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Warner Bros. is doing a moderate re-release of the movie in a handful of theaters this month. I just saw it here this afternoon for the first time (yes, really) and I thought it was fantastic. I'm not sure if they did any kind of restoration work on it, but it looked great.
I then came home and popped in my Blu-ray (I had sort of forgotten I had it, since it came in a box set with other movies and I bought the set for the other titles, which I haven't played in a while.) It seemed to me on looking at the Blu-ray that the print this afternoon seemed to have sharper colors, but I might just be convincing myself of that, or maybe it was the noticeable difference between seeing the movie on the largest screen in my local theater vs. on my TV.
In any case, I was grateful to be able to have my first experience of the film be on the big screen with an appreciative crowd of people (it was almost full, but I do think it's a bit odd that a theatrical re-release is not being followed by a Blu-ray re-release.
There is the Beetlejuice Broadway musical coming from Warner Bros' theatrical division, which is currently having its out-of-town trryout in Washington, D.C. through November 18, followed by a Broadway bow in March. Since they're missing out on a 30th anniversary disc release, perhaps they could do it next year at some point and include some behind-the-scenes or promotional stuff for the Broadway run as well, since that's essentially free marketing to the show's core audience of fans who already like the movie.
Warner Bros. is doing a moderate re-release of the movie in a handful of theaters this month. I just saw it here this afternoon for the first time (yes, really) and I thought it was fantastic. I'm not sure if they did any kind of restoration work on it, but it looked great.
I then came home and popped in my Blu-ray (I had sort of forgotten I had it, since it came in a box set with other movies and I bought the set for the other titles, which I haven't played in a while.) It seemed to me on looking at the Blu-ray that the print this afternoon seemed to have sharper colors, but I might just be convincing myself of that, or maybe it was the noticeable difference between seeing the movie on the largest screen in my local theater vs. on my TV.
In any case, I was grateful to be able to have my first experience of the film be on the big screen with an appreciative crowd of people (it was almost full, but I do think it's a bit odd that a theatrical re-release is not being followed by a Blu-ray re-release.
There is the Beetlejuice Broadway musical coming from Warner Bros' theatrical division, which is currently having its out-of-town trryout in Washington, D.C. through November 18, followed by a Broadway bow in March. Since they're missing out on a 30th anniversary disc release, perhaps they could do it next year at some point and include some behind-the-scenes or promotional stuff for the Broadway run as well, since that's essentially free marketing to the show's core audience of fans who already like the movie.