King Creole (1958) (1 Viewer)

[aPhil]

King Creole was not shot in 65mm VV. It's standard 4-perf 35mm.

The OCN is gone and went missing in the 60's or 70's when Hal Wallis still had rights. This is from the 35mm fine grain master positive.

I think you mean not shot in 35mm horizontal VV.

 

[warnerbro]

Elvis said this was his favorite.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The 4K digital on iTunes is now selling for $4.99!

 

[dpippel]

The 4K digital on iTunes is now selling for $4.99!

Thanks for the tip Robert! Just bought it.

 

[RICK BOND]

Still No Announcement ! ? March 17th is the supposed to be release date. Less than 2 weeks. No cover art, nothing. This does Not look good. : (

 

[John Hermes]

Still No Announcement ! ? March 17th is the supposed to be release date. Less than 2 weeks. No cover art, nothing. This does Not look good. : (

Yeah, after the Loving You disappointment this would really be a bummer. ImportsCds even had the UPC code, etc. up when they had KC for pre-order and then pulled the title a couple weeks later.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Seems like retailers either jumped the gun before Paramount officially announced it and Paramount has delayed the release, or retailers mistook a different type of listing for the film as a BD release.

 

[John Hermes]

Looks like good news! New release date in April 21, 2020

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...res-launches-paramount-presents-label.365908/

 

[Brandon Conway]

Glad it was just retailers jumping the gun, then.

 

[RICK BOND]

Now it's Official ! : ) It's about time Paramount ! Bring on those 1950's Vistavision classics ! The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Best Picture winner should definitely be coming now. : )

 

[AlexNH]

Sounds like this one is a little better than To Catch a Thief was, but it does seem that the Paramount Presents line is off to a bit of a rough start. Here’s hoping the studio gets it together on these.

King Creole: Paramount Presents (Blu-ray Review)

Elvis Presley’s popularity during the 1950s and onwards was such that even someone who couldn’t act initially was given starring roles in a number of films centered around him—over thirty in fact. Before his military service, he starred in his fourth picture, King Creole. A musical drama akin to...

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[Robert Crawford]

Sounds like this one is a little better than To Catch a Thief was, but it does seem that the Paramount Presents line is off to a bit of a rough start. Here’s hoping the studio gets it together on these.

King Creole: Paramount Presents (Blu-ray Review)

Elvis Presley’s popularity during the 1950s and onwards was such that even someone who couldn’t act initially was given starring roles in a number of films centered around him—over thirty in fact. Before his military service, he starred in his fourth picture, King Creole. A musical drama akin to...

thedigitalbits.com

I don't know, I just know that the 4K/Dolby Vision digital on iTunes looked gorgeous on my LG OLED back in February when I bought it for $4.99.

 

[lark144]

I don't know, I just know that the 4K/Dolby Vision digital on iTunes looked gorgeous on my LG OLED back in February when I bought it for $4.99.

I have the disc. It looks pretty great to me. As Mr. Harris stated in another thread, it really does look like 8 perf, even thought it apprarently isn't. Has that Vista Vision clarity and three-dimensionality in terms of depth of field, and resolution and differentation between the actors and the other objects in the frame. The black & white is the quality of the mocha sundaes I used to get in the Bronx at the bus stop on the way to Freedomland when I was 12. Rich grey scale, deep blacks, but I didn't see any crush. The grain looked so natural I was curious, so I froze a frame, got real close and peered into the surface. Like Mr. Harris, I noticed the grain was inconsistent, especially in the faces; so there must have been some kind of grain reduction going on, but you can't really tell. I mean, who is going to start freezing frames in the middle of one of Elvis' greatest and most involving films? I did, but before I started watching it in earnest. It looks like the real deal, and that's all that counts as far as I'm concerned.

 

[timk1041]

I hope it's the first of more Elvis Paramount Blu-rays.

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Should be one of the next. A must!