My Fair Lady 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Jim*Tod]

Given the major botch that was the first blu ray of MY FAIR LADY, I am more than willing to let them take their time to get it right. I doubt we will get a third chance on this title if the second blu ray is flawed.

 

[Robert Harris]

Holdup is totally my fault.


Two problems arose, which my team didn't anticipate.


Initially, when we attempted to uprez to HDCAMSR from the PAL laserdisc master, we had speed and interlace problems, so we abandoned the concept. That was somewhere around last March


Later, I we neglected to recall that the film was actually in color, although the black & white product was quite loverly. That was before Aqaba, anyway.


Rather than go back to square one and rescan in 8k color, we're overlaying the color from said 1994 master. While the final product will look a bit like Mad World, I personally find the monochromatic frame around the image rather charming.


It's all good...


RAH

 

[Charles Smith]

Will it have sound?


I did enjoy some of those tunes, after all. On the other hand, I can always get out my LP, so don't go to any trouble on my account.

 

[atfree]

How about a digibook with no disc, just a copy of the script and a CD of the soundtrack? We can use our imaginations


RAH, just know we all just want perfection. Is that too much to ask?

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Heavily damaged sections of the negative, for which no viable dupes could be located, are being entirely replaced by LEGO:





We apologize for the delay.

 

[warnerbro]

Come on, MY FAIR LADY, move your bloomin' arse!

 

[Rick Thompson]

Heavily damaged sections of the negative, for which no viable dupes could be located, are being entirely replaced by LEGO:





We apologize for the delay.

All I want is some Legos where

Taylor Swift was inserted there

With Bradley Cooper bare --

They thought it would sell more to teens!

 

[MatthewA]

At this point, dare I bother to ask about the aspect ratio? It will be OAR, right? They'd never release a Best Picture winner in pan-and-scan, and certainly not one in Super Panavision 70! And am I correct in assuming the whole film will actually be there once it does get released? Or at least more than 83% of it.

 

[Robert Harris]

Back in 1994, I created the pan and scan. As an evil necessity for broadcast, it wasn't half bad...


This one is supposed to be 2.40, is it not? CinemaScope. Although I'll wait for Mr. Furmanek to chime in. 1963 might have still had some 2.55 carryovers.


RAH

 

[Craig S]

All I want is some Legos where
Taylor Swift was inserted there
With Bradley Cooper bare --
They thought it would sell more to teens!

I have often watched MFL before
And it always looked and sounded very sweet before
All at once am I, several bong hits high
Watching this monochrome silent LEGO-fied Blu-ray

 

[warnerbro]

This film was the biggest upgrade in the history of film from the faded-out pink original laserdisc version to the restored Robert Harris version.

 

[ajabrams]

I have often watched MFL before
And it always looked and sounded very sweet before
All at once am I, several bong hits high
Watching this monochrome silent LEGO-fied Blu-ray

All of these new lyrics remind me of the Mad Magazine parody of several years ago "My Fair Adman" which was send-up of Madison Avenue.

One lyric that stuck in my head...


"And oh the towering feeling,

When they buy an idea of mine,

Like one with pretty girls peeling,

As they sing the praise of Manischewitz wine."

 

[MatthewA]

All of these new lyrics remind me of the Mad Magazine parody of several years ago "My Fair Adman" which was send-up of Madison Avenue.

One lyric that stuck in my head...


"And oh the towering feeling,

When they buy an idea of mine,

Like one with pretty girls peeling,

As they sing the praise of Manischewitz wine."

You could probably make a whole book out of MAD's My Fair Lady parodies, it seemed there were so many of them:


"An ad that's bad will end up spoofed in MAD."


"Say it again!"


"An ad that's bad will end up spoofed in MAD."


"By George, I think he's got it!"

 

[Rick Thompson]

Why can't a blu-ray ever come out when they say?

Could it be that release dates are turning now passé?

If we did like they did, sir, instead of how we do

Then they would be angry-posting too!

 

[Robert Harris]

This film was the biggest upgrade in the history of film from the faded-out pink original laserdisc version to the restored Robert Harris version.

"Then it shall be so, lord."

 

[AnthonyClarke]

But when, O Lord, When?

And will there be pointers (maybe a cigarette burn on the bottom-right of the frame) telling us when to cue the next song on our LP?

 

[davidmatychuk]

Well, I've got one-quarter of a second of it beautifully restored in actual 70MM right here. Get enough of us together and we can make our own.

 

[Robert Harris]

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Well, I've got one-quarter of a second of it beautifully restored in actual 70MM right here. Get enough of us together and we can make our own.

That would be one-sixth...

 

[davidmatychuk]

That would be one-sixth...

No, if you pull the strip out of the cardboard holder there are six consecutive frames in total. I'm not sure why they didn't design it so that you could see every frame they were giving you.

 

[seangood79]

Holdup is totally my fault.


Two problems arose, which my team didn't anticipate.


Initially, when we attempted to uprez to HDCAMSR from the PAL laserdisc master, we had speed and interlace problems, so we abandoned the concept. That was somewhere around last March


Later, I we neglected to recall that the film was actually in color, although the black & white product was quite loverly. That was before Aqaba, anyway.


Rather than go back to square one and rescan in 8k color, we're overlaying the color from said 1994 master. While the final product will look a bit like Mad World, I personally find the monochromatic frame around the image rather charming.


It's all good...


RAH

For the sections that were just too difficult to fix, why didn't you plug in scenes from 1938's Pygmalion?