UHD Superman, The Movie coming to 4K Blu-ray per TDBits (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

This.

+1

 

[Robert Harris]

Keep in mind, along with checked expectations, that this is not a WB studio product. It was made (quite well) on a limited indie budget.

 

[Vincent_P]

$55-million* in 1978. However did they manage to even process the film with such limited funds?

Vincent

*I imagine the $55-million included the approx. 2/3rds of SUPERMAN II that Donner shot concurrently, but still.

 

[Tino]

$55-million* in 1978. However did they manage to even process the film with such limited funds?

Vincent

*I imagine the $55-million included the approx. 2/3rds of SUPERMAN II that Donner shot concurrently, but still.

That $55 million in 1978 translates to $218,000,000 in 2018!
Doesn’t sound like a limited indie budget to me!

 

[Lord Dalek]

$55-million* in 1978. However did they manage to even process the film with such limited funds?

Vincent

*I imagine the $55-million included the approx. 2/3rds of SUPERMAN II that Donner shot concurrently, but still.

They went 20M overbudget actually (no thanks to Marlon Brando and having to restart production in England when the pound cratered). Which meant Warners had to get involved and nullifying the terms of the initial negative pickup deal (WB got tv rights to the first film out of it).

 

[deepscan]

There are reports out of the German Amazon.com site that the 4K of STM will be coming November 8th. According to the site it is the 151 min. SE cut. Take it with a grain of salt as we have to assume this is tentative.

Our US release will likely be the 143 min. original theatrical version since it is that version that is being restored for 4K. We still do not know at this point whether our reissue will include all three versions (SE, TV cut also).

I cannot speak for (nor do I work for) WB, so all I can say here is you can continue to speculate, but do have patience. All will be revealed officially in due time.

 

[Osato]

Digital bits also posted the German cover art....

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/090418-1200

 

[Konstantinos]

The thing I'd like is:
Theatrical film from 4K scan on bluray (and not only in UHD), with original mono audio.
Anything less will disappoint me..

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

The thing I'd like is:
Theatrical film from 4K scan on bluray (and not only in UHD), with original mono audio.
Anything less will disappoint me..

I'm not aware of the film having a mono mix for theatrical presentation. The film was released in six-track 70mm and Dolby Stereo (on 35mm prints).

 

[Josh Steinberg]

And the Dolby Stereo track is already included in the current BD release.

 

[Konstantinos]

I'm not aware of the film having a mono mix for theatrical presentation. The film was released in six-track 70mm and Dolby Stereo (on 35mm prints).

ah, ok. I thought there was an original mono. The original stereo then.

edit: Must have seen this:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078346/technical?ref_=tt_dt_spec

 

[Lord Dalek]

If its Atmos then you're not going to get either original mix anyway.

 

[Rob W]

ah, ok. I thought there was an original mono. The original stereo then.

edit: Must have seen this:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078346/technical?ref_=tt_dt_spec

You're not entirely wrong. In 1978 studios carried inventories of both mono and stereo prints.

 

[Lord Dalek]

You're not entirely wrong. In 1978 studios carried inventories of both mono and stereo prints.

As far as I am aware the only Dolby Stereo film to have a dedicated mono mix was Star Wars. The necessity for a separate optical mono was negated when it was discovered that Dolby 2.0 could be reproduced in mono quite easily.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

As far as I am aware the only Dolby Stereo film to have a dedicated mono mix was Star Wars. The necessity for a separate optical mono was negated when it was discovered that Dolby 2.0 could be reproduced in mono quite easily.

They were still making dual inventory 35mm prints (Dolby Stereo and mono) into the 80s; I played mono prints of ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, The Thing, and others, at a theater that did not have stereo. Now whether they made an actual mono mix or just folded down the 2.0 stereo matrix is something I don't know.

 

[Tino]

The thing I'd like is:
Theatrical film from 4K scan on bluray (and not only in UHD), with original mono audio.
Anything less will disappoint me..

If you’re 4K capable, why do you care about the Blu Ray?

 

[Konstantinos]

If you’re 4K capable, why do you care about the Blu Ray?

Because I'm not 4k capable.

 

[DP 70]

The 70mm Dolby Stereo audio was fab on this release.

 

[Stephen PI]

They went 20M overbudget actually (no thanks to Marlon Brando and having to restart production in England when the pound cratered). Which meant Warners had to get involved and nullifying the terms of the initial negative pickup deal (WB got tv rights to the first film out of it).

The Brando footage was filmed at Shepperton Studios and then the production re-located to Pinewood.

 

[Lord Dalek]

The Brando footage was filmed at Shepperton Studios and then the production re-located to Pinewood.

That has nothing to do with why the film went over budget. Blowing a load of it on pre-production in Italy does.