Chimes cheap

[AndersE]

My wife went to Madrid, Spain, last week and brought back a wonderful present. The Spanish DVD of Chimes at Midnight! It really is a marvelous film and a well produced DVD.

She picked it up at the El Corte Ingles department store (they have several branches) for the fantastic price of 5.50 euros!
If you have friends in Spain and don't already have it this is a great oportunity to get a truly magical film.

If not, they have a website where it can be ordered at the same price:

http://cine.elcorteingles.es/seccion....=Welles

Note that this page also lists a DVD of Ambersons, but as it says that it is in widescreen I think I will investigate a little further before ordering that one (it doesn't say anything about language or subtitling either).

Anders

[AndersE]

I did check on the Spanish Ambersons DVD.
It is issued by Manga Film S.L.
My Spannish is poor to say the least, but this is what their web site says:

Drama, Clásico

Idioma: Castellano.

Idioma VO: Inglés

Idioma subtítulos: Castellano

Duración: 88 min.

Nacionalidad: Estados Unidos

Formato: DVD

Contenido: dvd 5

Zona: 2

Duración extra: 25 min.

Contenido extra: Filmografías selectas, ficha artística, ficha técnica, Orson Welles, y textos de Jordi Batlle Caminal.

Formato pantalla: 1.33:1 4/3

So Jeff, maybe you should update the DVD availability on the Wellesnet site as there apparently now are two versions of Ambersons out on DVD in Europe.
Manga Films looks like a legit operation, and not a bootlegger, judging from other titles they distribute.

By the way, the film is a bit difficult to find as goes under the title "El cuarto mandamiento" in Spain.

Anders

[AndersE]

Well, this should teach me to do my research before reaching for the keyboard!!!
The Spanish Ambersons DVD is mentioned (and pretty much dismissed) on the site!
And I thought I had something new to report.

Oh, well...

Anders
(with face full of eggs)

[Lance Morrison]

wow, that's a much better price than some of the outlandish amounts I've seen it for....unfortunately since I play my dvd's in an xbox I dont have multiregion capabilites....thanks for reporting it though

[AndersE]

The disk is multiregion, so that shouldn't be a problem. It is in PAL though... I have no knowledge of the xbox, but most computers play both PAL and NTSC without a hitch (you should make sure though).

Anders

[colwood]

AndersE, thanks for the info and link. I just got a multi-region player (finally) and the Chimes DVD is one of the reasons why.

Lance, while I'm sure you can find a good premium multi-region player, one inexpensive option is the Sampo DVE-612(n). Relatively low cost, works great (though I've only had mine for a short time), and is region and code free with a built in NTSC-PAL converter (also plays burned CD's, DVD's, MP3's). I got mine from 220-electronics.com (they call it the International World-wide DVD player).

[Lance Morrison]

hey thanks for that link! I wonder how long this offer is going to last...because I have bought a lot of films and book and cd's lately way too many for my funds...

I researched an apparently in america the xbox does not support PAL....I had some hope since it really is similar to stock computer parts...but oh well!

Thanks a lot all

[TheMcGuffin]

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Rob