One of the newer exclusive titles is Superdad from 1973. It's rather unknown I believe which always surprises me because it features Kurt Russel.
Superdad is one of my favorite Disney movies of it's era. I just love the cast of familiar faces in a slightly more mature film. Since first seeing it as a child, I've always felt sympathetic towards its message about parent/child relationships and growing up. As an adult, I enjoy it even more despite its few corny scenes. The theme song ties the film together, and it sticks in my head as a beautiful sappy 70's Disney song.
I was quite pleased with the dvd. It could have been better had it been widescreen, but the picture is sharper than many other dvd re-releases. Only the opening credits are a bit less than sharp, and just a few specks show up rarely through the duration of the film. Overall, the picture is pleasant and enjoyable.
I'm so happy to finally have Superdad on dvd.
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I'm watching Superdad on DVD for the first time and I am wondering if anybody knows the answer to this question. The film was obviously released in widescreen and most Disney films at the time were matter in theaters, meaning the top and bottom were cut off and some image was gained on the sides. However, many of the shots on the DVD seem way to close to lose any image on the top and bottom without cutting off somebody's eyes. So what I want to know is did they pan and scan the matted widescreen version? Or is this the open matte release?
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I doubt they pan and scanned it. I haven't watched the DVD for a while, now, so I'll have to check for sure, but I don't think that this is an open matte transfer either. I agree...from my recollection the shots were tighter than expected on an open matte transfer.
My guess is that this film is cropped from the matted theatrical framing. The film was framed at 1.75:1, and I think they just chopped the sides off (without scanning the image at all), from this matted ratio. It seems a shame...if we HAVE to have it stupid fullscreen, at least have the decency to give us open matte, Disney
p.s. I have an old radio LP that Disney released to radio stations with promotional radio ads for "Superdad" and on that album there are several songs from the film in their entirety including "These are the Best of Times" sung by Bobby Goldsboro. There was never a soundtrack released, but according to the pressbook there was a record single for this song released as a promotional album. My album also has the songs "Los Angeles" and "When I'm Near You" (not to mention interviews with Bob Crane and Kurt Russel).
My guess is that this film is cropped from the matted theatrical framing. The film was framed at 1.75:1, and I think they just chopped the sides off (without scanning the image at all), from this matted ratio. It seems a shame...if we HAVE to have it stupid fullscreen, at least have the decency to give us open matte, Disney
p.s. I have an old radio LP that Disney released to radio stations with promotional radio ads for "Superdad" and on that album there are several songs from the film in their entirety including "These are the Best of Times" sung by Bobby Goldsboro. There was never a soundtrack released, but according to the pressbook there was a record single for this song released as a promotional album. My album also has the songs "Los Angeles" and "When I'm Near You" (not to mention interviews with Bob Crane and Kurt Russel).
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