Press Release SPHE Press Release: Columbia Classics 4k Ultra HD Collection Volume 3 (4k UHD) (1 Viewer)

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Major kudos to Sony on the wealth of new worthwhile features, hopefully regular Blu releases for these titles will get a released at a later date.

Ronald Epstein said:

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​ The Third Volume in the Acclaimed and Award-Winning Series From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

​ COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 3

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​ Six Landmark Films from the Columbia Pictures Library Debut on 4K Ultra HD For the First Time October 25th

​ IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT ~ FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ~ TO SIR, WITH LOVE ~ THE LAST PICTURE SHOW ~ ANNIE ~ AS GOOD AS IT GETS

​ Exclusively Available on 4K Disc in this Limited-Edition Set, Includes an 80-Page Hardbound Book on the History & Impact of the Films and Over 35 Hours of New and Archival Special Features

​ ​ COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 3

​ CULVER CITY, Calif. (August 10, 2022) – Continuing the fan-favorite and award-winning series, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is proud to debut six more acclaimed and iconic films from its library on 4K Ultra HD disc for the first time ever, exclusively within the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 3, available October 25. This must-own set includes films that have resonated and endured, with stars and stories that have reverberated through cinema history: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, TO SIR, WITH LOVE, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, ANNIE and AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Each film is presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range, and four of the films have all-new Dolby Atmos mixes. The six films in the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 3 are only available on 4K Ultra HD disc within this special limited edition collector’s set. Included with the collection is a gorgeous hardbound 80-page book, featuring in-depth sections about the making of each film within the set via six all-new incisive essays from renowned writers—including a special exclusive essay from award-winning writer/director James L. Brooks on his 1997 classic, AS GOOD AS IT GETS! The set also includes a variety of rare related features and TV episodes, expanding the worlds of several of the included films—some of which haven’t been available in decades! From a 1932 cinematic incarnation of Annie to a nearly 5-hour 1979 TV miniseries adaptation of FROM HERE TO ETERNITY—and much more!—these supplemental additions round out this must-own gift set, perfectly timed for holiday gift-giving. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT SYNOPSIS Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in this 1934 screwball comedy classic. Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly), who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman, Peter Warne (Gable). When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition. Complications fly when the runaway heiress and brash reporter fall in love. Directed by Frank Capra, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT was the first movie to be honored with all five major Oscars®: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Disc Breakdown 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Feature: NEW: YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM IT – 1956 remake of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. Newly remastered in HD! Blu-ray Includes: Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: Audio Commentary featuring Frank Capra, Jr. Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers It Happened One Night Featurette Screwball Comedy? Featurette Original Live Radio Broadcast Advertising Materials Theatrical Trailer IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT has a run time of approximately 105 minutes and is not rated. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY SYNOPSIS In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair. Each of their lives will be changed when their stories culminate in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Winner of eight Oscars®, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting awards for Sinatra in a career-defining role and for Donna Reed as a not-so-wholesome club hostess. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Disc Breakdown 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision Dolby Atmos English audio 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: NEW: Strength and Sacrifice: The Making of From Here to Eternity NEW: Eternal History Revisited Featurettes NEW: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 1980 TV Pilot – the TV pilot starring William Devane and Barbara Hershey, presented in SD!* Theatrical Trailers Feature Blu-ray Includes: Feature presented in high definition 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Dolby Digital Mono Special Features: Eternal History: Graphics-in-Picture Track Audio Commentary featuring Tim Zinnemann and Alvin Sargent Making of From Here to Eternity Excerpt from “Fred Zinnemann - As I See It" FROM HERE TO ETERNITY has a run time of approximately 118 minutes and is not rated. TO SIR, WITH LOVE SYNOPSIS A novice teacher faces a class of rowdy, undisciplined working-class punks in this classic film that reflected some of the problems and fears of teens in the 60s. Sidney Poitier gives one of his finest performances as Mark Thackeray, an out-of-work engineer who turns to teaching in London's tough East End. The graduating class, led by Denham (Christian Roberts), Pamela (Judy Geeson) and Barbara (Lulu, who also sings the hit title song), sets out to destroy Thackeray as they did his predecessor by breaking his spirit. But Thackeray, no stranger to hostility, meets the challenge by treating the students as young adults who will soon enter a work force where they must stand or fall on their own. Celebrating its 55thanniversary. TO SIR, WITH LOVE Disc Breakdown 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative Dolby