Product Details

• Actors: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, William Tracy
• Directors: H. Bruce Humberstone
• Writers: Lamar Trotti, Steve Fisher
• Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck, Milton Sperling
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00096S4BW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "To the Shores of Tripoli" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI - DVD Movie

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stupid ... just like a Fox, January 11, 2003

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J. Michael Click (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Shores of Tripoli (DVD)

To phrase this as kindly as possible ... the folks at Fox Home Entertainment are dumber than dirt, especially when it comes to their library of classic movies. They've pulled off some spectacular marketing fiascos over the years ... such as releasing the 1939 box-office smash "Jesse James" on laserdisc in a faded, washed-out print back in the early 1990's; and more recently, pushing their (badly) colorized versions of several Shirley Temple classics into the marketplace on DVD instead of the glorious black and white originals.

But the DVD edition of "To the Shores of Tripoli" represents a new low for the company. This movie received an Oscar nomination for Edward Cronjager's and William Skall's gorgeous candybox TECHNICOLOR cinematography. The title frame of the film itself says: "'To the Shores of Tripoli' in TECHNICOLOR." The DVD box itself says, "1942, COLOR, 86 minutes" under the advertising blurb; and then proclaims "Photographed in TECHNICOLOR" in the credits area. But guess what?!!? The DVD was mastered from a BLACK & WHITE re-release print, and not the original Technicolor negative! Hello, 11th-Century Fox! That churning sound you hear is former studio head Darryl F. Zanuck spinning 'round and 'round in his grave. Unfortunately, this movie is just not worth watching unless you get to marvel at Maureen O'Hara's beautiful tresses in all their flame-colored glory!

But that's not the only blunder on this disc or its packaging. In the box describing the DVD's features, the aspect ratio is correctly noted as 1.33:1, Full Frame Format. However, the last line on the bottom of the box's back panel notes: "WIDESCREEN VERSION: Presented in a letterbox format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition." Huh! Who proofreads this stuff? And while I'm on a rant ... the actress featured on the front of the DVD looking soulfully at John Payne - and who is also featured in a scene still on the back of the box - is none other than fourth-billed Nancy ("The Bad Seed") Kelly, who played the distaff second lead in the film. NOT that you would know from reading the DVD box, since Fox didn't bother to give the future Oscar-nominee even a small feature credit.

Fox Home Entertainment, get it together! At this point, you're the laughingstock of the industry, despite having some of the best classic films ever made in your library ("The Grapes of Wrath", "The Ox-Bow Incident", "Laura", "Leave Her to Heaven", "Pinky", "A Letter to Three Wives", etc., etc.). We're waiting patiently for these goodies ... and praying you won't screw them up too badly when you finally get around to releasing them.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY THIS DVD!!!!!!, May 27, 2002

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James M. Knuttel (Alta Loma, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Shores of Tripoli (DVD)

This Technicolor film received an Academy Award nomination for best color cinematography. So what did Fox Home Video do? They put out the film on DVD in a BLACK & WHITE PRINT!!!!!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The DVD version is misrepresented., July 28, 2002

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M. S. Parker (Needham, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Shores of Tripoli (DVD)

I bought a copy of the DVD version of this movie which I had seen in the theatres many years ago. When I started the movie I noticed it was in black and white, not in color as the movie was photographed in and what the DVD jacket said it was in. Thinking the DVD was defective, I returned it. I then went to another place and bought another copy. It too was in black and white. I sent e-mails to Fox asking what was wrong and never received an answer. I strongly recommend that you do not buy the DVD version. Too bad, the movie actually is very good.