DVD: Gerry Anderson, Journey To The Far Side of The Sun, Doppelganger

Journey To The Far Side of The Sun Ref: DVDDOPPELGANGER
The very first UK release for the 1968 Gerry Anderson live-action opus starring Roy Thinnes and Ian Hendry. Includes a theatrical trailer
Price: £8.99

Journey To The Far Side of The Sun [flipped] Ref: DVDJOURNEY
This is a copy of the movie which, when broadcast in the UK during [we think] the late 1980s some bright spark decided to "flip" the film's image at a point just under one hour into the film. Legend has it they thought there had been some sort of error in a previous preparation of the print and they were correcting this ! The effect, of course, is to completely change the focus of the plotline...the image was "flipped" right the way through until the end credits which were obviously "flipped" again so they could be read !

This copy has been home-transferred to disc from an off-air Betamax copy and, whilst it is perfectly watchable, it must be said that there are quite a few 'drop-out' lines across the picture which are more prevalent towards the beginning. They are not so obvious later on and, in fact, you tend to get used to them anyway. The audio quality is quite acceptable.

To complete the package the disc comes in a DVD case sporting a copy of the American release of some years ago [as illustrated]. All-in-all a quirky addition to the regular and official release
Price: £4.99