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Both Big Sleep and Key Largo were scanned in 2k, from recently produced fine grain masters. There was an immense amount of damage to both films, moreso Sleep, and shipping the nitrates, scanning in 4K, and doing cleanup,and new color would be well beyond current budgetary abilities. This will...

A 2k scan would generally be cropped, not downscaled. Keep in mind all of that track area that's a part of the scan on the left side of the image, in addition to the normal 2.5-5% crop at right. The original scan begins with 2048. RAH

And hopefully also saving some for you.

Actually, the new Big Sleep brings us, for the first time, the entire Robert Gitt discussion regarding the two versions. It was abridged on the DVD.

The realty of releasing an HD version of a problematic element is very much a two-edged blade. While many of us might prefer a warts and all quickie HD transfer from an acetate dupe of the 1945 nitrate, just as many will complain that it isn't up to current Warner Archive standards, and will...

The 1945 cut of the film has moderate to severe damage, that would preclude a simple HD transfer. Presentation in HD would have entailed inordinate expense. RAH

And Matha Vickers, who turned thumb-sucking into an art form...

Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep was produced for release in 1945, but for various reasons did not appear in theaters until 1946. There are two versions of the film. The earlier found in the Warner vaults a number of years ago, and preserved by UCLA. One of the wonderful things about this new...