MY FAIR LADY 4K restoration completed! Dec. 9th release announced (Post #299) (1 Viewer)

[Rick Thompson]

Well, the only thing that dampens me about this "news" is that from now until the possible blu release (which could be years in the making), there will be constant whining: "Where is it already?" "We're tired of waiting!" "They promised it to us five years ago!", "Why are they releasing junk like Fill In The Blank when the restored My Fair Lady isn't out yet?" etc. It will be Raintree County all over again!

Fill in the Blank. Didn't that star Ben Affleck and Renée Zellweger as two blanks?

 

[Thomas T]

Fill in the Blank. Didn't that star Ben Affleck and Renée Zellweger as two blanks?

That's the remake. I was referring to the original with Henry Fonda and Marlene Dietrich.

 

[Joel Arndt]

As Luther Heggs once wrote:

"The horribleness and the awfulness of it will never actually be forgotten."

Are you referring to the brd of My Fair Lady in its current form or some of the comments made here.

 

[Mike Frezon]

All the personal back & forth is going to stop here & now!

Let the discussion continue about a 4k restoration of My Fair Lady...but let there be no further discussion over who's right or who's wrong that it was proper or improper for the news to have been posted here (or anywhere).

Tempest in a teapot and all that.

Thank you.

 

[Alan Tully]

Which is why we are discussing it here and not on CNN.

My point was it's not worth people getting their knickers in a twist about it. Yes it won't be on CNN, or even page 11 of your local newspaper.

 

[Brian Sharp]

Now why don't CBS announce a 2018 release for MFL then we will all be delighted if it comes out earlier! Should kill off all the speculaton.

 

[JohnMor]

As Luther Heggs once wrote:

"The horribleness and the awfulness of it will never actually be forgotten."

'Atta boy, Luther!! (And they used Bon Ami!)

 

[JimmyK]

Well drat!When I saw this thread I thought there would be news about a worthy BD release of MFL to replace that abomination that was released before (I refuse to buy it).Here's hoping this tidbit does mean we will see a worthy release in the not too distant future.

 

[haineshisway]

All the personal back & forth is going to stop here & now!

Let the discussion continue about a 4k restoration of My Fair Lady...but let there be no further discussion over who's right or who's wrong that it was proper or improper for the news to have been posted here (or anywhere).

Tempest in a teapot and all that.

Thank you.

I agree about the personal stuff and I shan't respond further to the person who keeps bringing me up in every post.

I will say, however, it is amusing that there hasn't been one post about something that will make everything about this perfectly clear. So much for Internet surfing, Google and everything else. I'd mention it, of course, but see no point in it - best to let others do the sleuthing.

 

[lukejosephchung]

Well drat!When I saw this thread I thought there would be news about a worthy BD release of MFL to replace that abomination that was released before (I refuse to buy it).Here's hoping this tidbit does mean we will see a worthy release in the not too distant future.

The very existence of a 4k-restoration scan of this movie indicates that time is sooner rather than later, in my humble opinion...the blu-ray people have been complaining about here is a nearly 3-years-old release based on an obsolete transfer...you honestly think CBS WON'T release this newly-minted restoration to store shelves as a 50th Anniversary blu-ray in the near-future???

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

The Fotokem website has a big banner about this restoration (the banner graphics rotate, so if you don't see it right away, you can arrow over) mentioning an article will be in an upcoming issue of American Cinematographer.

Neil

 

[haineshisway]

The Fotokem website has a big banner about this restoration (the banner graphics rotate, so if you don't see it right away, you can arrow over) mentioning an article will be in an upcoming issue of American Cinematographer.

Neil

Bingo! I knew it would be Neil S. Bulk if it was anyone

 

[OliverK]

Read the Article about the restoration in American Cinematographer - very interesting. Now I am looking forward to seeing MFL on Blu-ray or even better in 4k and I finally know what RAH has been up to for a bigger part of this year

 

[Robert Harris]

Read the Article about the restoration in American Cinematographer - very interesting. Now I am looking forward to seeing MFL on Blu-ray or even better in 4k and I finally know what RAH has been up to for a bigger part of this year

Final touches still going in. It will be a safe purchase.

A very safe purchase.

RAH

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I wish the studios would think twice before releasing something on blu-ray. I already have a blu-ray copy of MFL, and also The French Connection, Lady From Shanghai, The Good,the Bad, & the Ugly, West Side Story and others where you buy the first blu-ray and then soon they re-release another one again for some reason...just lucky to have a brother to give an extra copy to!

 

[ScottHM]

I wish the studios would think twice before releasing something on blu-ray.

I believe they think long and hard before releasing what they do. How do you think they can sell a film over and over again to the same customers?

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[SAhmed]

Final touches still going in. It will be a safe purchase.

A very safe purchase.

RAH

"Is it safe?" - Laurence Olivier

"Very safe" - RAH

Yippee - I will wait patiently

Regards,

 

[trajan]

OK-Tell us this much-- Is it coming out this year or next?

 

[Ryan Talbot]

This news is SO AWESOME!I have been saying since the beginning of this year that "My Fair Lady" needed a touchup on the 1994 restoration so that it actually looks good on Blu-Ray, and it looks like that is actually going to happen.But does anyone actually believe that CBS has completely financed and will completely distribute the film themselves?I think they're splitting the costs and profits with Warner Bros, cause out of all the major studios, WB does the best job of restoring films.Plus WB will be a lot more willing to put together a wonderful retail package as well.

 

[CarlLaFong]

I just read RAH's most recent comment with glee. How appropriate that I saw it during intermission of "Lawrence of Arabia" on a big screen!