This is BY FAR my favorite train movies of all times. I have watched it dozens of times.
But... unfortunately the DVD is out of sync too. It only happens for a while - really badly during the scene in the boat at the start. It also slides when Lancaster talks to the hotel owner. Both the Australian (PAL zone 4) and USA releases (NTSC zone 1) have the slide.
"Pappa Bull, Pappa Bull! Pappa Bull is DEAD!"
One of my all time favorites lines.
- I used to work professionally in a DVD authoring house, we used to pull the sound track out and slide and rescale (without pitch shift) to fix lip sync problems. I might pull out the software, fill the audio and remaster for anamorphic widescreen instead of the 4:3 letterbox. One day....
Edward.