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Grand Prix on DVD

Aaron Markha

Grand Prix on DVD

by Aaron Markha » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:38:48

Yeah, Best Buy had it advertised in the Sunday paper.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

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Aaron Markham


Bill Worre

Grand Prix on DVD

by Bill Worre » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:40:46

I bought it June 30th at the US Grand Prix at Indy. A vendor there said they
were given an early release since they started the online petition to put it
on DVD.

I've watched the movie but not the extras yet. The movie in widescreen and
Dolby 5.1 was excellent. I've only seen parts of it on TV and had never had
a chance to watch it from start to finish.

Bill


Dav

Grand Prix on DVD

by Dav » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:18:00


>The 2 disc set should be arriving from Netflix today.

>Anyone seen it at retail yet?

Mine is being shipped via Amazon.  Scheduled to arrive tomw.
Jay

Grand Prix on DVD

by Jay » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:09:05

I picked up a copy for $15 (without tax) at Best Buy this evening on the way
home from work.

Looking forward to watching it soon.




>>The 2 disc set should be arriving from Netflix today.

>>Anyone seen it at retail yet?

> Mine is being shipped via Amazon.  Scheduled to arrive tomw.

AS

Grand Prix on DVD

by AS » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:15:06


Does anyone know if a region 2 version will be released for us Europeans?

Otherwise I'll have to buy a multi-region DVD player

A

Larr

Grand Prix on DVD

by Larr » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:28:46

Picked mine up at BB yesterday, along with the just-released Pink Floyd
"Pulse" DVD.

-Larry


Larr

Grand Prix on DVD

by Larr » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:30:09

If you think about it, it's really weird it's not already there.

-Larry


Andre Warring

Grand Prix on DVD

by Andre Warring » Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:46:01

There's a nice review on IGN:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/717/717760p1.html

Andre


>The 2 disc set should be arriving from Netflix today.

>Anyone seen it at retail yet?

>me/2

jason moye

Grand Prix on DVD

by jason moye » Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:37:41


> The 2 disc set should be arriving from Netflix today.

> Anyone seen it at retail yet?

I picked it up for $16 or so at WALMART of all places.

Not that anyone asked for a review, but this DVD set is completely
worth the money.  The remastering/recolorization of the original film
elements is vastly superior to the VHS version that came out several
years ago.  Also, the 4 documentaries on the 2nd disc are very well
done, plenty of interviews with Frankenheimer, Garner, Brabham, Gurney,
etc.

If you like the movie Grand Prix I definitely recommend the DVD's,
they're a very nice package.

Jason

Larr

Grand Prix on DVD

by Larr » Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:14:05

A little OT, but for you Pink Floyd fans the "PULSE" DVD was released on the
same day.

-Larry

SOYCD Syd....



>> The 2 disc set should be arriving from Netflix today.

>> Anyone seen it at retail yet?

> I picked it up for $16 or so at WALMART of all places.

> Not that anyone asked for a review, but this DVD set is completely
> worth the money.  The remastering/recolorization of the original film
> elements is vastly superior to the VHS version that came out several
> years ago.  Also, the 4 documentaries on the 2nd disc are very well
> done, plenty of interviews with Frankenheimer, Garner, Brabham, Gurney,
> etc.

> If you like the movie Grand Prix I definitely recommend the DVD's,
> they're a very nice package.

> Jason

Izzy

Grand Prix on DVD

by Izzy » Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:22:59

Yeh, you're going to kill yourself oneday.

Tony Rickar

Grand Prix on DVD

by Tony Rickar » Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:58:41


>> Yep, I completely agree.  After getting replies to my original post
>> about Best Buy having it for $14.99 and with a Best Buy a 5 minute
>> drive from home and driving a SVT Focus with a top speed of 145mph...I
>> think you can figure out the rest.  :-)

>> me/2

> Yeh, you're going to kill yourself oneday.

He has clearly halved his life expectancy judging by his usenet name...
Tom Harringto

Grand Prix on DVD

by Tom Harringto » Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:23:55

Thanks for the tip Aaron!

Best Buy in Olathe (Kansas City area) had a dozen copies on the shelf today.
After buying my copy, I wonder who else is hard-core enough into racing to
buy the other 11...

I was 15 yrs old when Mom took me to see "Grand Prix" at the theatre - I'd
just discovered the local slot car track, "Sports Car Graphic" magazine, and
Jim Clark.

I have 14 copies of Sports Car Graphic magazine 1966-1969, a July 1966 Car
Life, and a Feb 1969 Auto Racing. They're real "gems" - less specialized
than magazines today. They cover F1, Can-Am, other series, and sports cars
in general. How about the 1966 Targa Florio or the Sedona, AZ Hill Climb,
for example?    ; )

tUrbo


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