Product Details

• Actors: Robert Redford, Bo Svenson
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: August 3, 2010
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003L16F7C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,102 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/03/2010 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Waldo in Widescreen!!!, August 7, 2010

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Doug Duncan "dgduncan" (Alpine, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Waldo Pepper (DVD)

At long last, we have The Great Waldo Pepper in widescreen format as it was meant to be seen. Having suffered my full-screen version for way too many years, I was thoroughly thrilled to receive my widescreen version today, and I could not make it back from my mailbox (six miles away) fast enough. The transfer is immaculate and there is no film grain visible as there is in the full-screen format. Plus, all the two-shots are complete, so you can actually see all the people involved in the conversation. Needless to say, the aerial shots are stupendous, and you feel as if you're right up there with them with the ground spinning lazily below. I cannot vouch for the sound quality (mono), as my home theater unit is in storage in another state, but as far as I can tell, it's every bit as good as the Good Times version I've watched for years. There are a few negatives to the DVD, which caused me to subtract a star:

1. No special features. Even the lowly Good Times full-screen version at least gave you production notes to peruse, as well as scene selection and set-up options. I realize it may be way too late to do any "Making Of" videos, but something to give us insight into this miracle of filmmaking would be nice. As it is, this DVD goes straight into the opening titles.

2. They changed the intro and closing music. Gone is the melancholy piano waltz during the scrapbook viewing both at the beginning and at the end. I love that tune, and it's one of the things that set the tone for the movie. The music that replaced it is in keeping with the times -- and if I'd never seen the movie before, I probably would think it was a stroke of genius -- but I do so love the old tune.

Those detractors aside, I feel this DVD has brought The Great Waldo Pepper back to us in true theatrical fashion, and I can't say more about the look and feel of the transfer. I only hope Universal Studios comes out with a full-feature version of this DVD someday, but I'm not crying too loudly at this point. From a visual standpoint, this is a dream come true. Thank you, Universal!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honor Fullfilled, August 29, 2010

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Roberto Cristy "El Raptor" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Waldo Pepper (DVD)

This is the story of a post WWI fighter pilot turned "Barnstormer" in order to make a living by doing what he does best - fly. His competition used to be the "Enemy" but now it's other barnstormers, debt, and the newly formed CAA [now the Federal Aviation Association]. Times are quickly changing for these free lance pilots, real work is hard to find, and only the lucky few are given the chance to go to Hollywood as "stunt pilots". But Waldo has one particular need in order to feel complete, that is to beat a particular German ace that he clashed with during the war, a fight that some other pilots say he never had. There are some really funny moments as he and other pilots scramble for wide eyed hay-seeders money around farms and rural villages, and some really great vintage aircraft aerobatics, but the real treat of this movie is when Waldo meets his rival in Hollywood and they turn a simple flying scene into... something else?
Saw this as a kid some Umpty9 years ago, [when airplanes were powered with rubberbands], and it's still a really enjoyable movie now. Invite the family! The Great Waldo Pepper

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie - Disappointing DVD, October 31, 2010

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Walter Runkle - See all my reviews
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This is about the 2010 release on DVD. I am glad to see this movie on DVD but I am sure disappointed in the way they packaged it. It is just the movie. Period. There is NO menu which means there is NO scene selection, NO language selection and NO close caption. Options that I assumed were standard on all legitimate DVDs are NOT on this one. You just put in the disc and the movie starts. You can advance through the chapters of the movie using the skip button on your remote but you can't pick the chapter you want from a menu. You have to let the movie start and then skip through chapters one-at-a-time till you get to the one you want.

Since this movie is from 1975 I understand why the sound is just digital stereo but I really miss the close captioning. At least with VHS tapes I could turn on close caption on my TV and get the subtitles. With this I get nothing. Nothing for the hearing impaired.

I really like the movie and the video quality is very good. I am just disappointed at what I got for $11.99 for a movie that was made 35 years ago. I think $4.99 would have been a fairer price.