WAC Releasing Auntie Mame onto Blu-ray 12-05-17! (1 Viewer)

[Andrew Budgell]

Auntie Mame on Blu-ray? What a time to be alive! Can't wait. Thanks for the early Christmas gift, Warner Archives.

 

[MatthewA]

Life is now indeed a banquet!

And this poor sucker has been starving to death for way too long.

 

[bujaki]

I saw Auntie Mame as a double feature with A Bridge to the Sun. I was in my early teens. I empathized with poor Carroll's woes in Japan but had a blast with the madcap Aunt; the misadventures of Miss Gooch; the steel magnolia Sally Cato; lushious Vera; and the genteel supremacists, the Upsons. What a wonderful , wonderful movie, and what a sublime performance. A movie to savor whenever your spirits need a lift.

 

[warnerbro]

Is this going to be the same HD transfer that is already on Amazon streaming?

 

[Mark-P]

Is this going to be the same HD transfer that is already on Amazon streaming?

Absolutely not. When asked about Auntie Mame George Feltenstein has always said that the current master is 1080i and not suitable for Blu-ray. This announcement would indicate that they have finally done a new scan.

 

[ahollis]

This really makes me happy. Years ago I tried to book, what was said to be a new print of Auntie Mane. The booker told me no, they had so many complaints of the new print that they went back and looked and did not know that it was filmed in Tecnirama and the print was all messed up. I’m glad to see this is a new transfer. Thank you WAC.

 

[Thomas T]

Russell is just fine, but that kid is stiff and annoying -- I can't watch this again because of that horrible performance.

To be fair, that's the whole point of the film. Young Patrick is a stiff. His late father never let him be a child! It's Auntie Mame's mission to turn him into a fun loving "live live live" little boy.

 

[bujaki]

If you love the movie, do yourself a favor and read both novels: Auntie Mame, and Around the World with Auntie Mame. Priceless.

 

[Steve...O]

I'm a fan of Roz Russell and my wife likes this movie so we'll be buying this. This has been a terrific year for WA; can't wait to see what's on tap for 2018!

 

[Matt Hough]

Well, actually you could; as "Up The Down Staircase" and "The Days of Wine and Roses" and "Mister Roberts and...well...never mind.
As the wicked witch had once said, "All in good time, my pretties, all in good time".

P.S. "Auntie Mame" will be a Day One purchase for me, too.

Yes, I want all of those, too, but I'm happy with what we're getting right now. And will keep my fingers crossed for more waves of anticipatory joy.

 

[OliverK]

Absolutely not. When asked about Auntie Mame George Feltenstein has always said that the current master is 1080i and not suitable for Blu-ray. This announcement would indicate that they have finally done a new scan.

I have a recording of the old Auntie Mame version somewhere and it is in no way up to Warner's present standards.
Would be interesting to know which kind of work they did on this one but I am confident that there will be no reason to complain as their last two (Super) Technirama (70) releases were I believe King of Kings and Gypsy and both looked very good.

 

[OliverK]

Yes, I want all of those, too, but I'm happy with what we're getting right now. And will keep my fingers crossed for more waves of anticipatory joy.

I know what you mean, overall we have been blessed with such a big number of worthy releases that I find it hard to keep up with all of them.
So while I am still waiting for a lot of titles I feel less inclined to ask for them that often due to all the other nice releases that still wait for me.

 

[PMF]

I concur about WAC's releases. Who could truly complain? It's a funny thing about getting a great and spruced up release; it creates that immediate impulse to ask for more. It's sort of like, "Okay, WAC, now that you've got this title out of the way, can we finally have that title be released next?" In many ways, this is actually the highest of compliments to groups like WAC, as they leave us wanting more.

And speaking of Technirama; based on what others have seen of "King of Kings" and "Gypsy" on BD, can anyone give a percentage guesstimate as to how much better "The Music Man" would look with an updated transfer? Or is it fine enough, in lieu of other titles being released?

Either way; and once again; my thanks to WAC and their crackerjack team for all of their superb work.

 

[OliverK]

The way I remember it The Music Man on Blu-ray had some image stability issues and some scene to scene variations plus it was even back at the time not based on the latest and greatest in technology. BUT: There is no excessive sharpening, noise reduction or pumping up of color saturation with this one so the possible level of improvement is significantly lower compared to what could be gained with a new release of a number of large format movies that fared worse with their Blu-ray release through Warner, so I would be revisiting one of them first.

Or to stay with Technirama how about a Blu-ray release of John Paul Jones which is one of the rarer movies about the American revolution and in such a splendid format. But then I don't want to be greedy - for now I am excited to be getting Auntie Mame!

 

[SteveJKo]

This is fantastic news! Do we have a release date?

 

[Matt Hough]

This is fantastic news! Do we have a release date?

In Brandon's upcoming release thread, he says 11/21/17.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Preorder Link added:

The link below will take you directly to the product on Amazon. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.

 

[SteveJKo]

In Brandon's upcoming release thread, he says 11/21/17.

Thanks for that knowledge Matt. After all, as Mame herself says, "...Knowledge is power."

 

[Robert Crawford]

In Brandon's upcoming release thread, he says 11/21/17.

Amazon is now indicating 12-05-17 release date.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=node=2901953011&field-keywords=auntie+mame

 

[Matt Hough]

Ah, thanks for the update!