Atmos English audio 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: NEW: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier NEW: TO SIR, WITH LOVE 1974 TV Pilot – Hari Rhodes stars in this rare TV adaptation of the 1967 classic film, presented in HD! Blu-ray Includes: Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: Audio Commentary featuring Actor Judy Geeson and Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman Audio Commentary featuring Novelist E.R. Braithwaite and Author / Teacher Salome Thomas-El NEW: TO SIR, WITH LOVE II – the 1992 TV-movie sequel to the 1967 classic, starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, presented in HD! NEW: To Potter, With Love Featurette NEW: Beginnings of an Acting Career Featurette Those Schoolboy Days Featurette Look and Learn Featurette E.R. Braithwaite: In His Own Words Featurette Lulu and the B-Side Featurette Miniskirts, Blue Jeans and Pop Music! Featurette To Sidney, With Love Featurette Principal El: He Chose to Stay Featurette Theatrical Trailer TO SIR, WITH LOVE has a run time of approximately 105 minutes and is not rated. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW SYNOPSIS Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW garnered eight Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and was hailed as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talent-laden cast led by Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd and Timothy Bottoms. Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson each won Oscars® for their work in supporting roles. Featuring both director Peter Bogdanovich’s preferred 1999 Definitive Director’s Cut and the 1971 Theatrical version on 4K Ultra HD. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Disc Breakdown Director’s Cut 4K Ultra HD Includes: Director’s Cut presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Theatrical Version 4K Ultra HD Includes: 1971 Theatrical version presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative Original Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Feature Blu-ray Includes: Director’s Cut presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: Audio Commentary featuring Director Peter Bogdanovich NEW: A Tribute to Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show: A Look Back Documentary A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Location Footage Promotional Featurette Theatrical Trailers THE LAST PICTURE SHOW has a run time of approximately 118 minutes and is rated R. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW: DIRECTOR’S CUT has a run time of approximately 126 minutes and is rated R for sexuality, nudity and language. ANNIE SYNOPSIS Celebrating its 40th anniversary, ANNIE is the story of everyone’s favorite plucky, red-haired orphan! One day Annie (Aileen Quinn) is chosen to stay for a week with the famous billionaire “Daddy” Warbucks (Albert Finney). One week turns into many, and the only person standing in the way of Annie’s fun is Miss Hannigan, the tyrannical ruler of the orphanage (played to hilarious perfection by Carol Burnett). Will Miss Hannigan’s zany attempts to kidnap the irrepressible Annie succeed? Sing along with the unforgettable songs and experience this beloved musical! ANNIE Disc Breakdown 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative Dolby Atmos English audio 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Original 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio Special Feature: NEW: LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE – 1932 feature starring Mitzi Green as Annie, newly restored and presented in HD! Feature Blu-ray Includes: Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Original 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: NEW: Cast Audio Commentary - featuring all-new reflections from stars Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry and Roseanne Sorrentino NEW: Aileen Quinn: A Conversation NEW: Behind the Music with Charles Strouse NEW: Looking Back: Behind the Scenes Annie’s Journey to the Screen “Easy Street” “I Don’t Need Anything But You” Making a Finale (no audio) Sing-Along with Annie! My Hollywood Adventure with Aileen Quinn Musical Performance by Play: "It's the Hard-Knock Life" Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots ANNIE has a run time of approximately 127 minutes and is rated PG. AS GOOD AS IT GETS SYNOPSIS Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding, Jr., star in James L. Brooks' hit comedy, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Nicholson gives a show-stopping Academy Award®-winning performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness, along with waitress Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt, in an Academy Award®-winning performance), helps put Melvin back in the human race. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (1997). AS GOOD AS IT GETS Disc Breakdown 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative Dolby Atmos English audio Original 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Feature Blu-ray Includes: Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master Original 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Special Features: Audio Commentary featuring Director James L. Brooks, Stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear, Editor Richard Marks, Producer Laurence Mark and Composer Hans Zimmer NEW: Deleted Scenes Melvin Stalls Victor with Intro from James L. Brooks “Kiss Her, Man!” Original Ending NEW: Behind the Scenes Footage NEW: The Making of As Good As It Gets Featurette NEW: Archival Theatrical EPK Soundbites Theatrical Trailer AS GOOD AS IT GETS has a run time of approximately 139 minutes and is rated PG-13 for strong language, thematic elements, nudity and a beating. EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC INCLUDES: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY – the nearly 5-hour 1979 TV miniseries starring Natalie Wood, William Devane and Peter Boyle, presented in high definition* *Select instances of music have been removed for this presentation. Academy Award® and Oscar® are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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WOW! The supplemental features alone make it hard to say no.

