sony classic war and western releases 5/4 some in color (1 Viewer)

[kingfish]

repost from the digital bits.



Sony has announced a batch of classic war and western films due on DVD on 5/4 (some new some re-issue), including Anzio, The Beast, A Man Called Sledge, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Cowboy, Hellcats of the Navy, Alvaraz Kelly, Castle Keep, Cat Ballou: Special Edition, Geronimo: An American Legend, Hangman's Knot, King Rat, Mackenna's Gold, The Man from Laramie, Mountain Men, The Texican, The Villain, a colorized version of The War Lover, Ike: Countdown to D-Day and Bitter Victory.

 

[GregoryMesh]

I don't see anything new to DVD on this list, although I hope some films are released in correct aspect ratio unlike old releases

 

[Colin McGuigan]

A Man Called Sledge has been OOP for a while now so it's a kind of new release I suppose.

 

[MLamarre]

A lot of these never went OOP and are in their correct OAR. I don't understand re-releasing them; are they going to have different cover art or something?

 

[kingfish]

I am wondering about the colorization process for some of the movies that are in black and white.

 

[BethHarrison]

Bitter Victory is a brilliant film! It doesn't need to be colorized though.

 

[Greg_M]

I hope MacKenna's Gold is widescreen - why oh why would a studio release this in Pan and Scan!!!!!!

 

[DeWilson]

Originally Posted by kingfish

I am wondering about the colorization process for some of the movies that are in black and white.

Check out the colorized THREE STOOGES shorts Sony put out a few years ago - very well done.

 

[Van594]

Colorization is the devil's work...so is 3D unless it was originally shown in 3D...unless it's porn then it's ok.

 

[Garysb]

Originally Posted by DeWilson




Check out the colorized THREE STOOGES shorts Sony put out a few years ago - very well done.

May have looked OK to the eye but it certainly doesn't represent how the actual set and costumes looked since they were made to look good in B&W and would probably have been shades of gray and brown.