will this movie ever come out on DVD?
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nickamies330 — 18 years ago(September 14, 2007 06:03 AM)
I've been after this for years and eventually found it on Amazonde. but unfortunately, only in German! While this is a massive gripe in itself, it leads me to another. Why is it that people insist on making DVDs in only one language? I thought the beauty of the technology was the option to see films in whatever language you wanted. Anyway, luckily my German is good enough to understand but it's really not the same to hear Rock Hudson and David Soul speaking Deutsch. If anyone finds the English version, it'll fly off the shelves, I'm sure. Keep us all posted!
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OPatriot — 18 years ago(January 12, 2008 01:24 PM)
"It was CBS/Fox."
No, tgs333, it first aired on NBC! I remember watching it on NBC when I was in college. It wasn't on CBS, and the Fox network didn't begin broadcasts until 1986. WWIII aired in 1982on NBC.
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turtletommy — 18 years ago(February 24, 2008 02:36 PM)
LOL tgs333 is so sure and the NBC 2-parter came out years before the FOX network even existed as you said, plus NBC shows up under Company Credits. I would love to see it again like many have said it was such an above average entertainment and very topical in that day and age. Someone mentioned Rock Hudson in The Martian Chronicles, on NBC in 1980, which was a very good adaptation of the Bradbury story. It appears that Hudson had an exclusive contract with NBC because he had been doing the McMillan And Wife tv series for them between 1971-77. He had quite a roll going on then as those two mini-series and the regular series were all big ratings hits.
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rockhunter666 — 17 years ago(April 15, 2008 05:40 PM)
Hi turtletommy,
You are absolutely correct. I clearly remembering watching good old ROCK HUDSON IN WW III on NBC as a two part Sunday and Monday movie. Don't forget that in addition to the other shows you mentioned he also had a major success in WHEELS,
I would love to see WW 3 again. I remember renting it on VHS about 15 maybe 20 years ago in a huge 2 tape box. (That's the movie where BORIS SAGAL{OMEGA MAN} was killed during production in a helicopter accident.he is also the father of KATY SAGAL). There is a new site called:
iOFFER: http://www.ioffer.com/info/home
That offers a ton of great old TV shows and movies on DVD-R legally! I think I'll check it out myself.
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blooker68 — 17 years ago(February 11, 2009 11:19 AM)
Try this to get a DVD:
http://www.ioffer.com/i/World-War-III-RARE-TV-Movie-Never-Released-63568561 -
alex-2684 — 17 years ago(March 16, 2009 04:04 PM)
The syndicated version that now air throught US stations have about 10-12 mins edited out of it due to there being more commercial time than in 1982.
A 4 hour miniseries in the late 70s to early 80s had about 50-53 mins worth of commercials compared to 1hour 5mins these days.
Same for TV shows. Star Trek episodes originally ran 50-52 mins in it's original airing compared to the edited down syndicated 42-45 mins versions they now show.
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pbrayard — 14 years ago(August 17, 2011 12:21 PM)
you can watch a VHS copy online..3 hours or so. vintage definition i would say..:
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TigheJaffe — 14 years ago(December 18, 2011 02:15 AM)
The movie World War III, which is CBS/FOX, is available on YouTube in it's entirety. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CoA3KcYMvc
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