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In The Shadow Of The Moon [HD DVD] [2007] | ![In The Shadow Of The Moon [HD DVD] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51novGuIrDL._SL500_.jpg)
| Studio: Channel 4 DVD
Category: DVD
Buy New: £49.96
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 21696
Format: Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 6867445000491
ASIN: B000ZG4L5O
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: A brand new and factory security sealed UK release and Region 2 HD DVD, Please pay attention to the fact that this HD dvd won't play on a normal dvd player; it needs exclusively an HD dvd player to play it. I am not going to refund any buyer from now on if they make this mistake because they use the HD dvd and unseal it and then return it to me, asking for a refund, and this is not fair because I won't be able to sell it again . Exactly as pictured by Amazon. Sent via Royal Mail by first class recorded delivery. Trust our feedback!
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 4:3 can be remasted in high definition too! June 26, 2008
DocSmithers (los altos, ca USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The interviews are done in 16x9, but the original film elements from the '60s and '70s are 4:3 as they should be. It amazes me that people think that this is somehow defeating the purpose of HD. Thankfully they present the archival film clips exactly as they were filmed, not cropped or stretched. Older film using the 4:3 aspect ratio can just as easily be remastered in high definition as widescreen films.
 Inspirational endeavor but no real HD thrills.... March 29, 2008
Hazed (UK)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you want to enjoy just over 1 and a half hours of sheer engrossing history and great human acheivement then this is certainly worth watching. The interviews with several key members of the Apollo program are truelly awe inspiring. You will find yourself asking just how they managed to do what they did as the stunning movies of the titanic saturn V rocket launch, the un-nerving lunar landing and terrifying re-entry into Earths atmosphere are played out in front of you.
In HD it does look stunning, especially on my LG 42" LCDTV during the Launch. The sheer power of the Saturn 5's rocket engines! great churning balls of beautiful orange flames followed by the slow acceleration of what seems an impossibly big machine through a shower of broken ice particles, its a perfect subject for the extra detail HD DVD affords!.
The bad news for me however was the way this film has been produced for HD-DVD, that is to say, the way the resolution or format seems to switch from widescreen full 1080 HD for the interviews to a 4:3 format during the historical film sections! I tried again and again to get my player to auto-stretch it or zoom in but to no avail, always the borders showed due to it resetting itself for the interviews at the correct 16:9 setting. The picture effectively had a black border to the left and right of the viewable area which kind of defeats the point of having HD some doesnt it??? I would have to say I think it does...but i learned to live with it.
I paid around 15 for this film so I dont feel too hard done by, (I would have, had I paid the original price though)it does have HD quality interviews(view auto stretches to full screen no probs) and then the original (kodak celuloid?)films of the launch,flight,landing,exploration and splashdown I assume have been converted to as near to the 1920x1080 format they could get without losing the edges of the picture(and thus losing what is in effect an histroical document? dunno!). I think I would have rather had the full screen and lost a touch off the top and bottom but hey, Im no producer/director. Also the quality of this older film doesnt seem too impressive considering, with blemishes and scratches showing up quite a bit too and so if your hope, when buying this, is to see famous historic film shots in a newer purer clarity, when before all you saw were grainy and fuzzy then you may be in for a disappointed.
After saying all this however, the subject matter and story and interviews are worth every penny to me. I may not have liked the weird 4:3 format but it didnt stop my jaw dropping when i saw the images and heard the story. Buy this if you wanted to be an astronaut or if you have kids and want to peak their interest, it cant fail to impress i dont think. It time we went back.........
Loved the movie. I recommend the book too. January 25, 2008
Splenda
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I found this movie quite fascinating. Then curled up with the book of the same name by Colin Burgess and learned even more about these amazing stories. Highly recommend the movie for the inspiration and putting faces to the names, and the book for the deeper stories, entertaining, witty and insightful.
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