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FredCDobbs says: British-sounding Nazis parachute into England and try to capture Churchill. First, they dress up like British soldiers. Then I get really bored and change channels. When I turn the movie back on later, they are dressed in Nazi uniforms while in England. This doesn?t make any sense.
So you make a thread about about a movie you didn't watch.
When I was younger, I enjoyed the movie, but this time seeing it, I felt it did go on longer than it should and it wasn't well written, but at least I watched it all the way through.
Now, let's look at the errors in your post:
1. They weren't dressed in British uniforms. Obviously, you didn't have the sound on before you flipped around the channels. They were dressed as Polish fighters. They had the Nazi uniforms on underneath so they would not be shot as spies.
2. Several American soldiers were killed by the Nazis in the shooting engagement.
3. The reason for the switch to Nazi uniforms was when they were trapped in the church and had been discovered as Nazis, with the American forces on the outside surrounding them, so they weren't parading around England in them.
4. You also make it sound like they were driving around London or something, as opposed to the small out of the way village on the coast.
5. Sutherland wasn't an Irish Nazi. He was an Irish patriot who was helping the Nazis in order to defeat the British. As postulated by Caine, if the circumstances had been different Sutherland would have tried kidnapping Hitler.
As far as British actors like Michael Caine portraying Nazis, that has happened in many films. James Mason as Rommel. Robert Shaw, etc.
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For Costco members, and who get the coupon books in the mail, from June 2nd to June 8th Costco will be selling at $119.99 each: the Ford at Fox Collection big box set ($269.99 on Amazon), the United Artists 30 Film Essential Collection ($260 on Amazon), and the James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set ($209.99 on Amazon).
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A great announcement from WB in Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging is restoring George Cukor's 1954 "A Star Is Born" in 6K resolution.
The film, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, is believed to be the first restoration project where the scanning, restoration work and mastering will be completed at that resolution.
Digital film restoration is most commonly accomplished at 2K, though an increasing number have been using 4K. A 4K file contains four times as much picture information -- measured in pixels -- as a 2K file, and 6K contains 2 1/4 times as much as a 4K file.
Ned Price, vp mastering, Warner Bros. Technical Operations, said that the facility's reason to go to higher resolution was because "The original camera negative contains more information than 2K, though 2K is today's typical display resolution. But we anticipate higher display resolution in the future. So we are attempting to preserve the asset, rather than just create an element for exhibition."
_The key goal of the project is preservation, but the restored version of the film will also eventually be released on Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD._
"There has been photochemical work done on this particular title, but with new digital tools we are able to retrieve the original color balance of the faded negative in a way that we could not reproduce photochemically," Price said. "We made film preservation elements since the film had differential fading, meaning ... the edges of the film had more oxygen and deteriorated quicker. By scanning it, we're able to get a completely flat field of color."
Numerous restoration industry leaders share the belief that the community needs to step up to a resolution higher than 2K for restoration and preservation. Still, opinions vary, as more storage and bandwidth is needed to handle these larger files, which along with cost, is a challenge.
"6K is typically a costly proposition, so that's why we are testing the waters on 'A Star is Born,' " Price said. "As the size of data is more easily managed and the tools become more accessible, we will increase our resolution."
Restoration of "A Star Is Born" is expected to take four to six months. Said Price: "Our expectation is that the restoration would live for easily 100 years."
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging, the studio's digital post and restoration facility, has recently restored such titles as "Bonnie and Clyde," "Dirty Harry," "Cool Hand Luke" and "How the West Was Won."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id08e9f14f520f15dc5cd20b88ae9ec44
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Excellent news. Too bad they didn't include Wonder Bar. Four films seems kind of a short set.
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marcco, only the *online* extras will need the 2.0 connection. The movie and plenty of other extras that will be on the two Blu discs will be fully playable on current Blu-ray players. Personally, I have no interest in downloading ringing tones or buying merchandise or playing a trivia game of Sleeping Beauty with people across the country.
Also, it should be pointed out that by the time Sleeping Beauty gets released, there will be several Blu-ray players, besides the PS3, with 2.0 capability.
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Warner Bros. is bringing Paul Newman's "Cool Hand Luke" to Blu-ray high def in September.
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I wasn't aware that Satyricon was on the schedule, but if it has been pulled then I am very glad. I saw it at a theater and walked out because it was one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen. I am not one to say "disgusting" about much but this film had me doing so. I don't care if it is Fellini, it definitely doesn't belong on TCM.
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By the way, I don't know if you saw it in the Upcoming Releases information, but Kino is going to start releasing on Blu-ray high def this fall.
LOL, I did, because I wrote it.
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Another deepdiscount.com sale: Look for the marked "up to 61% off" of Sony/Columbia titles. Mostly new stuff but they do have From Here to Eternity, Funny Girl, and A Man for All Seasons for $5.99 each, and Gilda and Holliday for $7.75 each.
