Bedknobs and Broomsticks blu-ray on August 12 (1 Viewer)

[Mark-P]

Is that the 139 minute version?

No. The theatrical version runs 117 minutes. It does seem odd that since the extended roadshow cut has been the only version available on video for the last 18 years, that they would revert to the theatrical cut for Blu-ray. The only explanation I can see is that it must be because of the really poor condition of the elements of the added scenes.
But is there anything official from Disney yet that confirms this is the shorter version?

 

[Robert Crawford]

No. The theatrical version runs 117 minutes. It does seem odd that since the extended roadshow cut has been the only version available on video for the last 18 years, that they would revert to the theatrical cut for Blu-ray. The only explanation I can see is that it must be because of the really poor condition of the elements of the added scenes.
But is there anything official from Disney yet that confirms this is the shorter version?

Good so the 30th Anniversary DVD I have in my collection that was released in 2001 is the extended cut. Funny thing, it says on the back of the DVD case that the audio and video were fully restored which leads to the question what does fully restored mean?

 

[classicmovieguy]

"Fully restored" for DVD may not cut it for "fully restored" Blu-ray.

 

[Robert Crawford]

"Fully restored" for DVD may not cut it for "fully restored" Blu-ray.

Yeah, i know as 480p is not 1080p.

 

[classicmovieguy]

Disney may not believe it's feasible to restore the extended version on Blu-ray, or they are just using the 1080p elements of the theatrical version currently at their disposal. Either way I think its a tragedy as there's no way I can ever return to the theatrical version after seeing the superior extended cut.

 

[MatthewA]

Save for one minute of the "Portobello Road" dance that was taken from a workprint (and that isn't nearly as far gone as some films that have had scenes put back in them have had to deal with), the film elements that were put back in seem to match pretty well in the 1080p HD master I got from VUDU, the same one that is also still on iTunes.

They restored this on film. They even copyrighted it again and sent the Library of Congress a print.

 

[Ethan Riley]

"The Blues Brothers" exists on bluray in its extended cut, with inserted scenes that showed a marked degradation in quality... and nobody really complained. Not sure why B&B can't enjoy the same presentation.

 

[MatthewA]

"The Blues Brothers" exists on bluray in its extended cut, with inserted scenes that showed a marked degradation in quality... and nobody really complained. Not sure why B&B can't enjoy the same presentation.

1941 may also get the same consideration. Perhaps if John Belushi had played Mr. Browne...

 

[Ethan Riley]

1941 may also get the same consideration. Perhaps if John Belushi had played Mr. Browne...

Haha! He'd have been funny as the vicar.

 

[MatthewA]

It just occurred to me: every announcement I've read has specs saying this has a 5.1 soundtrack, but I have never, ever seen the short version available in stereo at all.

 

[bryan4999]

Is that the 139 minute version?

No, it's the 117 minute version. I'm still hoping it's a mistake, taken from an old press release.