Project info:
Finally it's up, Dirty Harry 5 - The Dead Pool - in scope format.
![[Image: harrywide.png]](https://i.ibb.co/Jj5sYGP/harrywide.png)
Video:
Original Blu-ray VC1 converted to H264.
Audio:
1. EN Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Widescreen laserdisc)
2. FR Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
3. FR Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (from Warner LD [1181013])
4. German Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
5. Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
6. Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
7. Spanish II Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
8. Portugal Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
9. Audio commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
Also includes all the Blu-ray PGS subtitles tracks.
The first track is Kchrules Flac capture of the Stereo LD found on the internal organ with the initial sync delay corrected.
The French mono rip is by Shatpack.
Sync:
Any Warner BD (plus subs and chapters).
Total size is about 8.85 gb.
The story:
Like all Dirty Harry fans, I didn't get why Dirty Harry 5 - The Dead Pool - looked ugly on video for years. First it was released in open matte 4/3 with some cropping on the sides on VHS & LD, then in 1.78:1 on DVD, then on wider 1.78:1 on Blu (more opened on all four sides), and none of those presentations looked like a decently shot film.
It was easy for decades to dismiss this as "the director was a hack", but I disagree with all those ready-made cookie cutter opinions. First because the director Buddy Van Horn was a respected second unit director with credits I wouldn't mind having on my resume, and second because it's obvious half the film at least was shot by Clint himself, as you can see the exact same tricks Clint uses in all his films in all the quieter dialogue scenes (for example, long lens with blurry background, character enter frame, or exit frame, it's signature director Clint).
The director of photography is Jack Green the DoP of Bird and Unforgiven. Don't tell me the guy don't know how to shoot films, he is a bloody Oscar nominee. So it's obvious something is wrong on all the home-video versions of this film.
I think as the film was shot very fast in the spring of 1988 and released in July, that they had two units working jointly, one lead by Clint. The other involving the action and secondary characters led by Buddy Van Horn, and he got the credit given by Clint because he shot more stuff than the usual second unit thing. One way to tell is that the film has no second unit directors credits.
So anyway the other weird thing is that the film is 1.77:1 on Home-Video, whereas all the other Harry films are scope 2.39:1.
IMDB lists it as 1.85:1, but I remember seeing the film on the initial release, and it was larger widescreen to me. In fact I didn't notice there was a change in format.
I can understand, as the film was shot very fast in the spring of 1988, and released in the summer, that they went spherical because it was easier and faster to shoot that way, but I don't think it was shot for 1.85:1. The framing looks totally off and loose in all of the home-video versions, with tons of dead air. I think due to it's bad reputation, this film got no care on home-video, and the Warner staff after the initial 4/3 VHS transfer, didn't bother to do a LD 2.39:1 version, so they released it in 4/3 LD. Then when it hit DVD, they wrongly assumed the format based on IMDB listing, and the real initial format got shafted due to internet user generated stupidity.
So what this project does is fixing this by converting the film to 2.39:1 scope format.
Here's a Blu-ray shot with the Super 35 framing layout layered on top.
Red is the scope framing, green is the 4/3 framing indications.
![[Image: super35-DP.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/CV0MwZS/super35-DP.jpg)
Now look how the Laserdisc 4/3 closely matches the framing of the Super 35 4/3 layout.
![[Image: PSharry.png]](https://i.ibb.co/kDXr2gt/PSharry.png)
There's nothing surprising about it, because from the 1990's on, other Clint films shown in widescreen 2.39:1 on home-video weren't anamorphic either, but spherical shot films.
I made about 100 adjustment to scenes and individual shots to achieve this, as I think the 1.77:1 version is adjusted with tilt and scan depending on the scenes and shots (some shots are short of headroom, while having tons of bottom space, and others the reverse). I also added the red Warner logo at the beginning, as the blu one on the Blu-ray master is freeze framed and ugly. It makes the whole thing feel more like a true Dirty Harry sequel presentation. I say it's pretty neat looking now, so enjoy this V.1.0. You now will be able to watch The Dead Pool with a presentation in line with all the other films in the series. Ain't fanres forum a gas?
![[Image: Badass.png]](https://i.ibb.co/mJ7FjVc/Badass.png)
Here's a quick screenshot gallery.
As usual, PM me for the links, contributing members only please.
(This post was last modified: 2021-06-27, 07:04 AM by Stamper.)