Deepdiscount.com also has another Sony/Columbia sale - look for "Save up to 58% on select Sony titles": The original 3:10 to Yuma, Cat Ballou, and others for about $6.28.
Plus a "Buy 1, Get 1" Anchor Bay sale: mostly junk but it does have the Peter Sellers Collection (which contains HEAVENS ABOVE!, HOFFMAN, I'M ALL RIGHT JACK, THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, CARLTON BROWNE OF THE F.O., and TWO WAY STRETCH) for $21.26 (sao that would work out to $10.63 for the whole box set when getting something else).
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Heck, we have to get the new people picking up HDTVs past the black borders on the left and right for pre-widescreen releases
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Well, as far as grain goes, there is good and bad. Universal does bad. When you look at some of their releases on standard, it looks like 10 million insects are flying in front of the screen image. Warners knows how to do it right so you basically seldom see any (with the exception of the That's Entertainment set which looked shocking in a number of sequences on Blu, but then the original DVD set was hardly as good as it could be).
It all comes down to the master the studios are working from. You can look at a Blu release of The Searchers and it is incredible, picture perfect. Then you can look at a film from the last few years and find a lot of grain. The age doesn't really have anything to do with how much grain one will see. Some of WB's DVD releases, such as Citizen Kane, would look incredible in high def because the master they have now is so great.
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Thanks.
As to Kino, there are some excellent prices in that deepdiscount.com sale. It looks like they will end it just before their regular June sale begins. I wonder which will price will be lower?
By the way, I don't know if you saw it in the Upcoming Releases information, but Kino is going to start releasing on Blu-ray high def this fall.
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More good news...
In addition to the announcement that Criterion will be releasing on high-definition Blu-ray starting in October, as mentioned already in this thread, word has just come down that Kino International will also start releasing on Blu-ray this fall. I am looking forward to seeing their classics when they get around to them. Imagine "Metropolis" in high definition.
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Also worth noting, deepdiscount.com has a 50% off Kino sale, good through May 30th.
http://www.deepdiscount.com/DVD---Kino-Sale_stcVVcatId476514VVviewcat.htm
Some great bargains in here, including their restored set on Battleship Potemkin for $14.98, the Kino Film Noir sets for $24.98, The Black Pirate $14.98, and the newly released Houdini - The Movie Star $19.98.
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Okay, everybody, let's knock it off.
Let's get back to announcing upcoming releases.
Here's an announcement from Kino of two new releases available June 3rd in their Slapstick Symposium Part III:
*Harry Langdon (THREE'S A CROWD and THE CHASER):* This DVD of THREE'S A CROWD and THE CHASER is authored from new HD masters derived from the 35mm negatives held by the Raymond Rohauer estate. Due to decomposition of the original film elements, portions of THE CHASER are mastered from a 16mm print.
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=918
*Mabel Normand (THE EXTRA GIRL and THE GUSHER):* The Extra Girl is a 68 min. film. This Kino DVD also includes the rare 1913 short THE GUSHER, mastered from an archival 35mm print with the original color tints. Set in the oil fields of California, it follows the efforts of a wily con artist to defraud a yokel (Ford Sterling) and his bride-to-be (Normand).
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=919
They are also offering The Stan Laurel Collection at a reduced price: The DVD contains 16 rare short films 1923-1925. Here is a list of the titles:
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Here's a breakdown:
August
1. Michael Caine
2. Charlie Chaplin
3. Gregory Peck
4. Marie Dressler
5. Claude Rains
6. Anne Bancroft
7. Greta Garbo
8. James Garner
9. Fred MacMurray
10. Doris Day
11. Richard Widmark
12. Kim Novak
13. Peter Lorre
14. Greer Garson
15. Rita Hayworth
16. Fred Astaire
17. Gene Kelly
18. Jack Palance
19. Barbara Stanwyck
20. Edward G. Robinson
21. Ava Gardner
22. Trevor Howard
23. Laurel and Hardy
24. Henry Fonda
25. Ingrid Bergman
26. Janet Leigh
27. Tony Curtis
28. Charlton Heston
29. Marlon Brando
30. Katherine Hepburn
31. Spencer Tracy
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This is great!
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Can?t recall, but dvdplanet.com may also do a sale in the same month. (Both are owned by the same company and both usually will have 20% off their already discounted prices.) Still, it is worth comparing back and forth with Amazon at the time to see which will work out better.
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Anybody gearing up for the next deepdiscount.com sale in June?
I?m holding off ordering these titles until then:
Frank Sinatra - The Golden Years Collection
Frank Sinatra ? The Golden Years Collection
Popeye the Sailor vol. 2
Three Stooges vol. 2
The Carmen Miranda Collection
The Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection
The Fall of the Roman Empire Limited Edition
Mannix ? the First Season
Burke?s Law: Season 1 Vol. 1 (Okay, what bright bigwig came up with splitting a season and making us pay twice?!!)
