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post #151 of 168
5/10/08 at 9:52am

Re: Lawrence Of Arabia in HD

All of this is dependent upon extant elements and their condition, and what it is that the owner wishes to create from them.

Scanning in 8k from a clean source to create an HD element is a waste of dollars and energy.

Each project has its own needs, and route for a derivative image.
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post #152 of 168
5/10/08 at 1:26pm

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how to they even give a 4k version to a theatre to show,is it a hard drive
they send out??
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post #153 of 168
5/10/08 at 4:29pm

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Originally Posted by Peter Neski
how to they even give a 4k version to a theatre to show,is it a hard drive
they send out??

Depends, It can be downloaded into the theater's media server via satellite, or a high speed t3 line, they can be delivered on hard drives or it can be recorded out to film and delivered in the traditional fashion.

Doug
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post #154 of 168
5/10/08 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by OliverK
RAH,

I hope it will help to be able to scan the negative and other remaining large format elements for movies like Ben Hur or The Alamo. Would you also recommend it for Super Technirama 70 movies like El Cid regardless of the condition of the negative ?

Do you know if the 4k scans of The King and I and Carousel where used to create elements for the new 35mm prints ? I have to say that I was disappointed to see that Fox did not do new 70mm prints for these two movies, they would have been very good candidates for projection in Ultra Panavision 70 although a presentation as 70mm flat with small black borders top and bottom would have been fine with me, too.

Oliver


Worth a mention with regards to Super Technirama 70, that Paramount UK have recently remastered the movie 'Zulu'(also 'The Italian Job"). I don't know any of the background to the remaster/restoration,i.e. film or digital, but I can honestly say it was superb. I would put the picture quality above the recent Blu-Ray of '2001' and the HD-dvd of 'Grand Prix', it's that good! The print seems to be in perfect condition with no damage at all.The aspect ratio was cropped compared to the 2:35:1 dvd,which might indicate that a different source was used? This I think, is good news for all of us who have a passion for large format films in the theatre and at home - including the eventual Blu-Ray release of 'LOA'.
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post #155 of 168
5/12/08 at 1:45pm

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Originally Posted by dannyboy104
Worth a mention with regards to Super Technirama 70, that Paramount UK have recently remastered the movie 'Zulu'(also 'The Italian Job"). I don't know any of the background to the remaster/restoration,i.e. film or digital, but I can honestly say it was superb. I would put the picture quality above the recent Blu-Ray of '2001' and the HD-dvd of 'Grand Prix', it's that good! The print seems to be in perfect condition with no damage at all.The aspect ratio was cropped compared to the 2:35:1 dvd,which might indicate that a different source was used? This I think, is good news for all of us who have a passion for large format films in the theatre and at home - including the eventual Blu-Ray release of 'LOA'.

Interesting that you would mention Zulu - I have been fortunate to sample it and I was very impressed with the very vivid colors and fantastic cinematography but not with some sort of degraining or DNR they used on this fine film - it does not look very film like and especially fine textures in actor's faces are conspiciously missing in the scenes I have sampled - seems the algorithms used cannot tell the difference between skin textures and grain/noise. So on a smaller monitor and at larger viewing distances the picture can look rather good but with larger screens and going closer it looks very artificial at least to me. As it is horizontal 35mm scanning Super Technirama 70 should not be that much more problematic than scanning standard 35mm - you probably can do it on the same scanning equipment so for the purpose of HD releases we should be all set and hopefully without the DNR and/or degraining that was used on Zulu.
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post #156 of 168
6/23/08 at 9:47am

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Originally Posted by dannyboy104
Worth a mention with regards to Super Technirama 70, that Paramount UK have recently remastered the movie 'Zulu'

And it looks like Paramount UK is releasing it on Nov 3 in the UK on BD: hmv.com: blu-ray: Zulu (2008) .
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post #157 of 168
6/23/08 at 10:35am

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Originally Posted by Danny_N
And it looks like Paramount UK is releasing it on Nov 3 in the UK on BD: hmv.com: blu-ray: Zulu (2008) .

