Where Eagles Dare (1968) bluray (1 Viewer)

Arrived this morning. I ordered two one for my dad and myself.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Where Eagles Dare (1968)






Action war adventure

"Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on."

I got into this film during the 70's/80's when it was shown on tv My dad, likes the film as well.

Picture is reasonable with slight edging, colour textures are nice and framing of the scope 2.35:1.

Dialogue at times sounds like its recoded in room with some outdoor scenes that kinder seems natural. A few dialogue pans but it doesn't sound like the typical mix of 70mm as I can't hear that foggy sound when muting the centre channel it seems ether its intentional or its been re-mixed and the foggy directional sound has been modified? Its still a good mix but I would be curious to listen to it in 70mm six-track mag if I had the opportunity?

The surrounds appear to mono discrete.

The LFE.1 why they mix these in on films that never used this track during the 1960's? Still not much we can do about it m its there and listening to the mix there's plenty bass mid over the LCR and a able small portion on the surrounds now and then.

The score by Ron Goodwin pumps up reasonably on the bass on chapter 8, while Schaffer (Clint Eastwood) looks over the objective of the mission to climbing up the mountain.

Richard Burton ... Maj. Smith
Clint Eastwood ... Schaffer
Mary Ure ... Mary Ellison
Patrick Wymark ... Col. Turner
Michael Hordern ... Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston ... Christiansen
Peter Barkworth ... Berkeley


Feature running time. 2hrs.35mns.08secs
Metrocolour, 2.4:1 scope / dtsHDMA 5.1


Extras
Behind the story 12mins.37sece
Trailer 2mins.20secs






Showtime for the afternoon.

My laserdisc issue of the film included an intermission. Does that appear in your Blu?

Hey Andy when you decide to buy the laserdisc version can you send me your unwanted blu ray.

Coincidentally, I'm watching mine right now!

greg.shoemaker said:

My laserdisc issue of the film included an intermission. Does that appear in your Blu?

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Yes intermissions would be common in those days. Still watching with 1hr 10mins left and no intermission I checked the scenes menu. Well that sucks no intermission.

Where does it take place on the MGM laserdisc pressing?

"Second rate junk at that." lol

andySu said:

Yes intermissions would be common in those days. Still watching with 1hr 10mins left and no intermission I checked the scenes menu. Well that sucks no intermission.Where does it take place on the MGM laserdisc pressing?"Second rate junk at that." lol

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No intermission on the BD....wish there was, but sadly no. Had my copy for years now, watch it 1-2 times a year.

Plenty of these pressings on ebay.




Very few if not none of these Japan pressings I can see. I like the artwork on the Japan pressing.

As an aside, the BD is good but this film really deserves an updated release with a new master transfer, along with the roadshow intermission and entr'acte. Roadshow was shown in Europe but not in US when it was released.

You should have seen this in 70mm at Bradford a few years ago it looked fab.

FoxyMulder said:

Hey Andy when you decide to buy the laserdisc version can you send me your unwanted blu ray.

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Malcolm, Amazon has it really cheap, you'll like the bass on it.

1hr.37min.02secs
"Bring them here."
"Smith." (silencer has some low bass across the LCR)

Played chapter 27, some 15 times I like the scene.Dirty Schaffer Harry, uses the silencer.

The score is cool with horn and strings and brass for the brief few seconds when Schaffer, shoots that goose stepping, running off for the door, in the back and the way the scores as climax epic ending.

atfree said:

As an aside, the BD is good but this film really deserves an updated release with a new master transfer, along with the roadshow intermission and entr'acte. Roadshow was shown in Europe but not in US when it was released.

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Which is why I don't really care to have it or not.

I don't care for the Japanese LD artwork. Burton looks more like Percy Herbert.

atfree said:

As an aside, the BD is good but this film really deserves an updated release with a new master transfer, along with the roadshow intermission and entr'acte. Roadshow was shown in Europe but not in US when it was released.

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It showed at the Empire Leicester Square, (January 22, 1969) in 70mm.

Yes, agree a new master with the above. It was included with another MGM release Ice Station Zebra, so how the Overture, entr'acte, intermission and exit flew under Eagles, radar on this one?

I miss the days of seeing certificate "A"

David_B_K said:

I don't care for the Japanese LD artwork. Burton looks more like Percy Herbert.

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Also looks a bit like Kenneth Tobey, The Thing From Another World.

DP 70 said:

You should have seen this in 70mm at Bradford a few years ago it looked fab.

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Its too far to travel than London once was.

Watched about the last hour of it on the projector and some edgy EE I can see when there abseiling down the side of the cliff face looked distracting.

andySu said:

Watched about the last hour of it on the projector and some edgy EE I can see when there abseiling down the side of the cliff face looked distracting.

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I hate EE, you are putting me off buying it, was that scene using front projection fx, if so it might not be EE. ?

Andy, I notice that whenever you post an array of photos you always include at least one to show off your rack!
The US version which is undoubtedly the same transfer, includes Kelly's Heroes and doesn't cost any more than the single release.

Mark-P said:

Andy, I notice that when ever you post an array of photos you always include at least one that show off your rack!
The US version which is undoubtedly the same transfer, includes Kelly's Heroes and doesn't cost any more than the single release.

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I pull out that BD once a year in order to watch a double feature Eastwood film day.

Yes, that is probably the best double feature release ever on blu-ray...at least that I can think of at the moment. Love these films and they always bring me back to watching them on television on the weekend.