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55 Days at Peking

post #1 of 7
7/28/08 at 8:43am
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Mr. Harris, do know of any developments in the release of the restored version of this Charlton Heston epic? I heard that it was being restored along with two other Samuel Bronston films, El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire. El Cid has already come out and, to me, looks spectacular compared to the print I had seen for the last 20 yrs.
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post #2 of 7
7/28/08 at 9:25am

Re: 55 Days at Peking

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Originally Posted by FrosteyV
Mr. Harris, do know of any developments in the release of the restored version of this Charlton Heston epic? I heard that it was being restored along with two other Samuel Bronston films, El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire. El Cid has already come out and, to me, looks spectacular compared to the print I had seen for the last 20 yrs.

You might want to check out the A few words about... review database over on the DVD movie forum and you will see that El Cid was not exactly a RAH favourite, you will also find a few words about FOTRE.
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post #3 of 7
7/28/08 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by OliverK
You might want to check out the A few words about... review database over on the DVD movie forum and you will see that El Cid was not exactly a RAH favourite, you will also find a few words about FOTRE.

Thanks for the tip. I admit I am just a movie fan and not a real afficionado. I am nowhere near as discriminating as you, RAH, and others, so to me, the restored El Cid was light years ahead of what I had previously seen, but nothing special to others with a real eye for the details and exceptional knowledge about the film restoration processes available. In any case, I still would like to know if there are any developments about 55 Days at Peking.
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post #4 of 7
7/28/08 at 1:57pm

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El Cid has not been "restored."
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post #5 of 7
7/28/08 at 5:54pm
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El Cid has not been "restored."

Sorry if I offended you with my nomenclature. Never mind.
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post #6 of 7
2/22/10 at 6:56am
The Weinstein Company has just made a deal to have their DVD's distributed worldwide through Sony.  Right now this only makes mention of upcoming and newer films, such as NINE, but I would like to see the rest of the Samuel Bronston films out on DVD.  I await "patently" for some kind of news.

This has been coming since the Weinstein's sold their part of Genius in trying to straighten up their finances. 
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post #7 of 7
2/22/10 at 8:32am
I would doubt that Sony handling the distribution for Weinstein will change anything for these titles which in this case means that I find it improbable that the movies will get released anytime soon and highly improbable that they will be released in appropriate quality.

Of course I would love to be proven wrong by the release of both movies in Blu-Ray editions with the usual attention that Sony gives to their classic releases.

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The Weinstein Company has just made a deal to have their DVD's distributed worldwide through Sony.  Right now this only makes mention of upcoming and newer films, such as NINE, but I would like to see the rest of the Samuel Bronston films out on DVD.  I await "patently" for some kind of news.

This has been coming since the Weinstein's sold their part of Genius in trying to straighten up their finances. 


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