I’d buy it for As Good As It Gets by itself, but The Last Picture Show, and From Here To Eternity too-

I can't imagine that all the special features will be available digitally.

Ann Reinking died in 2020. Surprised she would be included in a new commentary . I wonder when it was recorded.

Music removal instead of music replacement on the FHTE miniseries. Is that the new way to deal with music that couldn't be licensed for home video.

I didn't think I would, but reading the press release and watching the youtube video convinced me to buy this set. Good job of promotion, Sony.

Garysb said:

Ann Reinking died in 2020. Surprised she would be included in a new commentary . I wonder when it was recorded.

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Probably prior to the pandemic. These releases are prepared well in advance so Annie was ready to be included in the first volume released in 2020, but didn't make the cut for that particular boxset nor Volume 2 in 2021.

Our resident June Allyson fan will have to buy this box-set just to have You Can't Run Away From It in high definition. I wouldn't mind adding the title to my collection but not at that price.

I don’t see the list price

i still use blu-ray 1080p discs for my sdr projector.

why can't sony add the atmos tracks into the 1080p blu-rays? i've seen paramount/wb/lionsgate starting to do that more for their 4k+bd releases where available both catalog and new releases.

i get it, you want everyone to be 4k across the board. i just dont see me going to any HDR solution anytime soon on projector front.

darkrock17 said:

Major kudos to Sony on the wealth of new worthwhile features, hopefully regular Blu releases for these titles will get a released at a later date.

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That GIF reminded me that we need to get Disney to release Silent Movie as a stand-alone Blu-ray as well as get their rest of Mel Brooks’ oeuvre at Fox out on digital.

Ken Koc said:

I don’t see the list price

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That's a surprise! Seriously, the MSRP is probably $164.99 like the previous two box sets.

For anyone interested, Vol 2 is still available for $99 at Amazon.

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Volume 1 is available at the not so friendly price of $290 from 3rd party.
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Anyone know if "As Good As It Gets" is expected to be released separately with these features? This is the only film I care about in this set!

I have the first two Volumes, but will probably skip this one. I have a little interest in some of those films, but not enough in the collection as a whole to warrant spending the money on it. Very happy for those of you who are excited about it though!

Figure to pick this up for $80-90 like the 1st two sets. Seems to be a pretty reasonable price for 6 4K/+BD, 6 digitals and a decent little book -- I actually even like the case, but the included slipcovers make displaying them on a regular shelf easy enough on the eyes. It's not even a bad price for 4, much better IF you offload the items you don't want to people who do.

JediFonger said:

why can't sony add the atmos tracks into the 1080p blu-rays? i've seen paramount/wb/lionsgate starting to do that more for their 4k+bd releases where available both catalog and new releases.

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They used to, but no longer do. They have made a decision to reserve Atmos tracks on physical media for their 4K UHD discs.

I don't think any of the films in volume 2 have been released individually yet. Perhaps some will be this fall after volume 3 comes out.

For volume 1 individual 4K:
Lawrence of Arabia (steelbook) Seems sold out and only available from 3rd parties at high price.
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Gandhi UK Import only?
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Dr. Strangelove
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Not released individually:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A League of Their Own
Jerry Maguire

So those waiting for the ones they want in 4k may have a long wait.

Garysb said:

Music removal instead of music replacement on the FHTE miniseries. Is that the new way to deal with music that couldn't be licensed for home video.

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It certainly is an interesting way to put it. I noticed that the same note is applied to the TV pilot for FHTE. I imagine it's the same piece of music in both cases.

It's funny that when I got to To Sir with Love, and they mentioned the TV pilot as an extra, I thought, "What?! Not To Sir with Love II with Poitier reprising the role?! And then seeing that that is included as well.

It's nice that they're including both the Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut of The Last Picture Show on the UHD, though only the DC on the Blu-ray.

Garysb said:

So those waiting for the ones they want in 4k may have a long wait.

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It’s worth checking both eBay and the HTF classifieds to see who is breaking up the sets to sell for pieces. I only wanted “Anatomy of a Murder” from the previous volume and found a reasonable offer just for just that title within the set - about the same as it would have cost as an individual release. I got only what I wanted and it didn’t break the bank.