Finally it's up, Dirty Harry 5 - The Dead Pool - in scope format.
![[Image: harrywide.png]](https://i.ibb.co/Jj5sYGP/harrywide.png)
Video:
Original Blu-ray VC1 converted to H264.
Audio:
1. EN Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Widescreen laserdisc)
2. FR Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
3. FR Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (from Warner LD [1181013])
4. German Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
5. Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
6. Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
7. Spanish II Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
8. Portugal Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
9. Audio commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (from Blu-ray)
Also includes all the Blu-ray PGS subtitles tracks.
The first track is Kchrules Flac capture of the Stereo LD found on the internal organ with the initial sync delay corrected.
The French mono rip is by Shatpack.
Sync:
Any Warner BD (plus subs and chapters).
Total size is about 8.85 gb.
The story:
Like all Dirty Harry fans, I didn't get why Dirty Harry 5 - The Dead Pool - looked ugly on video for years. First it was released in open matte 4/3 with some cropping on the sides on VHS & LD, then in 1.78:1 on DVD, then on wider 1.78:1 on Blu (more opened on all four sides), and none of those presentations looked like a decently shot film.
It was easy for decades to dismiss this as "the director was a hack", but I disagree with all those ready-made cookie cutter opinions. First because the director Buddy Van Horn was a respected second unit director with credits I wouldn't mind having on my resume, and second because it's obvious half the film at least was shot by Clint himself, as you can see the exact same tricks Clint uses in all his films in all the quieter dialogue scenes (for example, long lens with blurry background, character enter frame, or exit frame, it's signature director Clint).
The director of photography is Jack Green the DoP of Bird and Unforgiven. Don't tell me the guy don't know how to shoot films, he is a bloody Oscar nominee. So it's obvious something is wrong on all the home-video versions of this film.
I think as the film was shot very fast in the spring of 1988 and released in July, that they had two units working jointly, one lead by Clint. The other involving the action and secondary characters led by Buddy Van Horn, and he got the credit given by Clint because he shot more stuff than the usual second unit thing. One way to tell is that the film has no second unit directors credits.
So anyway the other weird thing is that the film is 1.77:1 on Home-Video, whereas all the other Harry films are scope 2.39:1.
IMDB lists it as 1.85:1, but I remember seeing the film on the initial release, and it was larger widescreen to me. In fact I didn't notice there was a change in format.
I can understand, as the film was shot very fast in the spring of 1988, and released in the summer, that they went spherical because it was easier and faster to shoot that way, but I don't think it was shot for 1.85:1. The framing looks totally off and loose in all of the home-video versions, with tons of dead air. I think due to it's bad reputation, this film got no care on home-video, and the Warner staff after the initial 4/3 VHS transfer, didn't bother to do a LD 2.39:1 version, so they released it in 4/3 LD. Then when it hit DVD, they wrongly assumed the format based on IMDB listing, and the real initial format got shafted due to internet user generated stupidity.
So what this project does is fixing this by converting the film to 2.39:1 scope format.
Here's a Blu-ray shot with the Super 35 framing layout layered on top.
Red is the scope framing, green is the 4/3 framing indications.
![[Image: super35-DP.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/CV0MwZS/super35-DP.jpg)
Now look how the Laserdisc 4/3 closely matches the framing of the Super 35 4/3 layout.
![[Image: PSharry.png]](https://i.ibb.co/kDXr2gt/PSharry.png)
There's nothing surprising about it, because from the 1990's on, other Clint films shown in widescreen 2.39:1 on home-video weren't anamorphic either, but spherical shot films.
I made about 100 adjustment to scenes and individual shots to achieve this, as I think the 1.77:1 version is adjusted with tilt and scan depending on the scenes and shots (some shots are short of headroom, while having tons of bottom space, and others the reverse). I also added the red Warner logo at the beginning, as the blu one on the Blu-ray master is freeze framed and ugly. It makes the whole thing feel more like a true Dirty Harry sequel presentation. I say it's pretty neat looking now, so enjoy this V.1.0. You now will be able to watch The Dead Pool with a presentation in line with all the other films in the series. Ain't fanres forum a gas?
![[Image: Badass.png]](https://i.ibb.co/mJ7FjVc/Badass.png)
Here's a quick screenshot gallery.
As usual, PM me for the links, contributing members only please.