Almost Famous Bootleg Cut - Blu-ray Forum

LSK6453 · 02-21-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by gr8one

I am referring to the one linked. The "Director's Cut/Extended Cut" is called "Bootleg." In fact when the opening credits are rolling (drawn) it says "Bootleg" and not "Almost Famous."

I got the import one from the UK several months ago and it is awesome. It is the bootleg cut

pacificvibes · 02-22-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by gr8one

I am referring to the one linked. The "Director's Cut/Extended Cut" is called "Bootleg." In fact when the opening credits are rolling (drawn) it says "Bootleg" and not "Almost Famous."

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Originally Posted by LSK6453

I got the import one from the UK several months ago and it is awesome. It is the bootleg cut

I just put it and it didn't say bootleg...and it's the UK import.

gr8one · 02-22-2009, 01:25 AM

Are you sure? When the pencil is writing on the paper. It says Bootleg.

Octavio · 02-22-2009, 02:47 AM

Now I am confused. I always thought that "Bootlegging" was more or less the same than piracy: Inferior and cheap products produced by unkown companies with very poor quality.

But Almost Famous have been released by Sony (a company famous for fighting piracy), the picture quality of this BD is good and the audio quality is even better (Dolby TrueHD). Only a few supplements have been added, though.

BTW the UK version is the longer cut (IMO the better version) not the theatrical one.

so anyone who could enlight me on why this release of Almost Famous is a bootleg despite being released by a major studio with very good audio and video?

PS: I didn't notice the word "Bootleg" at the beginning either. I'll pay more attention next time.

GGX · 02-22-2009, 02:56 AM

The UK Blu-ray release says 'Untitled' as the title instead of Almost Famous.

gr8one · 02-22-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GGX

The UK Blu-ray release says 'Untitled' as the title instead of Almost Famous.

That's right. I got you now.

pacificvibes · 02-22-2009, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by gr8one

That's right. I got you now.

Crap I am so freaking confused...so when the kid is writing on the paper, the title should say Untitled or Bootleg????

JasonR · 02-22-2009, 02:58 AM

The Bootleg Cut is just what they call the Director's Edition DVD, which includes the Untitled cut and the theatrical cut. As far as the Blu-ray (Untitled), I bought it and traded it as I couldn't see much difference from my DVD (notice the title on the case). I am hoping the US release looks better, because I love the movie. The TrueHD soundtrack is suppossed to be great. I can't comment on that though, I wasn't running lossless at the time.

Edit: And for the price those Amazon sellers are selling that version, maybe I should have kept the Blu-ray and sold the DVD!!!

Octavio · 02-22-2009, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonR

The Bootleg Cut is just what they call the Director's Edition DVD, which includes the Untitled cut and the theatrical cut. As far as the Blu-ray (Untitled), I bought it and traded it as I couldn't see much difference from my DVD (notice the title on the case). I am hoping the US release looks better, because I love the movie. The TrueHD soundtrack is suppossed to be great. I can't comment on that though, I wasn't running lossless at the time.

Edit: And for the price those Amazon sellers are selling that version, maybe I should have kept the Blu-ray and sold the DVD!!!

I compared several scenes from my old DVD and the BD. While Almost Famous doesn't look as sharp as let's say "I am Legend" (never meant to look like that) it looks noticeable better than DVD. And as I have said the Dolby TrueHD is a great upgrade.

so why is this movie considered a "bootleg"?

BTW I got Almost Famous for about 11 bucks taking advantage of a good deal.

JasonR · 02-22-2009, 03:13 AM

I compared several scenes as well, and saw 0 difference. Only movie I have ever owned that I can say this about.

It's not considered a bootleg, it is just the title they chose for it.

Golden_Goddess · 02-22-2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Octavio

I compared several scenes from my old DVD and the BD. While Almost Famous doesn't look as sharp as let's say "I am Legend" (never meant to look like that) it looks noticeable better than DVD. And as I have said the Dolby TrueHD is a great upgrade.

so why is this movie considered a "bootleg"?

BTW I got Almost Famous for about 11 bucks taking advantage of a promotion.

There was a special edition that came out with a disc of the regular movie, plus a disc that had 35 minutes of extra footage. I'm assuming they called it the "boot leg" version because of the music connection.

mr.hidef · 02-22-2009, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by gr8one

Are you sure? When the pencil is writing on the paper. It says Bootleg.

Mine does........

02-22-2009, 02:58 AM	#8
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	The Bootleg Cut is just what they call the Director's Edition DVD, which includes the Untitled cut and the theatrical cut. As far as the Blu-ray (Untitled), I bought it and traded it as I couldn't see much difference from my DVD (notice the title on the case). I am hoping the US release looks better, because I love the movie. The TrueHD soundtrack is suppossed to be great. I can't comment on that though, I wasn't running lossless at the time. Edit: And for the price those Amazon sellers are selling that version, maybe I should have kept the Blu-ray and sold the DVD!!! Last edited by JasonR; 02-22-2009 at 03:10 AM.

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02-22-2009, 01:25 AM	#3
gr8one Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 iTunes collection:13 Prime collection:132 Trading Score:413	Are you sure? When the pencil is writing on the paper. It says Bootleg.

02-22-2009, 02:47 AM	#4
Octavio Contributor Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:2389 DVD collection:3	Now I am confused. I always thought that "Bootlegging" was more or less the same than piracy: Inferior and cheap products produced by unkown companies with very poor quality. But Almost Famous have been released by Sony (a company famous for fighting piracy), the picture quality of this BD is good and the audio quality is even better (Dolby TrueHD). Only a few supplements have been added, though. BTW the UK version is the longer cut (IMO the better version) not the theatrical one. so anyone who could enlight me on why this release of Almost Famous is a bootleg despite being released by a major studio with very good audio and video? PS: I didn't notice the word "Bootleg" at the beginning either. I'll pay more attention next time.

02-22-2009, 02:56 AM	#5
GGX Banned Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Kentwood, Michigan Blu-ray collection:262 Trading Score:2	The UK Blu-ray release says 'Untitled' as the title instead of Almost Famous.

02-22-2009, 03:13 AM	#10
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	I compared several scenes as well, and saw 0 difference. Only movie I have ever owned that I can say this about. It's not considered a bootleg, it is just the title they chose for it.

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