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Chang
A Drama of the Wilderness
(1927)

The Milestone Collection
2000 DVD edition

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927), color-tinted black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film and Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID5922MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-59222-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; snapper DVD case; $29.99.
Release date: 21 November 2000.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 6 / additional content: 6 / overall: 6.

This DVD edition of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s Chang has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print, but the older analog video transfer itself is soft, even slightly blurry.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed by Bruce Gaston and performed on traditional Asian instruments and on synthesizers, with Thai vocals performed by Fong Naam.

The presentation includes audio commentary by cinema historian Rudy Behlmer.

The film deserves a digitally remastered home video edition.

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