MCA DiscoVision - Tom Sawyer

Catalog Number 19-001

Format Standard Play CAV

Running Time 76 minutes

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

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	36,444	25min 18sec
2	36,421	25min 17sec
3	38,532	26min 45sec
	111,397	77min 13sec
Dead Side	Various

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Open-Top
Side-Open Sticker
Printed

Pressing Notes

This 1973 made-for-TV version of the Mark Twain classic features the performances of Jane Wyatt, Buddy Ebsen, Vic Morrow and John McGiver. A horribly produced and short feature, it is very obvious that all the outdoor night scenes were shot in broad daylight and then darkened later. It's laughable. Availability was irregular, but generally not to hard to find during the title's life.

There are two distinct frame counts for side 1. The difference is the encoding of frame 1. Some copies have frame 1 during the DiscoVision intro, while others begin frame 1 after the Universal logo. Four of the copies examined have the same Battlestar Galactica dead side, from the same defective pressing run. Most copies of side 2 have been 20 Frame Skip. Some copies of side 3 have 10,000 Frame Shift.