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Rousseau · 02-06-2018, 01:36 AM

I think they used heavy noise reduction on this and then added some fake grain. It still looks good, just unnatural, compared to the german release.

dragon53 · 04-22-2020, 06:19 PM

TRIVIA---James Mason and Karl Michael Vogler played German officers in the World War I German fighter ace movie THE BLUE MAX. Mason and Vogler also played German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in two World War II movies. Mason played Rommel in THE DESERT FOX: THE STORY OF ROMMEL, and Vogler played Rommel in PATTON.

In THE BLUE MAX, James Mason played Gen. Count von Klugerman with Ursula Andress.

In THE BLUE MAX, Karl Michael Vogler played Hauptmann Otto Heidemann with George Peppard.

Mason played Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in THE DESERT FOX: THE STORY OF ROMMEL.

Vogler played Rommel in PATTON.

Biniaris · 10-22-2022, 10:54 PM

seen a few in here mention that the sound on this US release is solid. that is unfortunately not the case. the German release sounds a bit better than the US disc but the NTSC/US DVD is the winner here as far as sound...it's especially evident during any of the music sections. TT seems to have applied a generous amount of noise reduction and the highs have been removed. gives it that nice "head in a toilet bowl sound" that no one wants. would be interesting to see if the '89 CBS/FOX laserdisc sounds any better.

the 5.1 on the TT release is also just a 3.0 mix that's been thrown in a 5.1 container. there is no data in either of the surround tracks or the LFE track. i always wonder if this is just complete incompetence on their end, or a manager said "the box needs to say 5.1 because marketing" so they just did it the easiest way.

i also don't think i saw anyone mention that the german version has a roughly 35 second cut in it at about 1:48

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02-06-2018, 01:36 AM	#141
Rousseau Junior Member Member since:Jan 2018	I think they used heavy noise reduction on this and then added some fake grain. It still looks good, just unnatural, compared to the german release.

04-22-2020, 06:19 PM	#142
dragon53 Special Member Member since:Feb 2010	TRIVIA---James Mason and Karl Michael Vogler played German officers in the World War I German fighter ace movie THE BLUE MAX. Mason and Vogler also played German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in two World War II movies. Mason played Rommel in THE DESERT FOX: THE STORY OF ROMMEL, and Vogler played Rommel in PATTON. In THE BLUE MAX, James Mason played Gen. Count von Klugerman with Ursula Andress. In THE BLUE MAX, Karl Michael Vogler played Hauptmann Otto Heidemann with George Peppard. Mason played Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in THE DESERT FOX: THE STORY OF ROMMEL. Vogler played Rommel in PATTON.

10-22-2022, 10:54 PM	#143
Biniaris Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2020 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:447 DVD collection:3	seen a few in here mention that the sound on this US release is solid. that is unfortunately not the case. the German release sounds a bit better than the US disc but the NTSC/US DVD is the winner here as far as sound...it's especially evident during any of the music sections. TT seems to have applied a generous amount of noise reduction and the highs have been removed. gives it that nice "head in a toilet bowl sound" that no one wants. would be interesting to see if the '89 CBS/FOX laserdisc sounds any better. the 5.1 on the TT release is also just a 3.0 mix that's been thrown in a 5.1 container. there is no data in either of the surround tracks or the LFE track. i always wonder if this is just complete incompetence on their end, or a manager said "the box needs to say 5.1 because marketing" so they just did it the easiest way. i also don't think i saw anyone mention that the german version has a roughly 35 second cut in it at about 1:48 [Show spoiler]

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