Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Director: Robert ButlerStudio: Buena Vista Home Vid
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Format: Color
Picture: Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
DVD Release: May 4th 2004
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User Reviews
Yes, it has been soft matted to widescreen! - Rating: 3/5
This film has indeed been formatted to widescreen via a process called "soft matte". What's soft matte, you ask? In simplistic terms, they put plates (black bars) on screen to block out the top and bottom of the picture of the original film, in order to create a widescreen presentation. So the original prints are in the original 1:37.1 ratio. They soft matted this film in order to create an anamorphic presentation. So in other words, yes, it's fake widescreen.
Pleasant Family Comedy - Rating: 4/5
A pleasant little comedy that the entire family can enjoy. Not much violence or sex and absolutely no swearing, makes this a
movie that parents can watch with their children. Mischevious
college students develop an invisibility formula that helps them
to save their cash strapped college. Merely one in a series of
Kurt Russell movies set at Medvale College. A pleasant little
series set in a wholesome America before terrorists, when people
valued integrity more than cash!
A step in the right direction - Rating: 4/5
Disney has done an admirable transfer on this movie....something that is sadly lacking on many of its live action features. The picture is beautiful...probably the best I've seen thus far from Disney. (I'm not sure what the other review meant concerning a "fake widescreen", as I found all the original picture information to be there.)
The real negative about this release? NO EXTRAS! Nothing! Not even a trailer. Frankly, this is a movie that begs for explanation of how certain special effects were performed.
But at least I'll give Disney credit on this one for tranferring a picture the right way. Now if they'd only do it for "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes", and other great old movies.
Classic Disney - Rating: 5/5
This is classic Disney at its best, and yes, people, this is in widescreen! Enjoy!
I feel cheated! - Rating: 2/5
All Disney did to make this DVD widescreen was to matte over the top and bottom of the picture throughout the entire movie! You call this widescreen? I could chop off the top and bottom from the video and get the same result! Not only are we missing the top and bottom on this DVD, but also the sides from the REAL widescreen.
