Uncle Silas (1947) ADDED

[Brent_Reid]

Title: Uncle Silas
Country: Greece
Region: 0 (sleeve says 2)
Releasing Studio: Modern Times
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): Greek (yes)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (98:25)
Commentaries: None
Extras: Five video adverts [not trailers] for other Modern Times DVDs
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, or Spain):
Source:*Own copy

Title: Uncle Silas
Country: Greece
Region: 0
Releasing Studio: Modern Times
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: (If a silent film, also state score composer and performer) English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): Greek (yes)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (98:25)
Commentaries: None
Extras: Five video adverts [not trailers] for other Modern Times DVDs
Notes: Newspaper giveaway flipper disc with Etairia thavmaton aka The Company of Miracles (1962, 76:17) Greek Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. When the subtitle button is pressed, an English subtitle icon appears but no subs are present.
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, or Spain):
Source:*Own copy

AR is the same both sides, as is the PAL standard. No extras but the same five video adverts are repeated both sides, which is why it literally looks like two separate, single-layer discs back-to-back on a DVD-10.

These are the only licensed releases for this film anywhere but there are a lot of DVD-R bootlegs, often of the shorter US cut titled The Inheritance.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

English Dolby Digital 2.9 mono

I assume 2.0? Could you fix this?

Five adverts [not trailers] for other Modern Times DVDs

Are these just stills?

Newspaper giveaway flipper disc with Etairia thavmaton aka The Company of Miracles (1962, 76:17) Greek Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. When the subtitle button is pressed, an English subtitle icon appears but no subs are present.

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Could you give the full specs for the other film?

[Brent_Reid]

1. Obviously - fixed!

2. No, they're like TV adverts, each lasting a few minutes. Some advertise a small range of DVDs, some dozens at a time and go on for nearly 10 minutes. They're completely in Greek and very ill-conceived all round. They're basically someone narrating the titles and casts of a never-ending slideshow of DVD covers, with the odd brief video clip thrown in. The worst, most boring such ads I've ever seen! Believe me when I say there is no value whatsoever in detailing them, even for a native speaker of the language.

3. All the specs are there! What are you missing? Like As with Uncle Silas, I assume it's also the standalone DVD master reproduced on one side of the flipper disc. It actually looks like quite an entertaining film but I don't know enough Greek to be able to follow it conversationally. I plan to pick up the standalone disc to see if it has English subs after all and they were just somehow 'lost' during the flipper's mastering.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

All the specs are there! What are you missing?

Aspect ratio, anamorphic or not, PAL or NTSC, extras if there are any.

[Brent_Reid]

Aha, ok: AR is the same both sides, as is the PAL standard. No extras but the same five video adverts are repeated both sides, which is why it literally looks like two separate, single-layer discs back-to-back on a DVD-10.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

It would be useful if you could post and fix all that in the first post for reference, including changing 2.9 to 2.0

[Brent_Reid]

I fixed one "2.9" but overlooked the other. They're both fixed now and I copied my last comment in too.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

What paper was the flipper disc from?

[Brent_Reid]

Good question! The paper was the Επενδυτής (Investor - no article). I didn't mention it as it stopped publishing in 2013; however, I just discovered it was resurrected last August. They gave away a lot of free DVDs and as far as I can tell theirs are all legit, whereas from most other papers they aren't.

BTW, in this case, Silas is licensed from Granada Ventures, which from 2005–2006 was the name of what is now ITV Studios.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Added it. Thank you.

[Brent_Reid]

Thanks James. I know it's often tricky to be understood when communicating solely by the written word but your patience and perseverance is much appreciated!