Castle Keep (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Astrid Heeren, Scott Wilson, Tony Bill, Al Freeman Jr., James Patterson, Bruce Dern, Michael Conrad, Caterina Boratto, Henri Deca�, Sydney Pollack, Edward L. Rissien, John Calley, Martin Ransohoff, Daniel Taradash, David Rayfiel, William Eastlake: DVD

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1.0 out of 5 stars Massive amounts of shame on Columbia, July 22 2004

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J. J. Burchell - See all my reviews
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No need to buy this DVD, a Panavision title released in pan & scan? Yep, we're back in the stone age.
Columbia pictures should be ashamed, heaping this crap on the public,the movie is no classic, but it's worth a look, but this transfer is awful. At least you get the opening credits in letterbox ;)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars An incredible piece of ..., July 16 2004

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Serial Movie Buff (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

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Yes it's true, Columbia has released this excellent movie in pan & scan! And to make it worse, contrary to what was said by an earlier reviewer, the original aspect ratio was not 1,85:1 but the full Panavision 2,40:1 framing (that's easy to check out, because the opening credits actually are shown in widescreen on the DVD). Well, that's it, folks, what we have here is another useless disc which all movie lovers should stay away from until Columbia finally understands what customers want.

1 star because I don't have any other choice (please Amazon, make it possible to give a 'Zero star' rating!)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A lousy Pan & Scan transfer and a waste of money!, July 11 2004

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J. Steffen "jsteffe25" (Decatur, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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"Castle Keep" is an interesting early film by Sydney Pollack that, I'm sorry to say, is absolutely ruined by Columbia's foolish decision to release it pan & scan rather than in the correct aspect ratio. The film's beautiful widescreen cinematography is one of its greatest assets, but on the DVD parts of the film are actually hard to make sense of because half of the image is cut off. (...). With so many other great films out there to see, I recommend that you don't waste your time with this one until Columbia releases a better version. Too bad.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately...
... Columbia-Tristar had an opportunity (really, an obligation to its movie-going and disc-buying audience) to remedy 30+ years of pan&scan broadcast/tape versions of CASTLE KEEP... Read more

Published on July 15 2004 by panjandrum

5.0 out of 5 stars Pity no one wants it on DVD.... It's a masterpiece!
I review this movie, basing myself on a VHS copy I recorded from Cinemax some years ago. The only copy I own and which I cherish jealously. Read more

Published on Mar 25 2004 by Patrick Selitrenny