The Mole People (1956) - February 26, 2019

[Akijama]

The Mole People Blu-ray

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product...roduct_id=6982

[javi92]

Sweet!

[Davidian]

F'n great cover! Kudos.

[monwobbbo]

wish that Universal had done these in another set but oh well. agree love the cover and this title will be added to want list.

[movieben1138]

Wow, this is great and unexpected!

[glennstl]

This is amazing news!

And, yeah, they chose an awesome cover.

Day 1 for sure.

[DenOfEarth]

I enjoyed this since i was 10 when i saw it on TNT, i also hope it includes MST3K version with it.

[MJD64]

Great to see THE MOLE PEOPLE from Universal's "Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection" DVD set hit Blu from Shout, since another title from that set, THE LAND UNKNOWN, has already been announced by Kino Lorber. Has me optimistic we'll likely see more titles from that set between these two distributors and possibly Universal themselves. Here's hoping eventual announcements of TARANTULA, DR. CYCLOPS and especially THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN are all in the offing...

[sa5150]

I did not know this was a 1.37 : 1 (original ratio) , The German blu is a 2.01 I believe , I wonder how this will compare ?

[dvdmrp]

The oar is 2:00:1

If shout is presenting this in 1:33 that is incorrect. They’d better rethink this as they almost made the same mistake with attack of the puppet people. The film was shot in 1956. By then universal was shooting for 2:00:1.
I sure hope they fix this

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by dvdmrp

The oar is 2:00:1

If shout is presenting this in 1:33 that is incorrect. They’d better rethink this as they almost made the same mistake with attack of the puppet people. The film was shot in 1956. By then universal was shooting for 2:00:1.
I sure hope they fix this

I thought that the 2:1 ratio was either the rotten SuperScope process or a mislabeling of film cans and that films weren't actually shot for this ratio in the '50s. Bob Furmanek, can you chime in? Won't THE MOLE PEOPLE be wrongly cropped at 2:1?

[Jobla]

I begged my parents to take me to this film back in 1958, when it played our local second-run theater. It was the first horror/sci-fi/fantasy film that I ever saw. At the tender age of 6, it really scared me!

[cmac]

Originally Posted by dvdmrp

The oar is 2:00:1

If shout is presenting this in 1:33 that is incorrect. They’d better rethink this as they almost made the same mistake with attack of the puppet people. The film was shot in 1956. By then universal was shooting for 2:00:1.
I sure hope they fix this

We are not presenting it in 1.33.

[dvdmrp]

cmac,
Glad to hear. The listing on your website says 1:33 so that is why we thought that. Thanks for chiming in.

[EManT2200]

Originally Posted by cmac

We are not presenting it in 1.33.

Then what will it be ? Your own product information page states that it will be 1.33:1.
Opps, just noticed that someone else has asked the same.

[dvdmrp]

And I stand corrected. Mr. Bob Furmanek himself sent me info from Box Office magazine November 10,1956 issues.

Mole People was composed for 1:85. (not 2:00:1)

So the German Bluray was also not the correct OAR. Glad Bob chimed in.

1:85 it is.

Thanks again CMAC for letting us know that you are doing this one right. We appreciate all that you do at Shout! Keep up the good work!

-Mark

[EManT2200]

Hope that Shout also has Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, Monster on the Campus and Dr. Cyclops.

[Robert Furmanek]

As a matter of studio policy, UI went 100% widescreen in the spring of 1953.

Documents are here.

http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/the-fir...-of-widescreen

[EManT2200]

I have the UK blu-ray of Tarantula, which is widescreen. I have to say that I actually prefer the 1.37 ratio, from The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection dvd set released by Universal, to the widescreen version. Just sayin...……………………...

[Robert Furmanek]