Hello Jessica, The Turner Classic Movies website has additional information about the film. The third paragraph from the bottom mentions re-releases and video releases.
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90871/Song-of-the-South/notes.html Michael Phillips Acquisitions Monographs From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Thoughts on Red Dog Video? Translation we have the highest quality illegal copy and yes I always start with legal copies from Pakistan & Taiwan. I am pretty sure that there was never a legal DVD of SONG just the PAL VHS in the UK and Japanese laser disc. On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Phillips, Michael S <mphil...@library.tamu.edu<mailto:mphil...@library.tamu.edu>> wrote: Hello Lisa, The web page for Red Dog Video’s Song of the South Product Description is here: http://www.reddogvideo.net/song-of-the-south-dvd.html. Here is part of the description, with some interesting parts highlighted: “As you may know, SONG OF THE SOUTH was never manufactured on DVD in the United States. Because of the demand, several countries have put this film on the market - Taiwan, Pakistan, Japan and the UK to name a few. We have personally checked out all the versions we could find and now sell what we feel is the best version available as far as picture and audio quality. Other versions you find on the internet are not playable on US DVD players. (Many sites sell the Taiwan version which, in our opinion, is the worst available. It does play on US and Canadian DVD players. But the picture quality is terrible, and there is a watermark in the upper right corner throughout the film. The UK version is okay as far as quality is concerned. A few other websites sell this version. But Region 2 PAL versions won't play on most US DVD players. What we sell is formatted for US and Canadian DVD players) Then of course there are the sites selling bootleg copies - that is to say, copies made in the basement on a computer. We've checked these out too and what we've received are plain DVD-Rs (no case, no cover art, just the name of the movie scrawled in magic marker on the face of the DVD). You can purchase from these sites if you want, but expect problems. Bad picture, bad audio, skipping. And good luck trying to get your money back from the seller of these bootleg DVDs. They simply take your money and run.” I do not believe that their definition of ‘bootleg’ is the standard legal definition. Michael S. Phillips Library Associate I Monographic Acquisitions Division Texas A&M University acqmo...@library.tamu.edu<mailto:acqmo...@library.tamu.edu> 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000 Tel. 979.845.1343 ext. 151<tel:979.845.1343%20ext.%20151> | Fax. 979.845.5310<tel:979.845.5310> http://library.tamu.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu>] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:16 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Thoughts on Red Dog Video? ZERO chance it is legal. There was a legal release in the UK on PAL VHS back in the day and one in Japan on laser Disc. Those are the only legal copies. Needless to say there are a ton of pirate companies out there and have seen SONG OF THE SOUTH out there but this is black and white , the copies are not legal. Jessica On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Hooper, Lisa K <lhoop...@tulane.edu<mailto:lhoop...@tulane.edu>> wrote: Greetings everyone, I’m wondering if anyone has worked with Red Dog Video. They claim to be able to sell Song of the South<http://reddogvideo.net/song-of-the-south-dvd-bobby-driscoll-james-baskett.html> which is still locked up in the Disney vault. Needless to say I’m quite suspicious about them but their “About us” page is everything except for information about the company. Thoughts? Thanks! -lisa H. Music & Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University 504.314.7822<tel:504.314.7822> @lkHMusLibrarian www.facebook.com/TulaneMusicAndMediaCenter<http://www.facebook.com/TulaneMusicAndMediaCenter> http://www.library.tulane.edu/libraries/mmc http://bamboulanola.tumblr.com/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
