Anybody know where I can get a PAL video or DVD of "The Night of the Comet" - saw the film ages ago and liked it. I've had a trawl around and it seems its "out of print" - it seems to be possible to get a copy via the Internet (varoius sources) but I want to be sure of getting a good copy or an original.

Any ideas?

TIA for any help :thmbsp:

From what I understand the film has been lost, as in, not taken care of. A SciFi tragedy.


.........Daddy would have got us Uzi's.

Netflix lists it, plus Amazon.com says 53 new or used DVD's

but that probably means they are NTSC..... (are dvd's that specific?)

as opposed to PAL.

Catherine Mary Stewart was hot, and Kelli Maroney wasn't too bad either.....

A valley girl and a cheerleader with machine guns in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.....

That was a wild movie...But yeah, Uzis woulda been better. A buddy of mine has like "Das Ultimate", though...Full-auto MP-5K w/an integral silencer. He was up at the place we'd all congregate to shoot, let me shoot it, & it was kinda like the scene in "Independence Day"- "DAMN ! I have GOT to get me one o' these !!" BTW, anybody think "Catherine Mary Stewart" had her names mixed up ? Shoulda been "Mary Catherine" instead of the other way around...

I've fired a full auto MP-5, (and lots others) and if I had to stake my life on a 9mm machine gun, I would choose the MP-5..... sweeeeet piece...... (and how would someone from Illinois do that? it's a long and expensive story)

Mac10's, the hell!?! Kelli Maroney was great. I'm suprised Sandy didn't mention Mary Woronov who played the good evil scientist hottie.

I remember "daddy would have got us uzi's" - just after (or before?) blasting the hell out of an innocent parked car.

I also remember the bit where one of the girls had taken a bad guy hostage (in the department store) - one of the other bad guys (the leader) shot him dead - to which the girl captor screams "YOUR'E CRAZY" he replies "I'me not crazy I just don't give a f**k" ! ....great moment.

I guess I will investigate Amazon I know DVD's have "regions" but not sure about colour encoding - PAL vs NTSC....

Thanks all,

I still have my 80's VHS copy & we watched it last Halloween.

Definitely on the list of must have zombie films.

The 80's overlay is hysterical too.

Oh, yeah... Mary Woronov...Underappreciated "bad girl/evil scientist" hottie...Had those eyes that looked right thru you, & really chilled yr shit...Kelli Maroney looked like the kind of gal you'd take home for a night of cheap & disgusting wanton Monkey Sex, Catherine Mary was the gal you'd take home for mama to meet...Geoffrey Lewis, the sidekick in Clint Eastwood's Monkey Movies, loved him as the zombie doctor..He always kinda gave me the creeps a little, too..

Sandy's Monkey sex comment got me thinkin', and lookin', and comet lives. I guess I'll have to get the dvd.

http://www.kellimaroney.com/projects.html

so

http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=8851658

If deep discount has it, I'm buying it, I've nothing but good luck with them

That's brilliant Holst - I had given up searching for this - but I knew there is a significant cult following for this film, so I suppose it was just a matter of time before good news like this.....

Thanks, :banana:

Hyperion

I think the DVD is region 1 only.

http://www.world-import.com/dvd.htm

http://www.regioncodefreedvd.com/

Or, if needed, you can find your player..

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/

I noticed last night that Amazon UK list the DVD title - which means, when they get stock (I've put a "notify" flag on it) I'll be able to get a UK region DVD, I think UK DVD region is "2"

Thanks for all your help everybody especially "Holst" :thmbsp:

On the auction site, look for item # 250139312313. The seller is in the UK, and the dvd is region free.

Best of luck

Thanks for the update Mysteryed,

I have also just checked and discovered that my DVD player supports regions 1-6 (region free?) and relating to an earlier question will play PAL or NTSC converting automatically.

Better all the time... (providing it has nothing to do with.... read on...)

Never bought anything on "that auction site" - been a member for a couple of years with - of course - no feedback either way - which apparently shouts WARNING. SCAMMER !!! to everybody - I have only bid twice, both rejected. Don't know how to break out of the no feedback loop...

Thanks for the update Mysteryed,

I have also just checked and discovered that my DVD player supports regions 1-6 (region free?) and relating to an earlier question will play PAL or NTSC converting automatically.



I need to get one of them.

Double checked - Region 2 OR Region 2-3-4 OR Region All

But not R1-6 - Its a Panasonic NV-VP31EB out of date now

Works well with my Hummy + Cable Box.

Region code has nothing directly to do with the difference between PAL and NTSC screen formatting. Region codes help the publishers monopolize and keep a tight rein on what's allowable in their geographical regions.

Check here (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks) or here (http://www.dvdhacks.co.uk/hacksearch/hacksearch.asp) for hints that will allow you to program your existing DVD deck to be region free, many times just using your remote control.

So, regardless of region code, the transport in your Panasonic deck will play either a PAL or NTSC disc with no problem. The issue becomes -- can your TV accept and display an incoming NTSC signal correctly if the disc isn't PAL.

Don't know how to break out of the no feedback loop...

Here is what you do -

Find ~7 or so Buy-It-Now auctions for things you need. Printer cartridges, disposable razors, tennis balls, or whatever. Bid, win, and pay immediately with PayPal or the form the seller requires. Ask the seller to leave you positive feedback and very quickly you will no longer appear as a risk. The key though is using the Buy-It-Now auction. The seller cannot cancel your bid and if you immediately follow through on the auction after you win with payment, they'll know you are a serious buyer. Why 7 auctions? Well it could be 6 or it could be 8 too. It is just a reasonable number of transactions that will show the positive trend of you as bidder & buyer.

I was able to capture and watch the hi-def broadcast of this movie.
Such a classic cheesy movie :banana:

Just curious but do you also like Night of the Creeps :D

My friend has that on DVD, which he recently acquired. I didn't realize it was an issue acquiring it, I'll have to ask him wherefrom it was purchased...

Well, Thank you all,

"Sleddogman"
For info about regions and how to enable all, and PAL/NTSC encoding.

"soundmotor"
For the solution to my "that auction site" seller/buyer history problem (very neat).

Welcome to the thread Dusty Chalk - I have liked your sig line ever since I saw it - Superb ! (the sort of thing I wish I had thought of myself !)
Your friend should have had to get it from somewhere special - but hey - you can get anything in the US :smoke:

Thanks,

Your friend should have had to get it from somewhere special - but hey - you can get anything in the US No issues I can think of in Region 1. It was just released a month or two ago....and then he posted the same link to the DeepDiscountDVD page, so apparently, that's where he got it.