The Fugitive Season 1 Vol. 2
The Fugitive Season 2 Vol. 1
The Sand Pebbles (Blu-Ray)
The Longest Day (Blu-Ray)
Patton (Blu-Ray)
The last three will be based on the review of the picture quality.
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I ordered from several titles from oldies.com a few weeks back, had tried to get two copies of Pajama Party (because it is a valuable time) but got one, at least. Got **** with them because I ordered enough to get the free shipping, and had placed my order that way, but the order got charged for shipping, anyway. I called them and argued for about fifteen minutes, but got nowhere. (I have been disappointed with oldies.com the last two times now with their customer service. I placed one order about a month ago, cancelled it the next morning with a telephone operator, got a confirmation email, then two days later they still billed by credit card and sent out the order. One of the items was the Roxie Hart DVD and it came without any plastic wrapping.)
I may order from them again but it would have to be something special.
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lafitte said: "Well, at least nobody's mentioned M.S.'s name yet. The absolute worst, IMHO. So dull, so pedestrian. One of my favorite movies, Jezebel, is diminished (but thankfully not ruined) by it. The big scene on the dance floor and he composes this horrible waltz, it's totally at odds with the gravity of the occasion. The main theme to Wuthering Heights is trite. Maybe it's just me, but his music makes me groan."
I don't think anybody could say Max Steiner's music was dull and pedestrian. This is the man whose output contains Gone with the Wind, King Kong, They Died With Their Boots On, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and so many more.
Also, saying his main theme to Wuthering Heights makes you groan shows that maybe you have your composers mixed up. The man who wrote the music to Wuthering Heights was Alfred Newman.
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Most of the great ones have been put mentioned, but I'll put in my two cents:
Jerry Goldsmith "The Wind and the Lion"
John Williams "Star Wars"
Alfred Newman "Captain from Castille"
Erich Wolfgang Korngold "The Sea Hawk"
Bernard Herrmann "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad"
Miklos Rozsa "The Thief of Bagdad"
Alex North "A Streetcar Named Desire" (also a TV score I love "Rich Man Poor Man")
George Duning "Picnic"
Henry Mancini "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Aaron Copland pretty much anything
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Celluloid, while my post had some of the features that will be on the HTWWW upcoming releases that were in your original post, there were additional details in mine from a release today that weren't there previously, such as more details about the Smilebox. There was no need for you to reprint your post, especially since it is on the same page a few posts down. All that does is bury the new details and people don't see them. So why repost your post? It would help if you deleted that more recent reprint post and leave the original one down the page. People come here regularly to look for new info. I saw that you did that with The Mummy, too, reprinting it only about two or three posts since you first did.
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Two quick notes: Paramount finally announced their first slew of titles for Blu-ray today, and even though their are no classics in the list it is good to see them come over and hopefully we will start getting things like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Godfather, and more in high definition.
The second piece of info is *MORE* release details for the How the West Was Won 2-DVD set and the 2-disc Blu-ray set. (Here is a link to details about that new documentary: http://www.cineramaadventure.com/synopsis.htm )
From digitalbits.com:
...we have additional word from Warner Home Video on their forthcoming How the West Was Won (due 8/26). There will be a 2-disc Special Edition DVD (SRP $20.97), that includes the film itself, audio commentary with film historians, the original The Making of How the West Was Won featurette, the new feature-length Cinerama Adventure documentary and the film's theatrical trailer. The 2-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD (SRP ($59.92) is basically the Special Edition packed with a 20-page reproduction of the original press book, 10 photo cards, 10 art cards and an exclusive movie poster offer. Finally, the 2-disc Blu-ray edition (BD-50s - SRP $34.99) comes packed in a 32-page "digi-book" and includes all the same disc-based extras as the DVD editions. All versions feature the original 165-minute film, mastered from the original 3-strip Cinerama elements, presented in the original 2.89:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The Blu-ray Disc will also feature the original SmileBox version "which presents the image with a unique curvature that virtually recreates the true Cinerama? experience in a home theater." Here's more from the studio's press release:
"M-G-M and Cinerama?, Inc. spared no expense to give this sprawling Western saga the huge vistas made possible with the original Cinerama? process. After its initial theatrical engagements in theaters equipped with three synchronized projectors for Cinerama? presentation, the film was subsequently presented on traditional theater screens with the three separate Cinerama? panels being optically joined to form a standard 35mm 2.35:1 widescreen image, leaving most subsequent viewers puzzled by the annoying ?join lines.?
Following several years of careful development, the technicians at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging perfected a technology that could finally eliminate the ?join lines,? and unify the images into a superb viewing experience that captures the essence of the production?s initial road show exhibitions, with an aspect ratio of 2.89:1."
Here are pictures of the art:
Special Sales of Classic Titles on DVD & Blu-ray
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It looks like the deepdiscount.com 20% off their already discounted prices sale will be taking place from June 6th through June 22nd. One discount code I have read on another site is "DDAF".
I have been waiting for awhile now for this to come around again.