2022-02-05, 02:41 AM
The Blu-ray of A Grand Day Out actually does not have the original mono. It's a stereo track that has some weird directional panning, with added, replaced, and altered sound effects throughout. It's a fairly subtle difference overall and none of the music was replaced like in The Wrong Trousers, so it isn't terribly offensive.
Regarding the intended speed, I've yet to see actual documentation one way or the other, but the 24fps/23.976fps releases have the incorrect pitch. All three 1995 CBS/FOX VHS tapes, and the 1999 CBS/FOX DVD of A Close Shave run at PAL speed with the correct pitch, while the first two shorts on said 1999 DVD are 23.976fps at the wrong pitch for some reason. Since nobody to my knowledge has captured any LaserDiscs of these, I don't know what speed or pitch those would have.
And of course, that Promo CD audio matches the PAL speed and pitch, and the main theme heard in Curse of the Were-Rabbit is in the same key/pitch as the PAL speed shorts. If the shorts had been shot for 24fps, these would be some pretty strange circumstances.
Regarding the intended speed, I've yet to see actual documentation one way or the other, but the 24fps/23.976fps releases have the incorrect pitch. All three 1995 CBS/FOX VHS tapes, and the 1999 CBS/FOX DVD of A Close Shave run at PAL speed with the correct pitch, while the first two shorts on said 1999 DVD are 23.976fps at the wrong pitch for some reason. Since nobody to my knowledge has captured any LaserDiscs of these, I don't know what speed or pitch those would have.
And of course, that Promo CD audio matches the PAL speed and pitch, and the main theme heard in Curse of the Were-Rabbit is in the same key/pitch as the PAL speed shorts. If the shorts had been shot for 24fps, these would be some pretty strange circumstances.
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