Rating: Summary: Enjoyable!!! Review: I saw Convoy in a movie theater when I was around 13 years old and I know that the professional critics trashed the movie and called it things like a flop a turkey, etc, but I enjoyed watching the movie and didn't think it was horrible and I think Kris Krisofferson did a great job and so did the rest of the cast. I have thought about buying the DVD but as it wasn't put together very well I think I may just wait until someone puts out a better DVD! This movie is similar in some ways to Smokey and the Bandit and if you liked that movie I think you just may like Convoy too!
Rating: Summary: Disappointed like everyone else Review: What everyone else has said about this release is true. The sound quality is poor, with considerable background humm/buzz. The picture is squashed and the movie has been edited. One the of my favorite parts of the movie was Chip Davis' score. Maybe someday a "real", properly formatted, DVD will come out, with at least SOME bonus material. Perhaps Chip can even provide an isolated score for us C.W. McCall and Mannheim Steamroller fans. But this current release is a total piece of junk. It's only good for those who hadn't seen it in years, and then for one viewing only.
Rating: Summary: Don't buy the defective DVD release Review: I like the movie, but the maker of the edition I ordered, Pacific Family entertainment, stretched the picture to make a full-screen presentation of a widescreen film. I wrote them twice, they refused to respond. I'm also disappointed that Amazon.com put their name on it -- apparently they don't screen their partners very carefully; this is the second time I trusted them and found they don't back products they sell. Buyer beware!
Rating: Summary: Exciting, brings back memories! Review: Quality great! My son (Now 26) was 2 years old the first time he saw this movie! I taped it off TV poor quality but he STILL Views it today. He has searched for 20 years for good grade VHS or in past 3 years for DVD> This will be one of his biggest surprises Christmas!
Rating: Summary: Good movie but DVD would not play Review: This is a looked over classic of the seventy's that I love. I was SO disapointed when I got the DVD from amazon that it was BLANK. Nothing on it. Thank you CheezyFlicks!! (producers of the DVD version)
Rating: Summary: Cheesy Movie Review: This is a good movie wrecked by a crap presentation. Don't buy it. Amazon should withdraw it.
Rating: Summary: Good movie ruined by horrible DVD transfer Review: Convoy is one of the great lost classic movies from the CB radio fad of the 1970s - but - this particular DVD release is easily the worst quality of any DVD in my entire collection. Briefly: The picture flickers, the sound is slightly out of sync with the picture, and the picture quality is often fuzzy or blurry. Unless you are in a hurry to see this, you might want to wait until they redo this or a better quality release comes out. This DVD release is substandard product of the worst kind.
Rating: Summary: Glad it's on DVD, disappointed with the effort Review: I was so glad this movie was released to DVD after many years of wondering if it ever would be. I was so excited when this movie arrived, and played it right away. Imagine my disappointment after realizing the movie had some content edited out. I was also disapointed that the DVD version had no extras of any kind. The soundtrack has not been improved in sound, and the film looks squashed a bit. It does not appear the film has been improved for quality, either. So, I figured I should just be happy it was released. But, when I figured out a scene was left out, I was a little unhappy. When the Governer's office is filming the convoy and interviewing Kris Kristofferson on the freeway, he tells them to go interview some of the other truckers, and in the original, there were some funny moments. One is a trucker mooning the camera, and another is a truck driver who swerves at the interview crew. The movie should have been left unedited, if not improved in quality. I still love this movie, and hopefully another company will release it as it was. I just noticed there is another release on Amazon.com, but the reviews on it aren't favorable despite the DVD billed as remastered. It also looks more expensive. Buy this release because you love the film, not if you are only looking for a new and improved release. :-)
Rating: Summary: Be careful! Review: I ordered the DVD from "Cheezyflicks" and it arrived the day it was promised, however the movie would NOT play when I tried. I thought maybe it was the DVD player but I tried it on 3 others and it still wouldn't play. I'll try the VHS version. I know this is an awsome movie...
Rating: Summary: PFE releases a poor DVD Review: I actually upset to learn neither MGM/UA or Warner Bros released this movie to DVD. They give distribution licencing rights to two companies and don't even give/produce the FULL version of 106 Min. I would'nt mind any company releasing Convoy to DVD but at least show all 106 min and include the trailer. Everyone that has begged (including me) for this movie to be released on DVD got completely ripped off. It was not digitally enhanced and this has to be the first DVD literally in history to not hagve a movie's full version. We should have just purchased DVD recorders and dubbed it from the Thorn EMI VHS release. Hell even television shows the entire movie excluding language.
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