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Another John Wayne Western is coming our way on 4K @UltraHDBluray from the fine folks at @KLStudioClassic @KinoLorber
Coming January 19th on 4KUHD!
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BIG JAKE (1971)
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell
• Audio: 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio: 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
Color 110 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated PG-13
In this action-packed Western, screen legend John "Duke" Wayne (El Dorado) stars as Jacob "Big Jake" McCandles, a husband who hasn’t seen his wife (Maureen O’Hara, Rio Grande) in over 9 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious gang fronted by the outlaw John Fain (Richard Boone, The Shootist). While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Apache scout (Bruce Cabot, King Kong) and a box of money—even though paying a ransom isn’t how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice. Directed by Hollywood ace George Sherman (Santa Fe Stampede, Hell Bent for Leather), this late-career classic from The Duke is spiced with humor, first-class gunfights and a wonderful Western cast featuring Patrick Wayne (McLintock!), Christopher Mitchum (Rio Lobo) and singer Bobby Vinton (The Train Robbers).
UPDATED REVIEW for the upcoming Veterans Day: John Ford's underrated WWII classic "They Were Expendable" with 32 new SDR screenshots and additional info. - @WarnerArchive disc highdefwatch.com/post/john-f…
'Gone with the Wind' 4K @UltraHDBluray set: Legacy extras
Running commentary with the late film historian Rudy Behlmer, recorded in 2004.
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (2 Hrs. 3 mins) in SD from 1988.
Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On (32:42 mins.) in SD from 2009.
Melaine Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (38:43) in SD from 2004.
The Supporting Players (28:41) in SD, narrated by Christopher Plummer.
Dixie Hails Gone with the Wind (4 mins.), narrated by Plummer.
Atlanta Civil War Centennial (3:41 mins), narrated by Plummer.
International Prologue (1:17 mins.), narrated by Plummer.
Foreign Language Versions (2:37 mins), narrated by Plummer.
Gone with the Wind: Hollywood Comes to Atlanta (12:36 mins), newsreel footage from 1939.
TCM Presents The Complicated Legacy of Gone with the Wind (56:03 mins), a live panel event from 2019.
TCM Presents A Conversation about Slavery in Film (7:10 mins), hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.
The new 4K restoration @UltraHDBluray of 'Gone with the Wind' (1939) runs 3 hrs. 58 mins. and the Technicolor film scanned in 8K is spread over two 4K discs and the single Blu-ray, with serveral hours of featurettes and documentaries.
New featurettes:
TCM host Jacqueline Stewart (4:31 mins.) provides historical perspective and the racial overtones of the film.
'Gone with the Wind: The Influence that Endures (8:22 mins.) with interviews from film historian Karie Bible, film critic and historian Leonard Maltin and his daughter Jessie Maltin, host and producer of Maltin on Movies, author Mary Mallory, author Steven C. Smith, and Chapman University film professor Dr. Emily Carman.
Scarlett O'Hara: A Woman Ahead of Her Time (8:09 mins.) comments from the Maltin's, Mallory, Smith Carman.
Gone with the Wind: Restoring and Preserving an Epic (7:13 mins.) with interviews from Carman, Bible, Mallory, senior colorist at Warner Bros. Jan Yarbrough, sound supervisor, Warner Bros. John Yanez, and re-recording mixer, sound editor John Aspinall.
WHICH ONE TONIGHT? One is a long time cinematic favorite, winner of 10 @TheAcademy Awards. And, the retro 1980s Spielberg-like dinosaur family adventure.
IN-DEPTH Blu-ray review of Ford's landmark film starring Woody Strode as 'Sergeant Rutledge' from @WarnerArchive sourced from #4K scan of the OCN with 27 SDR screenshots 🎬🎞️🎥📽️💿 highdefwatch.com/post/the-la…
WHICH ONE TONIGHT? The 3 @TheAcademy winning Frankenstein from @RealGDT @Criterion or the oddball comedy The Cable Guy from director @BenStiller @SonyPictures & Jim Carrey
EVERYONE is trying to get the new 4K @UltraHDBluray Kubrick Collection from @Criterion during the 24-hour FLASH SALE, and the site keeps CRASHING!
I was just watching the semi-soft @ParamountPics Blu-ray (2020) of this John Wayne Western on Friday night saying, “this needs a 4K @UltraHDBluray release.” And presto @KinoLorber @KLStudioClassic delivers.
Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR/DV Master!
THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965) Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Earl Holliman, George Kennedy, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Dennis Hopper, Paul Fix, John Litel & Michael Anderson Jr. – Shot by Lucien Ballard (The Killing, The Wild Bunch) – Music by Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, Birdman of Alcatraz) – Directed by Henry Hathaway (The Shepherd of the Hills, Kiss of Death, North to Alaska, Nevada Smith, True Grit).
IT’S TIME to compare the new 4K scan of the 35mm OCN and mastering of the RomCom spy thriller ‘Duplicity’ from @KLStudioClassic & @UniversalPics to my 2009 Blu-ray from the UK 🇬🇧
NEW UPDATED REVIEW: @ArrowFilmsVideo 2024 release of John Wayne's last film from director Don Siegel, "THE SHOOTIST" @ParamountPics with 24 new SDR screenshots and info and specs highdefwatch.com/post/arrow-…
ANOTHER @Disney catalog title comes to 4K @UltraHDBluray just before Christmas 🎄 12/15, the C.S. Lewis classic 'THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE' - available in a U.S. steelbook.
WELCOME BACK! @BestBuy will be selling @UniversalPics @UltraHDBluray of Nolan's $1.8 billion epic 'THE ODYSSEY'
If we all had 4:3 TVs this aspect ratio setup would’ve been great with letterbox framing for the 2.39:1 scenes. Today, those wide scenes are going by too small to have any impact on my 2.05:1 on the wall screen. I’ll stick with the original 4K @UltHDBluray release and its varying aspects..
BREAKING: #ProjectHailMary new 4K Blu-ray (AMZN Steelbook) has 1.43:1 IMAX ratio preserved.
Switches Between 2.39:1 & 1.43:1.
Both the ratios are in a 1.43:1 container (3089 × 2160) i.e. how it was presented in #IMAX 70mm & Dual Laser GT Theaters.
Explanation below 👇