The Zulu transfer that aired on TV has less detail than and about as much grain as Patton (none that is) I surely hope that a master exists that can be put on a Blu-Ray without the waxy look that plagued the TV version.

If this comes out without excessive DNR and grain reduction we will be in for a treat, I am hoping for the best.
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post #158 of 168
9/12/08 at 6:08am
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Link to a BBC radio programme about Lawrence Of Arabia and the Academy awards that some might find informative.

BBC - Radio 4 - And The Academy Award Goes To... - 7 September 2008

thanks Dannyboy104
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post #159 of 168
9/12/08 at 12:05pm

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The Digital Bits says that Sony will release the BRD LOA as part of a 17 disc "best picture" set on November 18th. No word I've seen on an individual BRD LOA release...I'm not sure I can afford a 17 disc BRD set right now.
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post #160 of 168
9/12/08 at 12:11pm

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^I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that they were talking about a 17 disc DVD release.

EDIT: Yeah, they are DVDs.
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Sony has also set a pair of DVD box sets for release on 11/18. The first is a 6-disc set that includes Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's Meaning of Life (SRP TBA). The other is a 17-disc Columbia Best Pictures Collection (SRP also TBA)...
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post #161 of 168
10/4/08 at 12:23pm
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Watching 'How The West Was One' last night,there is no doubt that Warner's Have raised the bar with this transfer to Blu-Ray.
The disc also contains an excellent and informative commentary track. This lead my thoughts back to LOA and what now seems a delay in the release of the movie on Blu-Ray.
It would seem to give Sony the time to compile and record a great commentary track,of which time may be running out for some of the contributors.

My dream track would contain the following.
Robert A.Harris, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Maurice Jarre(may need to be taken from archive recording), Anne V.Coates.
It could also contain recorded interviews with other members of the cast and crew such as David Lean.
In a real fantasy world how about Mr Spielberg, (He apparently sat next to David Lean whilst viewing the 89 Restoration,and Lean gave an informal commentary!)and Mr. Scorsese
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post #162 of 168
10/4/08 at 6:31pm

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LoA is on HDNet Movies on 10/12 6:15PM ET, and 10/13 4:20AM ET.
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post #163 of 168
10/5/08 at 11:18am

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Originally Posted by Eric F
LoA is on HDNet Movies on 10/12 6:15PM ET, and 10/13 4:20AM ET.
Thanks for the heads up Eric. Now that I have external hard drives I can afford to keep this in my digital HD collection.
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post #164 of 168
2/17/09 at 1:13pm

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Well, it's on DigitalBits' Rumor Mill for this year. I really hope it happens, and I hope it will look amazing. Sony has done a lot of the Blu-Ray's right, so it should be ok. And now we'll have to wait for an official press release from Sony .
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post #165 of 168
8/2/09 at 7:27am
Still no news regarding Lawrence or Kwai Blu Rays?

Ben
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post #166 of 168
10/22/09 at 12:46pm
This months UK Home Cinema Choice magazine has an interview with Sony studio boss Rich Marty about Blu-ray plans. He says that LAWRENCE is a title which people keep asking about but they want to do it right and are still working on it.   
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post #167 of 168
10/22/09 at 1:24pm


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This months UK Home Cinema Choice magazine has an interview with Sony studio boss Rich Marty about Blu-ray plans. He says that LAWRENCE is a title which people keep asking about but they want to do it right and are still working on it.   


That is good news indeed! I knew Sony would step up to the plate and was pretty sure the big delay meant good things. Hopefully a nice 8k scan ala Baraka. I hope it's released sometime next year. Lawrence is easily my most wanted Blu-ray. Very good news!

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post #168 of 168
10/23/09 at 11:08pm
Thanks for the update.  Good to know Sony is working on it.
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