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  1. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    The overture on the LP is truncated and the exit music is a completely alternate track, which noticeably omits the Jewish Wedding song.
  2. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    When I played it in my OPPO player, the machine merely displayed "Dolby Stereo" without any mention of 2.0 or 3.0. As I have a phantom center channel, I wouldn't know the difference. However, i can say that after owning the film on laserdisc and DVD, I was not disappointed in the sound. There...
  3. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    The street date is August 24th, according to Amazon. My friend, who is a major Julie Andrews fan and has worked with her on various projects, simply found a copy on eBay. I can vouch for its authenticity, as he brought it over for a group viewing several days ago and I examined it closely...
  4. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    According to Amazon, it's August 24th.
  5. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    I didn't mean to imply that Millie doesn't look crisp and eye popping. It looks fine and I can't imagine it looking appreciably better than it does. It was not shot in a large format. It's everything it should be, to my eyes. And I don't know why it should be in 5.1. If those roadshow...
  6. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    I'm no audio expert but my blu-ray player said it was simply Dolby Stereo. It made no mention of 2.0 or 3.0 or anything.
  7. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    Going back to the original post on this thread, yesterday my friend brought over his blu ray of Thoroughly Modern Millie. As I suspected, it's simply a very nice, pleasing enhancement of the DVD, with truer, more vibrant colors, a brighter sharper image and terrific stereo sound, with no...
  8. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    It was Universal's largest money-maker to date until AIRPORT and THE STING came along. And John Maher can correct me, but I believe their previous record-holder was TORN CURTAIN. Julie could still do no wrong at this point and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE puts her effervescence front and center.
  9. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    It's a delightful movie, if overlong with that superfluous Jewish Wedding sequence and a climax that rambles. But, although Julie made two or three better movies for sure, this is the one that best distills her unique charm and energy into a vehicle that's all her own, rather than an adaptation...
  10. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    I hope to see it within the next week or two and I am already confident that trashing won't be necessary. The blu ray is apparently bright and colorful, with good sound and all the roadshow music is intact. Those are the things that are important to me.
  11. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    I wouldn't obsess about aspect ratios on this title. I was only 11 when this played theatrically, so my memory is hazy. But the roadshow print in Houston was 70mm and obviously hard-matted on the sides to whatever specification Universal wanted. When it played wide in 35mm, the aspect ratio...
  12. Rob_Ray

    Advanced look at Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-Ray

    A friend of mine got an advanced copy of the upcoming Thoroughly Modern Millie blu ray and gave me his thoughts to post here: "The transfer looks very sharp, the colors are very good and it's very bright. But at 1.85 they are cutting picture at top and bottom. In fact just before intermission...
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