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About That Popular 'Black Films Don't Sell ...The Original 1976 'Sparkle' Coming Out On Blu-Ray DVD In May
Despite its problems, many people, especially baby boomers who grew up watching the original film over and over again, still think it's the superior version.
Well, despite that, it's a day late and a dollar short. Warner Home Video has just announced that they are finally releasing the original version of the film on blu-ray DVD on May 7th.
No word yet as to special features that will be on the this blu-ray, especially since the original 2007 standard DVD release had none. But since all the major players who appeared in the film are definitely still around (director Sam O'Steen died in 2000) there's no reason not to have them do a commentary for the film, or, at least, a documentary talking about their memories about the making of the film.
Here's a clip from the original:
2 Comments
KBC | February 23, 2013 6:44 PM
A Blu-Ray version won't be worth a damn if they don't do something about the sound elements. At the very least, a good cleanup of the mono track could be done if the individual Elmer's no longer exist to make a surround sound mix.