Ken Cranes Best list of 1992

Scott Streeter

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From Ken Crane's Laser Event Vol. 1 #4

The following is a list of top discs released in 1992. The list was
complied based on a number of criteria: best selling discs,
theatrically popular discs, noteworthy releases, re-releases or
special editions, and some of our personal favorites. These titles
represent the very best laser releases of 1992.

The Addams Family 1991, PG-13, Paramount/Pioneer

Akira 1989, R, Voyager/Criterion

The Alamo (restored version) 1960, NR, MGM/UA

Alien (widescreen) 1979, R, Fox/Image

Apocalypse Now (remastered widescreen) 1979, R, Paramount

Basic Instinct 1992, R, LIVE/Pioneer

Batman Returns 1992, PG-13, Warner

Beauty and the Beast: The Works In Progress 1991, G, Disney/Image

Boyz N the Hood (widescreen directors cut) 1991, R, Criterion

Cape Fear 1991, R, MCA/Universal

Carousel (widescreen) 1959, NR, Image

Casablanca (50th Anniversary) 1942, NR, Turner/MGM/UA

The Commitments 1991, R, Fox/Image

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover 1989, R, Vidmark

Dr. Strangelove (Criterion widescreen) 1964, PG, Criterion

Excalibur (widescreen) 1981, PG, Warner

The Fisher King (director's cut) 1991, R, Criterion

Fried Green Tomatoes 1991, PG-13, CA/Universal

The Godfather Trilogy (leather bound set) R, Paramount

The Golden Age of Looney Toons (Vols 1&2) 1931-`48, NR, MGM/UA

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle 1992, R, Hollywood

Herbert van Karajan Saltzburg Mozart's Don Giovanni 1980s, NR, Sony

High Noon 1952, NR, Republic

Hook 1992, PG, Columbia TriStar

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (director's cut) 1963, NR, MGM/UA

In the Realm of the Senses 1976, Unrated, Laser Entertainment

Jason and the Argonauts 1963, G, Criterion

Jaws (widescreen) 1975, PG, MCA

JFK 1991, R, Warner/Pioneer

King Kong (60th Anniversary) 1933, NR, Image

Leathal Weapon 2 (widescreen) 1989, R, Warner

45th MacBeth (Orson Wells) 1948, NR, Republic

The Mind's Eye 1990, NR, Image

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975, PG, Columbia TriStar

Patriot Games 1992, R, Paramont

Raiders of the Lost Ark (widescreen) 1981, PG, Paramount

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (widescreen) 1984, PG, Paramount

The Rocketeer 1991, PG, Disney/Image

Sea Hawk (restored full length) 1940, NR, MGM/UA

Captain Blood (restored full length) 1935, NR, MGM/UA

The Silence of the Lambs 1991, R, Orion/Image

Spartacus (widescreen) 1960, PG-13, Criterion

Star Trek VI 1991, PG, Paramount/Pioneer

State of the Art of Computer Animation 1988, NR, Image

Terminator II 1991, R, LIVE/Pioneer

Thelma and Louise 1991, R, MGM/UA

Wagner's Ring (Metropolitan version) 1990, NR, Polygram

Wayne's World 1992, PG-13, Paramount/Pioneer

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Samuel A. Fineberg

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Dec 11, 1992, 6:30:42 PM12/11/92

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>From Ken Crane's Laser Event Vol. 1 #4

>The following is a list of top discs released in 1992. The list was
>complied based on a number of criteria: best selling discs,
>theatrically popular discs, noteworthy releases, re-releases or
>special editions, and some of our personal favorites. These titles
>represent the very best laser releases of 1992.

...

>Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975, PG, Columbia TriStar

Does this imply that this has been released? If it has, I would like to know.
If not, I think it pretty optimistic to expect this to be released before
the end of the year. Not to mention that it is pretty ridiculous to declare
a disc no one has seen to be one of the "best of the year."

Sam

Don Eastman

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Dec 11, 1992, 9:25:03 PM12/11/92

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In <1g8ph6...@bigboote.WPI.EDU> Scott Streeter writes:
>From Ken Crane's Laser Event Vol. 1

>

>The following is a list of top discs released in 1992. The list was
>complied based on a number of criteria: best selling discs,
>theatrically popular discs, noteworthy releases, re-releases or
>special editions, and some of our personal favorites. These titles
>represent the very best laser releases of 1992.
>
>

>Spartacus (widescreen) 1960, PG-13, Criterion
>
>

I just bought Spartacus (LBX) by MCA/UNIVERSAL #41130, today! I was unaware
until this posting that Criterion also had such a disc. Can anyone comment
on which is the better transfer? How do the surround effects compare?
I think the MCA disc looks very good, although I have only sampled parts of
it. If the Criterion disc is thought to be better I will try and exchange
the disc tomorrow.