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Super Speedway: The Mach II Special Edition IMAX (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)
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Product Details
- Starring: Paul Newman
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: DVD
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- Brand: Image Entertainment
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- Director: Stephen Low
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- EAN: 0014381324228
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- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
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- Label: Image Entertainment
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- Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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- Number of Items: 2
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- Product Group: DVD
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- Publisher: Image Entertainment
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- Region Code: 1
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- Release Date: 2006-05-30
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- Studio: Image Entertainment
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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- Title: Super Speedway: The Mach II Special Edition IMAX (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)
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- UPC: 014381324228
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Product Description: One of the best directors of IMAX films, Stephen Low (Titanica) has always been a race fan. After obtaining permission from CART, a governing body of Indy car racing and Newman/Haas racing (a Championship team co-owned by Paul Newman), Low found his stars for Super Speedway: the racing Andrettis, father Mario and son Michael. Mounting cameras fore and aft on the Andrettis' cars, IMAX offers a better vantage point than an ESPN camera, at a superior grade of clarity. Add to that the excellent sound and you can "feel" the bumps on the asphalt as the cars zoom in and out of corners. The large format can turn a pit stop into a dramatic 12 seconds as we see the driver's eyes dart away from his cockpit for a few brief seconds. We watch Michael Andretti on oval tracks and exciting road courses going over hills and sharp turns. There's even a spin--probably staged--from an angle we've never seen before. Although true race conditions were impossible (the camera is just too bulky), Low sneakily edits his film to stretch the imagination. On race day, several Indy cars drove alongside the camera car hours before the main event, passing and drafting each other with crowds whizzing past them. When edited with footage of the race, it feels like the real thing. Low takes a few off-beat choices in setting up his story. The first image is the biggest chicken you've ever seen. The last shot is a '50s car (lovingly restored during the film) racing through perfect golden foliage on an autumn day. It gives his movie of modern technology a wonderful sense of nostalgia. --Doug Thomas
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Customer Reviews
Super Speedway DVD
As a life long racer I thoroughly enjoyed Super Speedway and am sure I will watch it many times in the future. If I ever get the chance to see it in IMAX I definitely will.
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GOOD MOVIE - WMVHD IS POINTLESS
This is not exactly what I expected. All I wanted was a DVD with cars racing around to show off my home theater system. As it is, I bought the Large Format version. The WMVHD version makes little sense to me, unless you intend the watch the movie on a computer. WMVHD was never intended for anything but a computer. As far as I know WMVHD will look like a normal DVD on anything BUT a computer. At any rate, I found the DVD good, but more of a documentary on the Andretti family and on racing history. A lot of nostalgia I'm guessing. Even the song at the end of the DVD is some 1950's classic. So I'm going to give the DVD to my father, who I think will get more out of it than I did. I'll give it 5 stars anyway, as it's worth that for many folks I'm sure. If anyone wants to comment on WMVHD feel free. I think it's useless for a home theater, UNLESS you run your home theater through your PC.
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Give me VHS
The documentary itself is fantastic. Just don't buy this particular disk set.
One disk is the regular Super Speedway from IMAX, but in NTSC. I took NTSC since the PAL version is out of production. When I played it on my DVD player, I was shocked to see how fuzzy 480 NTSC lines are compared to PAL's 576.
No matter, I thought, I bought the disk set for the HD version anyway. So I popped the disk in my PC thinking I can stream the WMV files through my media streamer at my home theater. Another shock as I realize that the WMV files are encrypted not with standard DRM, but with some proprietary technology.
Why even bother releasing this? The NTSC version is worse than a good VHS and if you want to see the HD version the whole family must crowd behind my tiny 22" Monitor and tinny PC speakers for 50 minutes.
One very disappointed racing fan.
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Great behind the scenes documentary
This was a great documentary about what goes on behind the scenes in racing. The WVMHD looks great on my hi resolution computer monitor. Sound, action, and narration are all superb. Would recommend to anyone interested in knowing a little more about racing. Note: this film doesn't dig to deep into the technical side of car design or the underlying technologies, it merely scratches the surface.
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Monster sound effects
Want to put your home theater to the ultimate test? This is one magnificently produced DVD. None can match it's raw viceral sounds of the Indy cars on the track. Crank it up and the sounds will go around the room as the car races thru the road course. The Andretti men are classic and weave a good story of a car found in a barn then restore it and run it again. Simply amazing photography and sound effects.
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