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Mark Twain and Me (1991) High Quality
Type:
Video > Movies
Files:
22
Size:
757.95 MB

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IMDB
Spoken language(s):
English
Tag(s):
Mark Twain and Me 1991 '91 TV Movie High Quality Disney Mark Twain Samuel Clemens Dorothy Quick biography jason robards enchantment

Uploaded:
Apr 9, 2018
By:
bellarmine



Bellarmine presents another rare gem:

Mark Twain and Me (1991) High Quality
 - Disney TV Movie - 89min
 - Video Source: High Quality MP4 AVI 704x544 25fps LASERDisc-Rip (logo in LL corner)
 - Audio Source: High Quality MP3 192kbps English HiFi-Stereo VHS-Rip

Excellent quality video and audio, combination of two movie files into one good quality film - unobtainable anywhere unless you have a LaserDisc player! (Please see README file).

This is a touching documentary on Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), about the last few years of his life when he befriended a young girl named Dorothy Quick.  He became her mentor, encouraged her to write, and after his death she wrote a book about their experiences together, which this movie is based on.  This really happened and Dorothy Quick was a real person, see included photos and pages.  

It is almost a sequel to the old 1949 Classic "Mark Twain" with Frederich March, they pair up nicely together.

This movie is pretty rare, hard to find, and unknown.  I actually added it myself to Wikipedia's list of films on Samuel Clemens.

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Which brings me to the amount of work this represents.  This torrent is the result of taking two other movie files and blending them together to get a better result:

- I dug up what I think must be an excellent quality LaserDisc rip, but with hard-coded Russian audio over-dub.
- I then found a bad-quality VHS-rip, but with excellent English Hi-Fi Stereo audio.  

So began the task of pairing the HiFi English audio with the Russian HQ video. After a lot of work, I was able to blend them both together.

- However, syncing the English audio to the HQ video turned out to be quite a project.  The audio sync is not perfect all the time, in the middle it drifts slightly, about 250msec, which can be adjusted on the fly in VLC Media Player.  It is quite unnoticeable most of the time.

- Also, the English VHS audio was 4min longer, due to a speed difference, which I adjusted. 'Audacity' is an excellent sound editing program, completely free.

This video is a VAST improvement, and in my opinion greatly outweighs the small inconvenience of occasionally adjusting the sync. This is the best I could do without spending an enormous amount of time, or buying a LaserDisc player.  I think the result is quite watchable and very enjoyable.

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So enjoy, and when watching please remember the work I put into this. See README file for more info.

As always, seeding is caring.  Leave a comment if you need a reseed - Cheers!  Bellarmine