MCA DiscoVision - The Lost Weekend

Catalog Number 21-001

Format Standard Play CAV

Running Time 101 minutes

Release History

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Standard Play Version

Mono
Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Blue
Retail Price	$9.95
Issued	October 1979

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	34,279	23min 48sec
2	43,043	29min 53sec
3	37,046	25min 43sec
4	34,335	23min 50sec
	148,703	103min 15sec

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Large Open-Top
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Pressing Notes

The Lost Weekend, listed among the most rare of all DiscoVision, has possibly one of the sharpest DiscoVision transfers made. There are a few spots where the brightness and contrast are off a bit, but on the whole the image is crisp, sharp and contains amazing detail. The audio also receives very high marks which is never overdriven or tinny sounding. Of special note is the sequence where the telephone is ringing for several minutes. The bells are never harsh or bright as is found with many of the transfers.

Disc replication is about average for DiscoVision, with some copies looking very good and others, not so. The copy reviewed would be judged excellent except for a fleck of crap under the surface on side 2 which causes most players to hang or skip around. Side two is especially difficult due to its extreme running length.

Despite the presence of The Lost Weekend in the catalog through the October 1980 update, it is believed there were fewer than 200 copies which left the warehouse in Carson.

Release History

The Lost Weekend was issued as a 2 sided CLV disc from MCA/Universal Home Video (Catalog #: 21001). This edition was released in April 1989. Universal Home Video issued the title on DVD in February 2001. It retains the full frame aspect ratio.

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Catalog Number	21-001
Format	Standard Play CAV

Running Time	101 minutes
Release History