Rent Carry on Columbus (1992)

Not the greatest film ever made, but it'll still be nice to be sent a legit copy. - Carry on Columbus review by CF

I have to report that I was disappointed by a DVD that you had sent me. I have had no issue with the quality of the discs you have sent before, but on this occasion I have felt it necessary to complain.

You had sent me, as I requested, a DVD of "Carry On Columbus". However, it appears that the disc sent was a bootleg/pirate copy. To start with, there was no copyright notifications printed on the physical disc - most studios have this information printed around the outside edge of the disc.

When I played the disc, my suspicions were confirmed. The original film is in 1.85:1 ratio but what was on the disc was a zoomed in (and very grainy) 4:3 picture - not even of broadcast standard for a mainstream TV viewing, as many characters faces were badly cropped out of the picture, etc.

I have returned the disc to you, and I hope you can get me a copy of the film in it's correct ratio and of viewable quality.

Poor film, but worth watching as a curiosity. Unfortunately very poor, suspect, DVD copy. - Carry on Columbus review by GC

This film is worth watching for its novelty value, as Gerald Thomas misguidedly attempted to ride a wave of nostalgia at the time for the Carry On films of the 1960's and create a film using his previously successful formula. Unfortunately the result is pretty awful, sharing too much in common with the low budget, poorly made, crude & unfunny Carry On films of the early 1970s, rather than recreating the cheeky charm of the earlier movies from the 1960s.

The quality of the supplied DVD copy is however, horrendous. I agree with the other reviewers that it has all the hallmarks of a bootleg copy. There is no printed info on the physical disc apart from title. The film itself looks like it has been mastered from a VHS recording. You can see the "sparkles" at the top of the image created by a worn video playback head and the video is presented in a poorly cropped, interlaced 4:3 format. Cinema Paradiso should be a more discerning about the discs they send out.

Better than no release at all - Carry on Columbus review by PH

As has been noted by the other reviewer the quality of this DVD isn’t great and yes it’s of dubious origin however there has been no official DVD release of this movie anywhere in the world so until there is this is better than nothing.