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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Takes Aqaba on Blu-ray November 13th!!!
"Monty Cristo" here.
We Blu-ray geeks have been waiting for this news to drop since the format was introduced.
As reported here (now including a look as the gorgeous but unwieldy packaging):
• the 4K restoration starts playing in digital theaters on 4 October
• the 3-disc Blu-ray set arrives on 13 November
• it screens for one night only on Turner Classic Movies at 8pm on 16 November
Extras haven't been officially announced, but there are a couple of guesses by The Digital Bits mentioned at the link above, and one would hope that they remaster the previously-available Making of Lawrence of Arabia documentary for HD.
Moisés Chiullan / "Monty Cristo"
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July 18, 2012, 4:05 p.m. CST
Day one purchase! It's going to look amazing on Blu-ray!
by Mr. Pricklepants
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July 18, 2012, 4:13 p.m. CST
in my top five fav films. Loved this as a kid, love it even more now.
by james
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It would be awesome to see this in the theater!
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Never been so happy to spend my money on a Blu-Ray since The Godfather.
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If you get a chance, go see it on the big screen, it's what movies are all about...
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July 18, 2012, 4:20 p.m. CST
Just watched this movie for the first time a couple of months ago.
by lochkray
It was on my list of must-sees that I hadn't. I was aware of some of the iconic imagery, but was very surprised by the movie. Really, really enjoyed it. What kind of surprised me, was the homosexual subtext in the movie. As I was watching it, I couldn't help noticing a few things popping up to suggest that Lawrence was gay. Then, after the movie was over, I read up on the history and found out that the historical figure was. Amazing in those old classic movies, how much subtext was layered into the flicks, due to the needs to hide things from the morality of the audience back then.. These days, it just gets shouted out. But way back when, Lawrence just spent a little too much time with his young male companion. John Wayne spent a little too much time hunting down his brother's daughter. Blanche Debois' husband was just up to shenanigans at a party back room. Guess, back then, nobody wanted to admit that people like to fuck.
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But it was shot on 65mm
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July 18, 2012, 4:31 p.m. CST
Disappointed there are no film prints being struck myself (mickey the idiot)
by Monty Cristo
I know Sony has projectors to sell and all, but...c'mon.
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I would like to think that my local theater will have a screening, but a I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the odds of this occurring are small. Blu-ray will be mine tho, one of the greatest cinematic acheivments in history
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Were can we find out which theaters will be screening it?
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...I got a couple of other events I'm looking forward to. Like Jaws in august, and House of Dark Shadows in october, and, damn, I'm forgetting something...oh, yeah, I'm getting married next month(that's for you honey).
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Trying to find out.
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July 18, 2012, 5:29 p.m. CST
'Lawrence of Arabia'. Then 'Citizen Kane'. Then '7 Samurai'.
by Raptor Jesus
The three best movies ever made. Been waiting for the blu on this forever.
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Please say that this will be coming to the cinemas as Jaws did in the UK. I think my geek mind would melt to have seen both of them on the big screen for the first time in my life within 6 months of each other!!
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July 18, 2012, 5:34 p.m. CST
Funny, I just decided to read Seven Pillars this week..
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
My used bookstore didnt have a copy, but I found a 30's edition on ebay for short coin, hopefully it will get here by the weekend.
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July 18, 2012, 5:37 p.m. CST
I can't believe Peter O'Toole is still alive, but not casted in every movie that comes out...
by ThulsaBoom
...is he too old, too drunk, or just too damned awesome?
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...I lean towards Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange as my favorite singular performance, but Peter O'Toole is fucking legendary every time he's on camera.
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Maybe I'm waxing nostalgic, but I loved it as a kid.
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July 18, 2012, 6:22 p.m. CST
Does anyone know if they fixed the flaw in the print - the vertical line which spoils Sharif's distant arrival?
by Jeff Myers
Also, will they restore it to its original 220 minutes, (the Academy showing running time) cut down to around 202 minutes. Then for the 1970 re-release 10 to 15 minutes shorter again. The TV cut.
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The site had a bunch of special features and there was none. They apologize and sent me the same one even though I said don't. They refunded me and kept one of them, but still a little pissed.
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It's enormous and unwieldy, but gorgeous.
