JAWS - ITV running at a fast frame rate?

"Damot" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:25:52 GMT, "Piggy" The wrote:

Is it me, but is Jaws on ITV1 running at a fast frame rate?

So things look smoother?


No, it can make it slightly jerker(motion judder) as you the viewer is still
running at 25fps, as the other poster replied, all sorts software correction
are applied.

The long term favourite was to speed up the end credits(sometimes the front
ones) and fade out the sound track early. I notice recent films have the
main sound music ends earlier probably for that reason.

Of course in the cinema most people leave as the end credits are rolling.
Monty Python played on this in the Life of Brian, when they were unsure
whether to leave or not, the actual film has 2 mins of blank film before the
curtain closes.

"Piggy" The wrote in message
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Is it me, but is Jaws on ITV1 running at a fast frame rate?

I know that broadcasters do run films at 25fps you would have thought they
could run them in their native frame rate, but this is more like 27fps!

Everyone has seen that film so they want to get through it quickly as no
one will be watching.

In article .com,
DVDfever Dom writes

It was one of those films where they got a 12-cert just for an f-word,
since a PG in the US means box-office death when it's not a kids film
and PG-13 seems to attract audiences for some reason.


Never been quite able to work that one out. Why not make it an R, as
aren't kids allowed into R rated movies in the US, if accompanied by an
adult? Whereas they **** people off watering down stuff like Die 4.0 to
a PG-13 when it should be an R.
--
Sean Black

In article , [email protected]
aggs.demon.co.uk says...
In article .com,
DVDfever Dom writes

It was one of those films where they got a 12-cert just for an f-word,
since a PG in the US means box-office death when it's not a kids film
and PG-13 seems to attract audiences for some reason.


Never been quite able to work that one out. Why not make it an R, as
aren't kids allowed into R rated movies in the US, if accompanied by an
adult? Whereas they **** people off watering down stuff like Die 4.0 to
a PG-13 when it should be an R.

Yes, but they also want appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Kids in the
UK happily seek out more violent films, the internet making that possibly
*without* asking an older kid to rent it, so it's something for the US market.

Stupid thing is - in the UK Die Hard 4.0 is a 15-cert, and it would've been
with 'mother****er' anyway. It's mad that they couldn't make two versions.
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In article , "Piggy" The
says...
"Dom Robinson" wrote in message
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It looks relatively normal, in that respect, but it's still cropped to
16:9 so
is a waste of time.

Plus, I know Saturday night TV is a ratings vacuum (which explains the
constant situation with BBC2, tonight beginning a new series of "I Love
British Film"), but in recent years Jaws has either been late-night filler
or
weekend afternoon (censored) filler. Now it's primetime entertainment.

That said, Jaws does kick ass in the film department so it'll probably
give
them good ratings.
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Looks like the first hour was speeded up, it appears to have returned to
normal.

The official run time is 124 mins (or 130mins for the US TV version), with
the 135 mins ITV have allowed including commercials, baring any cuts , are
trying to get it to fit.

I worked in a cinema in the mid 70s after it being on for 15 weeks or so, I
know every second along with the reel change points!

Jaws 2 is on this Saturday... unless that shark in the news kills someone and
it gets cancelled(!)
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In article , Dom Robinson
writes

Stupid thing is - in the UK Die Hard 4.0 is a 15-cert, and it would've been
with 'mother****er' anyway. It's mad that they couldn't make two versions.

I'm sure they'll be a second uncut DVD along a few months after the
standard one has stopped selling well, or am I just being too cynical
:-)
--
Sean Black

On Jul 28, 9:25 pm, "Piggy" The wrote:
Is it me, but is Jaws on ITV1 running at a fast frame rate?

I know that broadcasters do run films at 25fps you would have thought they
could run them in their native frame rate, but this is more like 27fps!

Probably the only film that still gives me the heebee geebees.

I read somewhere the woman's ribs got broken in the initial shark
attack scene. They had a rope tied around her waist, threaded through
a metal loop on the sea bed and fed back to shore. They would pull the
rope on the beach to simulate the vic being pulled under by the shark
and they pulled so hard they broke her ribs.

(but everyone probably knew that).

Last Sunday, when BBC2 shoved Titanic into a 6pm slot so as to kill
time before Rome started, I saw bits of it and noticed it was edited
so Bill Paxton's crew member had re-recorded his line to say "You're
so full of it, boss" ('it' instead of '****') - which at least is
better than someone else later re-recording it ("Yippee-kay-ay,
kimosabe" anyone?), but later on as the iceberg hit there was
uncensored "*******" and "horse****".

I remember years ago when ITV first showed 'Aliens' and they redubbed
all the sweary bits with an English actor/actress doing a very poor
American accent. Truly dire.

On Aug 1, 12:03 pm, WW wrote:
Last Sunday, when BBC2 shoved Titanic into a 6pm slot so as to kill
time before Rome started, I saw bits of it and noticed it was edited
so Bill Paxton's crew member had re-recorded his line to say "You're
so full of it, boss" ('it' instead of '****') - which at least is
better than someone else later re-recording it ("Yippee-kay-ay,
kimosabe" anyone?), but later on as the iceberg hit there was
uncensored "*******" and "horse****".

I remember years ago when ITV first showed 'Aliens' and they redubbed
all the sweary bits with an English actor/actress doing a very poor
American accent. Truly dire.

The worse example of this I can remember was in Wall Street where
Charlie Sheen's character is discussing selling his flat with the real
estate agent lady. The line in which he swears was dubbed so badly it
wasn't even close.

On Aug 1, 10:48 am, "
wrote:
On Jul 28, 9:25 pm, "Piggy" The wrote:

Is it me, but is Jaws on ITV1 running at a fast frame rate?

I know that broadcasters do run films at 25fps you would have thought they
could run them in their native frame rate, but this is more like 27fps!

Probably the only film that still gives me the heebee geebees.

I read somewhere the woman's ribs got broken in the initial shark
attack scene. They had a rope tied around her waist, threaded through
a metal loop on the sea bed and fed back to shore. They would pull the
rope on the beach to simulate the vic being pulled under by the shark
and they pulled so hard they broke her ribs.

(but everyone probably knew that).

Sorry - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/trivia

About 2/3rds of the way down. Apparently she wasn't hurt at all
(according to her).

Matt