Thanks James And in a act of shameless self promotion ( well not like I actually get anything PERSONALLY out of it) here is the link to where you can pre-order A DVD with oodles of extras direct from the Kino web site http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=879 Support your local independent film distributors On 10/4/07 10:59 AM, "James Steffen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all: > > > > Some of you are probably aware of this already, but Turner Classic Movies is > broadcasting the 2005 restoration of THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, accompanied by > Edmund Meisel's orchestral score, on Sunday, October 21 at midnight EST. > This is the same version slated for DVD release by Kino on October 23. > > > > Here's a link to my article for TCM about the restoration: > > http://www.tcm.turner.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=180855 > > > > I personally think this new version plays much more effectively than the > sluggish, stretch-printed 1976 Soviet version released on DVD previously. > It's also a better looking transfer, with less cropping around the edges. > > > > Cheers, > > James Steffen > > > > James M. Steffen > Film Studies and Media Librarian > Theater and Dance Subject Liaison > Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library > Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University > Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 > > > > Phone: (404) 727-8107 > FAX: (404) 727-2257 > Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] > > > > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 [log in to unmask] 212-629-6880 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org