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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1826 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:48 pm

For me the big takeaway from Feltenstein is WAC not being able to do 4k discs right now because of the cost (You can hear it at the 42:06 mark). Could that mean Criterion becomes their de facto label for titles that Warner Archive would've kept for themselves in the past?

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#1827 Post by yoloswegmaster » Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:35 pm

Ribs wrote:
Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:11 am
George Feltenstein made another appearance on the Let’s Get Physical podcast, and discussed working on a 4K release for next year of an older film that previously was released on Blu without its original mono, which seems considering its anniversary extremely likely to be Singin’ in the Rain.
A listing been found for a 4K release of Singin' in the Rain.

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#1828 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:03 pm

New announcements starting to come in....
COMING SOON
4K scan of original Nitrate Technicolor Camera Negatives!
CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS (1942)
BD50
Color
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37 with Side Mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 MONO
114 Minutes
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1942 Newsreel; Vintage 1942 Color WB Short "Rocky Mountain Big Game; Classic Bugs Bunny cartoons: "What's Cookin', Doc?" (HD) and "Hold the Lion, Please" (HD); Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
The incomparable James Cagney stars with Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall and Alan Hale in his first Technicolor feature, once again reunited with Warner Bros.' legendary Michael Curtiz at the helm. Cagney portrays pilot Brian MacLean, a hot-shot Canadian pilot who is just as adept at stealing flying jobs from his competition as he is at stealing their girlfriend's hearts. But when he hears a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill about the looming Nazi threat, MacLean enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force . . . only to find his superior is a man from whom he stole both a job and a girl--and to encounter action and adventure in aerial combat over the North Atlantic. This was the first Hollywood production to be filmed almost entirely on location in Canada, and was released right after the U.S. entered WWI
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#1829 Post by movielocke » Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:28 pm

where do these announcements show up?

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#1830 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:39 pm

Facebook, then relayed on Blu-ray.com forums

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#1831 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:09 pm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm now also confirmed

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#1832 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:32 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:09 pm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm now also confirmed
NEW 2022 1080p HD Masters from 4K scans of original Cinerama Camera Negatives!
TWO-DISC DELUXE SPECIAL EDITION
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (1962)
DELUXE 2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION
2-BD50s
Disc 1-Restored Cinerama image letterboxed
Disc 2-Restored Cinerama image in SMILEBOX format, to approximate the curved theater screen experience in the home
Disc 1-Aspect Ratio 16x9 2.89 Letterbox
Disc 2-Aspect Ratio 16x9 2.89 Smilebox
Audio Specs DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround
135 Minutes-Roadshow presentation with Overture, Intermission , Entr'acte, and Exit Music.
SPECIAL FEATURES: New featurettes RESUING A FANTASY CLASSIC (HD); THE EPIC ART OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (HD); THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF GEORGE PAL (HD), and more, plus multiple trailers and audio pieces
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#1833 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:35 pm

COMING SOON!
NEW 2022 1080p HD Master from 4K scan of its original Nitrate Technicolor Camera Negatives!
A STAR IS BORN (1937)-RESTORED EDITION
BD50
Color
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37 with Side Mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 MONO
111 Minutes
SPECIAL FEATURES: Two Lux Radio Theater broadcasts; Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery (9/13/37) Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon (12/28/42) [audio only]; Classic WB cartoon- "A STAR IS HATCHED" (1938) (HD); Classic WB shorts: "MAL HALLETT & HIS ORCHESTRA" (1937) (HD); "TAKING THE COUNT" (1937) (HD); "ALIBI MARK" (1937) (HD); Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
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#1834 Post by senseabove » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:09 pm

Wow. Never expected an improved release of the Wellman ASIB, but I'll happily take it. IIRC, the Kino release is from a print in the Eastman house, so this should be a major improvement.

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#1835 Post by Black Hat » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:21 pm

I saw The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm yesterday and was blown away by what I saw, looks great. Also, despite having some pretty clunky performances, a very entertaining and memorable movie.

