The Great Waldo Pepper

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A great classic........2007-01-17

From a time when movies were more good acting and less special effects with shock factor.

Wonderful movie if you are a pilot or just enjoy areoplanes. Good film in general. I wish they would re-release this so its not so hard to find. As of right now beware DVD's as they are likely poor quality rips.

Its the kind of movie that leaves you feeling good at the end.

The Movie is Great.......2007-01-09

The movie it's self is great. I got it because it's my husband's all time favorite movie. However, I was extremely disappointed that I cannot copy it to DVD and preserve the VHS tape. I don't want to copy it for anyone else, just for myself so we could play the DVD and keep the tape new since you can no longer get it.

A Magical Movie Gets Shoddy DVD Treatment.......2006-09-30

I'm not going to re-review this movie because the almost universal raves say it all. The true tragedy is that this magical movie's exceptional flying sequences are muddled in this terrible full screen transfer. Watching this in full screen is like watching Lawrence of Arabia or Dr. Zhivago in full screen ... pointless. Please give this movie a new widescreen transfer ... it more than deserves it.

We desperately need this one in letterbox!!!.......2006-05-04

I give this film three stars only because of its shoddy treatment on DVD. Otherwise, I would give it five stars. I remember a strikingly different theme used during the opening scenes of the film, during which time the black-and-white photographs are shown. On one HBO showing of the film many years ago, the opening scenes used the same music that appears at around 19:30 into the film, when MaryBeth, Waldo and Axel are in a bar. As a result, I don't know which theme was used in the film as originally released.

This DVD release has very fuzzy picture quality in some spots. Was this an attempt at creativity, or was a bad film print used for this DVD release? I don't know. At any rate, why was this release issued by Good Times Video and not by Universal?

I'm glad to have this film on DVD, but it desperately needs to be presented in a letterbox edition. Improvements in color and clarity are also sorely needed. This is another George Roy Hill masterpiece that has been grossly mistreated (See also my review on the Universal Legacy Edition release of "The Sting").

Why is it so difficult to get so many of the really great movies on DVD?.......2005-10-09

This movie is pure pleasure for young, old, male or female. It would be nice if movies like this would come out in widescreen DVD for those who appreciate what movies were intended to do. ENTERTAIN. The flying sequences are marvelous. Redford is great, as always and the storyline is wonderful. Let's get this released in widescreen ASAP please.

The Great Waldo Pepper [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]

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The Great Waldo Pepper [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Director: George Roy Hill
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

The Great Waldo Pepper

ASIN: B000AOE5Z2

Product Description

Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o Dutch (subtitles) o German (subtitles) o English (Mono) o German (Mono) Synopsis: Robert Redford plays Waldo Pepper, a former World War I pilot who exaggerates his accomplishments in order to impress the rabble. After a brief rivalry with air-show entrepreneur Axel Olsson (Bo Svenson), Pepper teams with Axel to barnstorm all over the Midwest. Ambitious Mary Beth (Susan Sarandon) insists on performing a wingwalking act in the show, but during the first performance she "freezes up" and falls to her death. As a result, Pepper and Olsson lose their permit to perform. Pepper can't even get a job in "legitimate" aviation because it's been regulated beyond recognition in the postwar years. In desperation, Pepper gets a job as a movie stunt pilot. On the set, he meets the film's technical advisor: former German ace Ernst Kessler (Bo Brundin), a man whom Pepper has been claiming falsely to have fought during the war, thereby advancing his own reputation. He is as disillusioned with civilian life as Pepper is, and ignoring the entreaties of the film's director, stages a genuine dogfight (sans live ammo) with his old "opponent". The film ends with both men proving to themselves what they'd failed to prove during the war. The Great Waldo Pepper represented the third filmic collaboration between star Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill.

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