection:81 Blu-ray collection:1057 DVD collection:310	I've has this disc for about a year and watched it now. I found the picture quality very good but noticed in the deleted scenes that it was shot in scope ratio. I assumed that the director and cinematographer must have changed their mind and cropped it in post. I am now aghast to find out this was Signature's doing! Ironically, however, I came in here to write not about this, but about another problem. For the most of the film's runtime, the rear right speaker is DEAD. I'm serious. About the three quarters of the way into the movie it suddenly occurred to me that every instance of surround activity had clearly come from the left only. I got up and put my ear up to the rear left speaker. It was fine. I then stuck my ear in the rear right, and nothing. Zilch. I went back to the opening assassination scene. Rear left is bursting with activity. Rear right might as well have been disconnected. I worried there was something wrong with my system. I tried the test tone, but all speakers worked fine. I then realised that at some very specific moments in the film the rear right speaker did produce sound, albeit briefly. Among those is the Battleplan Productions logo, and a scene at the end in which I could hear the faint sound of a vehicle. Over the end credits the music was blaring over all the speakers except the rear right. There's no way the sound mixers intended this! So, is this gaffe Signature's fault? Or does it trace back to the film's original sound mix, and may have even been present for its theatrical exhibition? (Gosh!!)

06-27-2020, 10:32 PM	#8
CelestialAgent Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2015 Location:Norwich 4K collection:133 Blu-ray collection:2170 DVD collection:659 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	The DVD is in 2.40:1, per DVDCompare. So the DVD or German Blu-ray is the way to go.

03-12-2025, 10:59 PM	#10
sa5150 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Chicago IL 4K collection:147 Blu-ray collection:870 DVD collection:322 Digital collection:7 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:4 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:40	The German blu-ray is pretty low in the encode , Does it look good ? It may be out of print . Why no USA release on this ? Fandango at Home has it in HDX and it looks like its in the OAR , It's free but with commercials , Rather buy the German disc if its up to par .

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