Wicker Man, The (1973)

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:27 pm **Post subject:** Wicker Man, The (1973)

When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) travels to a remote island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle (a brilliant performance by the legendary Christopher Lee), is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrifice before he himself comes face to face with the horror of The Wicker Man?
This restored and extended release of The Wicker Man provides admirers of the movie with the definitive DVD version of one of the great horror masterpieces of all time. Along with the integration of 15 minutes of rarely seen footage, it also includes an all-new audio commentary which marks this release out from all previous editions.

Quote:

THE WICKER MAN-EXTENDED VERSION was transferred from the original 1" analog telecine master - the best element known to exist. Whenever possible, sequences from the Theatrical Version have been used to augment the lesser video/audio quality of the old analog tape. The shift in quality your indication of the differences in these versions.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0070917

File Size: 702 MB
Duration: 1h 38min
Stream Type: OpenDML AVI

Video Codec: DivX 5.0
Video Bitrate: 912 kb/s
Video Frame Rate: 23.976 FPS
Aspect Ratio: 640 x 352 (1.810 : 1)

Audio Codec: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 79 kb/s (79/ch x 1 ch) VBR
Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz

The Wicker Man {extended version} - VBR DIVX5 - Edible Rip .avi

Verified.

NOT my rip. Just downloaded it some time ago and watched

Well, I wouldn't classify this as a horror movie, at least not an usual one, but a classic neverlethess. I enjoyed it.
All in all decent quality rip and good movie. IMDb gives wrong info about the movie. Theatrical Version is 84min and the extended version runs 99min.

SPOILER WARNING! More info about the movie
http://www.horrordvdtalk.com/reviews/WickerMan/WickerMan.htm

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:20 pm **Post subject:**

Hmmm....I've been told this is either a movie you'll love or hate....

It is said C.-lee cherishes this movie...and that there is a conspiracy to destroy all uncut copies of it.(Only one copy remains in the vaults of the bbc; the other one is supposedly buried underneath a well known highway)
(source: interview by SFX mag)

It's not my style of horror though...I'll politely skip it .

izac · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:50 pm **Post subject:**

thanks.. have wanted to see this movie a long time now..

My beforesleepfavoritereading actually says 102 mins.. :wink:

check out my other beforesleepfavoritereadings here and here

*click* thanks agaiN

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:46 pm **Post subject:**

there's a remake(actualy 2) of this one. Nicholas cage.....

and i hear c.lee is helping with the other version.

I downed a rar's version of this like a year ago. great quality, though i dont think it has much replay value.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2003 5:24 am **Post subject:**

thank you. click

btw, my beforesleepfavoritereading are the Books of Blood by Clive Barker. I've read them about 5 times I think...

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2003 6:02 pm **Post subject:**

No problemo

This should be pretty easy download. Plenty of sources now...hope you'll like it

I haven't enough time to read as much as i would like nowadays... my beforesleepfavoritereading are old issues of Fangoria magazine that i have. (I have only those over 10 years old though)... not so many but i keep surprising myself at how many times i can ready over one issue

Iconoclast

The Wicker Man: Expect some differences from the 1973 original in Neil LaBute's upcoming remake of the British goth horror classic. Speaking with The Sunday Herald, LaBute revealed that on top of the location shift (a small UK isle to the US mid-west), the plot differs quite a bit too - "The original was a horror film about a policeman sent to a small island to investigate the disappearance of a girl who finds a pagan society. In my version [Nicolas] Cage winds up on an island that's a very matriarchal society, run by women who are the direct descendants of pilgrims...I can't reveal the plot too far. But Howie's [Cage's character] downfall comes about when he is torn between two very different women, neither of whom is what they seem. One is very outgoing and apparently upfront about her sexuality; the other is dark and intense. But looks can be deceptive, as he finds out". Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder play the two women in question and we're promised to expect lots of sex and death. Thanks to 'Craig'.

mmm, Angelica Jolie and Winona Ryder (+lots of sex and death)... can't be that bad =)
Almost everytime remake's suck totally, though

Bad Goatee

Iconoclast wrote:

mmm, Angelica Jolie and Winona Ryder (+lots of sex and death)... can't be that bad =)

If there's going to be as much titties as in the original version, I think it'll be worth watching.. :wink:

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2003 9:42 pm **Post subject:** Hiya BG

I sure hope so! (Actually, I dream about it everyday)

[:zombie mode on:]mmm... titties... more.. titties[:zombie mode off:]

izac · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2003 9:48 pm **Post subject:**

so there is much boooobis in wicker? holy smoke

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Wed May 14, 2003 9:57 pm **Post subject:**

yeah

pretty good amount... you can see some of those scenes here; http://www.horrordvdtalk.com/reviews/WickerMan/WickerMan.htm (Link also in first post), but if you haven't seen the movie yet and are planning to watch it. I wouldn't read that review too carefully, cause there's major spoilers in there

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2003 5:03 am **Post subject:**

yeah, stay way from spoilers.
Like i said above, its a good movie the first time thru, but has very little replay value once u know whats up.

izac · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2003 3:05 pm **Post subject:**

ok... I only read the pictures

sickboy · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2003 12:14 am **Post subject:**

good movie, any lovers of classic brittish horror will like it

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue May 20, 2003 4:09 am **Post subject:**

after seeing this it reminded me of the Cohen's 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' because both these movies made me imidiatly go download the soundtrack. great great stuff. the atmosphere is simply unique!

d0c · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2003 10:10 am **Post subject:**

after reading all the shit u guys wrote i gonna *CLICK, CLICK* on this one

:D:D

GaMeR · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:59 am **Post subject:**

At last a nice version of this movie has been released. It hasn't got much sources but, you'll grab it anyway :lol:

The.wicker.man.DVDRip.GENOMA.cd1of2.avi
The.wicker.man.DVDRip.GENOMA.cd2of2.avi

It's a 102 min long, remastered version. And has a commentary track with Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and Robin Hardy. Some specs:
Codec video: divx 5.1
Aspect ratio: 1.833:1 704x384
Bitrate video: 1740 kb/s
Audio track 1: VBR MP3 128 kb/s mono
Audio track 2: VBR MP3 96 kb/s mono

I haven't downloaded yet, so help me out with this one

[ Add all 2 links to your ed2k client ]

Decypher · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:09 pm **Post subject:**

I'm on it GaMeR

You'll surely be helped by me if I can ever see a full source

karstmobile

Had a real need to hear Corn Rigs today and found the OST. Post is old so grab while you can. A great sound track for a great movie!

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Xoal

i still haven't gotten around to watching this movie yet, but I worked at a theater when the remake was playing, from the few minutes i saw here or there... it didn't look great...

Wicker Man, The (1973)

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