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#1836 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:25 pm

I believe A Star is Born is the first public domain film to be released by WA

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#1837 Post by therewillbeblus » Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:41 pm

Rats, I read that as A Song is Born and got way too excited. Now I've got a case of the Mondays..

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#1838 Post by felipe » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:12 pm

Not important, but the cover for A Star is Born is so different from all the other WA covers, it doesn't really fit their aesthetic.

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#1839 Post by dustybooks » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:26 pm

I was speculating to a friend that the original poster art, unlike the film, may not be in public domain… but that could be way off.

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#1840 Post by movielocke » Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:47 pm

I saw brothers grimm at the cinerama dome when they ran the only cinerama print a few years ago, the print had gone pinkish at times and also broke down for at least forty minutes. I wanted to like it but it's pretty clunky. Also I could have disliked it more because of the breakdown (iirc they didn't play the breakdown reel, or if they did play it, the breakdown itself took so long I forgot it played). may have to give it another chance without so many caveats.

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#1841 Post by Black Hat » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:41 pm

Breakdown???

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#1842 Post by agnamaracs » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:49 pm

Cinerama shows always had a "breakdown reel" prepared in case something went wrong... which, with six projectors and a separate sound unit, was very likely.

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#1843 Post by pistolwink » Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:50 am

domino harvey wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:25 pm
I believe A Star is Born is the first public domain film to be released by WA
I thought at first this was an On Cinema at the Cinema reference.

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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1844 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:00 am

movielocke wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:47 pm
I saw brothers grimm at the cinerama dome when they ran the only cinerama print a few years ago, the print had gone pinkish at times and also broke down for at least forty minutes. I wanted to like it but it's pretty clunky. Also I could have disliked it more because of the breakdown (iirc they didn't play the breakdown reel, or if they did play it, the breakdown itself took so long I forgot it played). may have to give it another chance without so many caveats.
Are you talking about the screening of this at the Arclight in Los Angeles years ago? I remember it was part of a Cinerama festival and that one of the sides of the image had to come from a collector that Warner Bros. had to negotiate with because it was a part of the image the studio owned no existing copy of. I wish I went just for the spectacle of it as I knew it required three projectionists to run, even with a 40 minute breakdown.

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#1845 Post by yoloswegmaster » Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:24 pm

George Feltenstein on future WAC releases from the Golden Harvest catalogue:
“Well I think I can say there were a few that had no involvement with Jackie Chan that were part of our DVD initiatives, and aired on our late lamented Warner Archive instant streaming service...which unfortunately was before its time..but we were showing HD masters on that service, and we were very proud of that...Some of the first releases we're looking at are films that were part of that initial group of DVDs. So I think that's a good hint..So keep your eyes out for more Golden Harvest"
Some of the early-wave titles released include these:
Pedicab Driver (1989)
Blade of Fury (1993)
Big Bullet (1996)
Downtown Torpedoes (1997)
The Blade (1995)
He’s a Woman, She’s Man (1994)
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990)

I wouldn't be surprised if Pedicab Driver and The Blade are the first of the titles to be getting a WAC release.

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#1846 Post by dwk » Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:51 pm

I hope they give them proper subtitles (all the DVDs had dubtitles.)

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#1847 Post by Maltic » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:46 am

dwk wrote:
Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:51 pm
I hope they give them proper subtitles (all the DVDs had dubtitles.)

Drunken Master 2 didn't get new subtitles, I think, nor did it get a new transfer

I didn't get to see any of those HD presentations on streaming that Feltenstein talks about, though.
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#1848 Post by dwk » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:53 am

I think the Golden Harvest titles they released on DVD-r used HD transfers, but I could be wrong.

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#1849 Post by Maltic » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:56 am

Yeah, see my edit, I hadnt read the Feltenstein comment properly

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#1850 Post by Furstemberg » Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:32 am

Two Costner films, American Flyers, and Fandango (1985) coming from WAC on April 12th!
We lost.

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