The War of the Worlds (1953) possible Blu-ray release? (1 Viewer)

[Dick]

Of course, there is no guarantee that Deep Discount and other domestic retails will be able to get these from their Aussie suppliers. When I see the discs I ordered in hand, I will be happy.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Coming from Criterion on July 7th!

 

[dpippel]

Coming from Criterion on July 7th!

Nice! They're sourcing it from a "new 4K digital restoration", which I assume will be the same master used for the 4K DV digital version. LOVE the cover!

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, created by sound designer Ben Burtt and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns, and author Bill Warren
• Movie Archaeologists, a new program on the visual and sound effects in the film featuring Burtt and film historian Craig Barron
• From the Archive, a new program about the film’s restoration featuring Barron, Burtt, and Paramount Pictures archivist Andrea Kalas
• Audio interview with producer George Pal from 1970
• The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film
• The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938, directed and narrated by Orson Welles
• Radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic J. Hoberman

 

[Robert Crawford]

Nice! They're sourcing it from a "new 4K digital restoration", which I assume will be the same master used for the 4K DV digital version. LOVE the cover!

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, created by sound designer Ben Burtt and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns, and author Bill Warren
• Movie Archaeologists, a new program on the visual and sound effects in the film featuring Burtt and film historian Craig Barron
• From the Archive, a new program about the film’s restoration featuring Barron, Burtt, and Paramount Pictures archivist Andrea Kalas
• Audio interview with producer George Pal from 1970
• The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film
• The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938, directed and narrated by Orson Welles
• Radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic J. Hoberman

Yeah, that 4K master isn't exactly new as it was completed over a year ago. I wonder how many people are glad they didn't order the Australian Blu-ray?

Edit: I double checked and the HD digital on iTunes upgraded to 4K/Dolby Vision back in October, 2018.

 

[Johnny Angell]

OMG, that is fabulous cover art. I look at it and start hearing those breathless narrations of sci-fi trailers. Jeez, I have to buy it for the cover art.

 

[Bob Cashill]

A nice surprise--but maybe it shouldn't have been, given that the label has had the later ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS available since LD.

 

[TheSteig]

Now you know why I held off on the Australian release , I knew a USA label had it. I waited and it has paid off big time !
I anticipate Sorry Wrong Number and I Married a Monster from Outer Space to get domestic releases as well !!

 

[David Weicker]

I ordered the Australian Blu-Ray. Its a pre-order, so its being canceled. No big deal, no money wasted

 

[Craig Beam]

Guess I'm gonna have 2 editions sitting on the shelf. The Aussie edition has some unique supplements, so I'm fine with it.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Imprint: "Thanks for the money suckers!"

 

[Reed Grele]

I'm all over this! Thanks Criterion!!!

 

[David Norman]

Imprint: "Thanks for the money suckers!"

I admit -- I'm confused over the comment

 

[Tommy R]

Will definitely pick this up. I wish The Time Machine could get such treatment. But this is awesome!

 

[Robert Crawford]

I admit -- I'm confused over the comment

I'm confused too because you can cancel that Imprint order?

 

[Angelo Colombus]

The Imprint release has a audio commentary by film critics Barry Forshaw & Kim Newman so I guess that might be a reason for some to buy it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Will definitely pick this up. I wish The Time Machine could get such treatment. But this is awesome!

At least "The Time Machine" got a Blu-ray release back in 2014, which hasn't been the case for this movie until now.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The Imprint release has a audio commentary by film critics Barry Forshaw & Kim Newman so I guess that might be a reason for some to buy it.

I'm a big audio commentary guy, but for almost $30 I would pass.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I did preorder both War of the Worlds & Waterloo with the 15% discount from Deep Discount so I will have to think about that.

 

[timk1041]

I ordered the Australian Blu-Ray. Its a pre-order, so its being canceled. No big deal, no money wasted

I did the same thing. I had ordered the Australian one from Deep Discount and then cancelled the order. I will get the Criterion release instead.

 

[Nelson Au]

Wow, great news! I was expecting maybe a Paramount release on their new label. So this is a very unexpected and pleasantly welcome news! I’m all in for a Criterion release. I was expecting some comments that it’s not a 4K disc. I did purchase the iTunes version. So when I get a 4K set, I’ll be interested in seeing that version. Though a 4K release on disc is preferred. But I’ll take what we can get.