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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    Wow. The 4k UHD director's cut of The Last Picture Show looks amazing to me.
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    I finished watching the original movie and the documentaries. Good stuff. I should have guessed, but didn't know that novelist James Jones (pictured below with Sinatra and Clift) was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, in the exact place seen toward the end of the movie, and had the same...
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    How did they do the trick shot in Here to Eternity at the 24 minute mark, just after Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr first kiss, when the camera seems to go right through the window? I've seen this a lot in the cgi era, but how did cinematographer Burnett Guffey, who won an Oscar for his work on...
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    I put in a pre-order for this set today. The small books that come with these sets, which so far have been mostly by Julie Kirgo, are wonderfully written, enjoyable, and illuminating. This particular set comes with half a dozen extra movies as part of the bonus features, which means that the...
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    I remember seeing Annie when it opened 40 years ago. It seemed so-so and I haven't seen it since, but maybe I'll like it better with this release. Who knows where the time goes....(Judy Collins, 1968): Anyway, the impressive bonus features on this set show that Columbia/Sony cares about fans...
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    Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD)

    Has Julie Kirgo written the booklet again?++ The extra features on this seem really good, including complete movies and even a miniseries I've never seen before. I have the first two sets and have really enjoyed them, and I plan to get this one as well. The only movie I have on blu-ray from...
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