Blu-ray Review The Egyptian Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Andrew Budgell]

Thanks Andrew had no clue about "Bell, Book, and Candle" love Kim And Jimmy their reunion after "Vertigo" ! Do you know if it's still available ?

My pleasure, Alan! Yes, it is still available. Here's a link to Matt's great review with a link to purchase: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/bell-book-and-candle-sony-blu-ray-review/

 

[David Norman]

Here are the TT items that have been released or will be released in the US

Beat the Devil (Limited Edition to 3000) Film Detective BD-R (released prior to the TT disc)
The Birth of a Nation (Limited Edition to 3000) Kino (2011) ( released prior to the TT release)


1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four | Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Criterion
Leave Her to Heaven (Limited Edition to 3000 | SOLD OUT) Criterion

Brannigan (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Inherit the Wind (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Judgment at Nuremberg (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Mississippi Burning (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Scream and Scream Again (Limited Edition to 3000) Kino
Summer Lovers (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Support Your Local Sheriff / Support Your Local Gunfighter (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
The Bounty (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6 (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Kino
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Encore Edition | Limited Edition to 3000) Kino


The Crimson Kimono (Limited Edition to 3000) Kit Parker (Part of 9 Film Boxset)

Mindwarp (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) MC (2 Film Set)
The Valachi Papers (Limited Edition to 3000) MC (4 Film Boxset)

Birdman of Alcatraz (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Olive
The Believers (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Olive

The Mechanic (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Scorpion PREORDER

When the Wind Blows (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Severin

10 to Midnight (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Shout
The Blob (Limited Edition to 5,000 | SOLD OUT) Shout
Used Cars (Limited Edition to 3000 | SOLD OUT) Shout
Wild at Heart (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Shout
Don't Bother to Knock (Limited Edition to 3000) Shout (part of Anne Bancroft 8 Film Boxset)

A Man for All Seasons (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Bell, Book and Candle (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Christine (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Fright Night (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Limited Edition to 3000) Sony
Night of the Living Dead (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Oliver! (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Philadelphia (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Sleepless in Seattle (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
Steel Magnolias (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony
The Remains of the Day (Limited Edition to 3000) Sony

Body Double (Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT) Sony Choice BD-R

 

[Matt Hough]

My pleasure, Alan! Yes, it is still available. Here's a link to Matt's great review with a link to purchase: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/bell-book-and-candle-sony-blu-ray-review/

You beat me to sending the link, Andy. Thanks so much!

 

[willyTass]

my 2 cents

the Japanese release from 2018 from Twentieth Century is in AVC 1080p 23.976 with No english Subtitles (Japanese subs ) and 2 channel STEREO LPCM (which sounds great )

the specs were erroneously recorded at the other site eg mpeg 2 with 1080i

The Egyptian Blu-ray (エジプト人) (Japan)

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and the price seems to have surged recently

The late great Nick Redman gave an interview somewhere that there were 2 HD masters for The Egyptian : one from 2005 and one from 2010 . My guess is that The Fox Japan release seems to be using the older master : i saw 1 digitally touched up reel burn marks and a scratch here and there/ The Fox Japan release is more darker , has more "grain" and flesh tones are more pinker. Flesh tones on the twilight time have a slight yellow cast and less grain .

if anyone missed out on The Twilight Time release , I dont think there is much to lose with gettting the Fox Japan release . Usually Japanese Videophiles take meticulous care of their discs if someone wanted to score a second hand copy form amazon japan > Cant see any recent sane offers of The Twilight Time release on Ebay.

I cant see any site comparing the screencaps for the various releases of The Egyptian .
In some ways this scenario reminds me of The seventh Seal : the original Criterion had the thick grain and the newer scan done by David Mackenzie for the BFI was 'cleaner " with finer film grain encoding .

 

[Robin9]

I'm so glad I bought the Twilight Time disc when it first came out and we were all horrified at the high cost! Now, the cost is forgotten but the disc is still here in my house.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Just an aside but has anyone else read the Mika Waltari novel that the film was based on? The movie, which I do adore, is really only a few chapters of the book which takes the reader through the incredible adventures of Sinhue and Kaptah after they are banished from Egypt. They travel extensively with a beautiful Minoan girl, invade the Minotaurs cave in Crete and have so many fascinating adventures in Persia and beyond that I only wish there might someday be a mini-series based on it. To me it's probably one of the best ancient adventure novels ever written.

 

[jayembee]

I certainly don't have a complete set of Twilight Time blu-rays. Don't want one, to be honest. There are several titles of theirs that I have no interest in owning. Of the ones I'm missing, The Egyptian is the only one that I really, really wish I had. I'll have to keep my eyes open a copy of the Japanese release. Thanks, Willy.

 

[Alan Tully]

I'm so glad I bought the Twilight Time disc when it first came out and we were all horrified at the high cost! Now, the cost is forgotten but the disc is still here in my house.

Ha, me too! I think it's still the most expensive Blu-ray I've bought, just under $40 (I think) plus p&p to England, but I'm so glad I did. I think the picture looks just great, done before Fox embraced the blue/cyan look.

 

[AlanP]

I bought a version in Europe about seven years ago was DVD, and a decent copy. Paid like 6 euros for a bargain, I think in Denmark.
And the it was a very good copy.........