Legend of the Sea Wolf

Starring:Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Pambieri, Barbara Bach, Rik Battaglia, Pino Ferrara, Luciano Pigozzi, Lars Bloch, Maurice Poli, Nello Pazzafini, Renato Baldini, Mimmo Di Costanzo, Paolo Magalotti, Vittorio Fanfoni, Lorenzo Piani, Rinaldo Zamperla, Claudio Ruffini, Ovidio Taito, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Pietro Torrisi, Ivan Rassimov
Director: Giuseppe Vari
Studio: Platinum Disc
Product Type: DVD

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BEWARE this inexpensive DVD

Legend of the Sea Wolf
Starring: Chuck Connors , Giuseppe Pambieri , Barbara Bach , Rik Battaglia , and Pino Ferrara
Director: Giuseppe Vari
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005QJJP
Release Date: 2002-01-29

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BEWARE this inexpensive DVD.......2004-07-24

This 1970s movie version of the Jack London novel deserves at least three stars, but I give it two because this DVD is so poor.

A recurring problem with inexpensive DVDs is poor quality control. I've had problems with bargin bin DVDs at discount stores, and though I bought this one from Amazon, the low price should have been the tipoff.

The DVD looks like it was taken from an old 16mm TV print. It's a "full screen" version, so part of the credits are cut off. The color is poor. Bright day scenes are sometimes washed out. The nighttime scenes are even worse. The darker colors (night sky, ocean, men's beards, dark clothes) bleed into one another.

The sound is poor, the music distorted by the soundtrack's age. Obviously, this is no digitially re-mastered film, but what do you expect for under $5?

Even worse, toward the end of the film, the DVD keeps freezing, continuously, so you can't actually finish watching it. I've had the same problem with the ELIZA'S HOROSCOPE DVD, which I bought in a bargain bin.

The film itself is pretty good. The tale of a gentleman ca. 1890s who is "shang-highed" (not sure about the spelling, but it refers to the then-common practice of kidnapping men to serve as sailors). He finds himself on a seal-hunting ship run by the cruel Captain Wolf Larson. Larson is a Nietzschean figure, who philosophizes that if you can't impose your rights, then they are not rights. Since his weaker crewmen can't overpower him, he has a right to kidnap them.

Some interesting philosophical debating occurs in this film, as well as some good action sequences.

I think this may have been a foreign production (Italian?), with dialogue dubbed in. Chuck Connors is an excellent Wolf Larson, and he seems to have dubbed his own voice. About two thirds into the film, he picks up some castaways, including "Bond girl" Barbara Bach. Bach did many Italian films before THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, but I'm not sure if she dubbed her own voice (which is odd, since she knows English).

A reasonably enjoyable film, marred by the poor DVD.

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Captain Kidd/Legend of Sea Wolf
Starring: Captain Kidd , and Legend of Sea Wolf
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc, Llc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002WYU0W
Release Date: 2005-07-12

{9 Movie Box Set} Mutiny / Legend of Sea Wolf / Jamaica Inn / Sea Wolf: The Pirate Curse / Captain Kidd / & More...

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{9 Movie Box Set} Mutiny / Legend of Sea Wolf / Jamaica Inn / Sea Wolf: The Pirate Curse / Captain Kidd / & More...

ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000A8FEL2

Product Description

4 dvd box set, digitally mastered, interactive menus, with chapter selections. Contains these 9 movies; BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF / MUTINY / LEGEND OF SEA WOLF / CAPTAIN KIDD / CAPTAIN CALAMITY / THE BLACK PIRATE / WALLABY JIM OF THE ISLANDS / JAMAICA INN / SEA WOLF: THE PIRATES CURSE

[6 Movies on 4 DVDs] Captain Courageous / Voyage of the Unicorn "The Complete 3 Hour TV Mini-Series" / Beneath the 12 Mile Reef / Captain Kidd / Mutiny / Legend of Sea Wolf

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[6 Movies on 4 DVDs] Captain Courageous / Voyage of the Unicorn "The Complete 3 Hour TV Mini-Series" / Beneath the 12 Mile Reef / Captain Kidd / Mutiny / Legend of Sea Wolf

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000E5VFF0

Product Description

DIGITALLY MASTERED / INTERACTIVE MENUS / CHAPTER SELECTIONS

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The Legend of Sea Wolf/Mutiny

Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
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ASIN: B00008G81S
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Adventure Movie Marathon Volume 2: 8 Movie Pack

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Adventure Movie Marathon Volume 2: 8 Movie Pack

Manufacturer: RightNow Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Product Features:

BONUS: Each movie comes with a portable-media friendly version that can be downloaded to your Apple iPod!
Eight feature films on four DVDs
Tarzan & the Green Goddess;Sword of Lancelot;Port of New York;The Scarlet Pimpernel;The Avenger;The Legend of the Sea Wolf;King Solomons Treasure;Devil Monster

ASIN: B000GW7HIA

Product Description

The legends of Adventure are gathered here for you in this definitive DVD collection of some of the greatest Adventure classics to ever come out of Hollywood. This 8 DVD collection is sure to provide you with countless hours of entertainment. Adventure Movie Marathon Volume 2: 8 Movie Pack includes: Tarzan & the Green Goddess directed by Edward Kull and starring Bruce Bennett; Sword of Lancelot directed by Cornel Wilde and starring Cornel Wilde; Port of New York directed by Laszlo Benedek and starring Yul Brynner; The Scarlet Pimpernel directed by Harold Young and starring Leslie Howard; The Avenger directed by Giorgio Rivalta and starring Steve Reeves; The Legend of the Sea Wolf directed by Giuseppe Vari and starring Chuck Connors; King Solomons Treasure directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring David McCallum; Devil Monster directed by S. Edwin Graham and starring Barry Norton

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