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7/18/08 at 4:33pm
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Would you have any information regarding the current status of The Magnificent Ambersons' restoration and DVD release?

Thank you.
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7/21/08 at 1:40pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

Not that can be discussed.

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence

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7/26/08 at 8:00am
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

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Originally Posted by Robert Harris
Not that can be discussed.
An intriguingly brief reply which as you might expect has become the subject of much speculation.

Thanks again.
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7/28/08 at 2:39pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

Then I guess I should hold onto my 89 minute videotaped copy of Ambersons.
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10/6/08 at 10:22am
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

Back in 2007 Warner said they had found "good elements" of Ambersons and would release it in 2008. Since it's now October I guess we'll hopefully see Ambersons sometime in 2009.

Warner would be wise to announce a release date for this film as soon as possible. It's not like there will be a line out the door at Best Buy to purchase it. Kane was a mass-market DVD because everyone knows about it and it has been on TV for years. Ambersons is almost a niche-market film, and the more advance notice the better for it's sales.
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10/8/08 at 2:01pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

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Originally Posted by Robert Harris
Not that can be discussed.

Intriguing indeed

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10/8/08 at 2:17pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

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Intriguing indeed

Maybe not that intriguing after all. If what we are all speculating about is true, it would be very hard to keep that kind of info out of the press. Nothing is impossible but finding the lost Ambersons footage 66 years later is pretty close to it.

(I know about the recent Metropolis find but that's different. The Ambersons footage is well documented as being destroyed sometime after 1942.)
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10/8/08 at 3:37pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

Dan, what recent Metropolis find are you speaking of? Something after the Kino release?
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10/9/08 at 2:25am
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

David - Did you not hear that they've found a (nearly) complete Metropolis? If not, they've found a (nearly) complete Metropolis! I think it was announced back in early July. It's a 16mm print, there's apparently one scene missing (the monk in the cathedral) as it was at a damaged reel end, but otherwise it's complete. I first heard about it in this article, and I believe it has been confirmed that next year's Blu-Ray will have this version.
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10/9/08 at 11:10am
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

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Originally Posted by MatthewLouwrens
...I first heard about it in this article, and I believe it has been confirmed that next year's Blu-Ray will have this version.

Thanks for posting the link. There was also an item on a European Marx Brothers fan site a few months back about a supposed find of some lost Night at The Opera footage. That was either a rumor or a hoax because the story has never appeared in the press either in the EU or the US. Most of these "lost footage" stories end up being rumors, hoaxes or honest misinformation.
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10/9/08 at 1:24pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

This one is confirmed - there were news reports at the time with footage from the new scenes, there were photographs, and, according to The Digital Bits, Kino have confrmed that their release next year will have the new footage. There were some HTF discussions here and here. In other words, there's no need to worry about it being a hoax.
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1/13/09 at 6:47pm
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Re: Magnificent Ambersons

Mr. Harris,

I was wondering if you might have any news to share on the release of Ambersons since your last post to this thread.

Thank you,

Michael Fournier
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