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I can't wait for this one. Hopefully a theater near me will be showing it too. I've never seen this masterpiece on the big screen. A truly great line-up of classic films on Blu-ray coming this fall. Lawrence of Arabia Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Indiana Jones set Hitchcock Collection Bond 50 Damn it, I want them all. Lawrence takes the top spot though, especially since Blade Runner is sort of a really awesome feature-packed re-issue.
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I don't know what resolution of it they are running, but it does look stunning in HD. The blu transfer I imagine is awesome.
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July 18, 2012, 7:19 p.m. CST
I'll just wait for the Hard-Porn version; Lawrence Of A Labia
by Jeff Myers
I think "O Tool" was in that too . . . I could be wrong.
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July 18, 2012, 7:21 p.m. CST
montycristo, you are really the class act, checking our reactions and questions and actually answering as much as you can
by eloy
it's not one of my all-time favorites but it, probably, epitomizes more than any other movie the heights of cinematic grandeur a visionary filmmaker can achieve. And that score, man! A must for sure. And the package is, indeed, great.
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I started saving since the beginning of the year when the news leaked about the Bond set. In my list the priorities go: Bond 50 Indiana Jones set and also I'm pretty gaga with anticipation about the 8-movie Universal Monsters set, the Hammer releases and Jaws, Titanic and ET I already have the 5-Disc Ultimate Collector Edition of Blade Runner so the 30th Anniversary Ed. is gonna be a pass for me, and the Hitchcock set is prohibitively expensive for what are they? 17 movies? Maybe reasonable, doing the math, but there are a few essentials titles missing. Either way, I'm gonna be without much spare change in my pockets this year's end, God willing
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July 18, 2012, 7:39 p.m. CST
The message I am getting loud and clear from the studios with all these big announcements..
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
They are throwing out everything but the kitchen sink as fast as they can before the physical format dies and last few brick and mortar stores that carry their wares close up shop or reduce shelf space to the point where it may as well be a fucking redbox. Enjoying it while it lasts at least......
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The first thing I thought of was "not everyone's cable providers even CARRY it in HD" harumph
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Thanks, man. I do my best when I have time.
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July 18, 2012, 10:06 p.m. CST
Finally -- There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.
by MiggsFacial
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July 18, 2012, 10:10 p.m. CST
First we get Hitchcock, Universal Monsters, and Indiana Jones. Now this. It's definitely gonna be a great Fall.
by MiggsFacial
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Just up-samples their SD broadcast So the Nov 16 showing will be a big deal I've seen the movie on TV as a kid. But I never really saw it until my '20s when I went to a revival showing in the theater. IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME I can not stress that enough. You really need to get out of the house come Oct.
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they are saying they scanned the original camera negative. I am wondering if they know what they are saying O.O Usually the negative would get duplicates, then positives for editing and then dups for printing. I would be surprised if they edited the original originals, but if they exist and are scanned at this insane depth we should also get some outtakes :)) I watched the re-release in the 90s in a cinema and it was crystal clear.
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Word.
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Peter O'Toole officially announced his retirement from acting last week. Check out what he wrote to the press, makes him seem like a true gentleman and legend: www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jul/11/peter-otoole-irish-actor-retires
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4K restoration sounds nice, although one disc for the entire film? It has an interlude for f's sake: put it on two discs. And why is England getting it two months early? Maybe because the film was made there, still... Best news of the year for me. The extras, as per amazon france are, on the regular edition: a Blu-Ray of a docu called "In Love with the Desert" (80 mins), an extra 2 hours of extras featuring a 1 hour making of and an exclusive Peter O Toole interview. The cut of the film itself lasts 216 minutes. The collector's edition features an extra 50-page booklet, a snippet of 70mm film, the OST on a CD and a big-ass box. I'm guessing at least one of the extras isn't present on the 2 BD edition because it doesn't seem differentiated enough from the deluxe 3 BD, which is four times the price. Oh and it says the Avengers Blu-Ray is out on August 29th in France... Well how about that? All regions hey? But I digress... Hopefully, this one will set the new standard for restorations... again. Now Paramount just needs to release Once Upon a Time in the West with the same care and I'll consider buying a projector.
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PLEASE be showing somewhere in Boston (and include an intermission for pee breaks).
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I'm not a Blu-Ray fan, but if there's a film that could get me to change my mind, this is one of two or three that could do it. In fact, it was part of the handful of DVDs I picked up at the same time I purchased my first DVD player over ten years back.
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