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- Robert Harris
I felt privileged this evening to attend the premiere of Fox's restoration of Oklahoma!, as supervised by Fox's Schawn Belston, at the Chinese, as the opening program of the TCM Festival.I've been aware that Oklahoma! was a huge archival challenge since I viewed a new 70mm print c. 1982. It wasn't pretty.Using every digital tool available to him, Mr. Belston has brought the film back from the brink of large format extinction.This evening's 4k high bit rate exhibition was an extraordinary treat for the eyes and ears.I know of what I speak, and Fox's determination to achieve a restoration that could take viewers back to 1955, has been met -- in spades.Once down-rezzed, as a major part of the R & H Collection...I'll cut to the chase. Oklahoma! alone will be worth the price of admission to the forthcoming Blu-ray set.Everything about this restoration is as spot on as humanly and technologically possible.In a word. Magnificent!My archival hat is off to Mr. Belston and his crew.RAH