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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#276 Post by jsteffe » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:20 pm

I've heard good things about this adaptation, so now I'll finally get to see it, and in hi-def too!

But the Blu-ray I really want to see released is the brilliant The Parallax View.

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#277 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:33 pm

I said I didn't think much of it once on the board and everyone else jumped on me in disagreement. If I ever have three and a half hours to kill maybe I'll revisit it. I can 10% co-sign wishing for a Blu of the Parallax View though!

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#278 Post by sir_luke » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:31 pm

I didn't like it, either, Domino. I'm hoping and praying that Bondarchuk's adaptation (which I consider the greatest literary adaptation of all time) will SOMEDAY make it to Blu-ray.

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#279 Post by jsteffe » Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:16 am

Interestingly enough, some Slavicists I've spoken to prefer the King Vidor adaptation over the Bondarchuk. Personally, I feel that the Bondarchuk adaptation is a mighty impressive piece of filmmaking, but I'm willing to approach Vidor's with an open mind. It does have Audrey Hepburn, and I've heard the set pieces are impressive.

The Bondarchuk version might be a long shot for Blu-ray. Apparently the surviving elements are badly compromised, so who knows whether they could produce a hi-def master that people would accept on Blu-ray. I for one would like to see a better restoration, though, and perhaps now it might be technically possible.

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#280 Post by knives » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:33 pm

Though he's about twenty years too old for the role Fonda's probably acting wise the highlight of the film though his role also is the most dramatic without going big so I guess that's bound to happen.

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#281 Post by domino harvey » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:40 am


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#282 Post by Ashirg » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:34 pm

I'll wait for Quintology... (or is it Pentalogy?)

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#283 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:55 pm

There's medicine for all that stuff.

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#284 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:20 pm

10/13/15

Along Came a Spider (2001)
The Core (2003)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Witness (1985)

All via Warner distribution

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#285 Post by captveg » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:20 pm

Another for 10/13/15 via WB:

Kiss the Girls (1997)

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#286 Post by captveg » Thu Aug 06, 2015 1:22 pm

12/1/15

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

Via WB

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#287 Post by hearthesilence » Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:06 pm

Just viewed the new U.S. Blu-Ray release of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, presumably a clone of the region-free UK release that was released a few years earlier. (It's been hovering around $8 on Amazon.)

I'm guessing it's an HD transfer that was used for the prior DVD - in general, contrast, black levels, etc. look good, but it falters with grain management. They definitely did a bit of it - it first became noticeable when Jimmy Stewart and Vera Miles arrive at the train station and some of the darker bits of the screen looked a bit clumped together, if that makes sense. It's comparable to what you'd find in the previous U.S. Blu-Ray for The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (the one preceding the 4k restoration), and it's more noticeable in long shots - with close-ups magnifying details in people's faces, you don't have that slight clumping effect around eyes, shadows, etc.

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#288 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:59 pm

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#289 Post by Ribs » Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:17 pm

According to the official Facebook page, a reissue of The Untouchables is coming for its anniversary, but there's no word if it'll be a new disc or have a UHD release or anything like that.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#290 Post by Caligula » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:14 am

Untouchables is up for pre-order on 9 May 2017

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#291 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:36 pm

It seems to me, looking at Blu-ray.com's pre-orders, that Paramount is starting to re-issue the discs it gave to WB as part of their deal that has since lapsed.

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#292 Post by Ribs » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:36 am

Blu-ray's forums say their rerelease of Saturday Night Fever will be a new transfer, so it seems there's a chance for any of these upcoming releases they might be sourced from a newer restoration if one's been done already

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#293 Post by andyli » Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:53 am

Saturday Night Fever gets a new transfer because it is actually a different cut.

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#294 Post by colinr0380 » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:41 pm

Yes, wasn't there an alternate version at the time that toned down the language (and removed the attempted rape scene) to let Saturday Night Fever and its blockbusting soundtrack reach a wider audience? (In the UK there was both a PG and an 18 version of the film, which was a very rare thing to happen as there was some concern about people being confused at two versions of the same film being available simultaneously) So Paramount has both versions in circulation on Blu-ray now?

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#295 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:48 pm

andyli wrote:Saturday Night Fever gets a new transfer because it is actually a different cut.
Interesting. Badham is quoted as saying it got a 4k transfer according to someone on the bluray.com forum. I'll consider rebuying. I have an intimate connection to the locations of this film. I grew up and lived in the neighborhoods used in this film. I was in Junior High when they were filming.

Btw... the street with the train overhead is the very same street Friedkin used for the car/train chase in the French Connection. Just a little film trivia.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#296 Post by Feego » Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:39 pm

The new Saturday Night Fever is being billed as a "Director's Cut," so I would say it's most likely not the PG cut (which was also released in the US). I don't think the PG cut has been available since the VHS era.

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#297 Post by captveg » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:54 pm

IIRC Saturday Night Fever was one of those movies that had some deleted scenes added to broadcast on order to fill run time (and make up for a few network trims). So it's likely the R-Rated cut with some of those scenes reintigrated.

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#298 Post by Rayon Vert » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:01 pm

colinr0380 wrote:Yes, wasn't there an alternate version at the time that toned down the language (and removed the attempted rape scene) to let Saturday Night Fever and its blockbusting soundtrack reach a wider audience?
Yes there was. That was the first version I saw, at age 10, when it came out. Grease had happened in the meantime - which made kids like me want to see SNF (I already knew the music, not the movie) - so I wonder if that's why they re-released it PG.

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Re: Paramount Catalog Titles on Blu

#299 Post by captveg » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:32 pm

Juice (1992) 25th Anniversary Edition - 6/6/17

Notable because this is the first sign in a while that Paramount might release new-to-BD catalog titles again rather than just reissuing titles released during the WB licensing days. It's a tie-in to the new 2Pac biopic All Eyez on Me, but still.

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#300 Post by What A Disgrace » Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:12 am

Does anybody know if the upcoming Chinatown has the same specs as the old one?

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