Hearing that it is a USA release is good news for me. And if the disc is region-free, that's good news for all you Europeans as well
Drink, you must be the only person on this forum who cares about region coding. We've been telling you for years, you have to go region free or you end up missing out on some great releases.
I co-produced the US CONVOY Blu-ray for them a year ago, nice company, some really good titles.
With your connections, can you got some insider info on their GBU release?
According to a post on Kino Lorber Studio Classics Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/KinoLorberStudioClassics/):"The disc will have the full version of the "skeleton scene" (without audio) which L'Immagine Ritrovata found when working on their 4K restoration"I'm trying to find out about the pi$$ yellow situation.
If L'Immagine Ritrovata found the skeleton scene when working on their restoration wouldn't we have heard about it before now?
MisterLime,Many folks have been asking this very question on several forums over the past few days. Will the KL release of the US theatrical cut be sourced from the 2014 4K master (used for the 2014 MGM BD) or a new 4K master? If the 2014 4K master will be used for the US theatrical cut will the image be altered in any way in terms of color, saturation, contrast?Also, what is the source of the "M.O.S. Deleted Scene of Blondie in the desert finding skeletons"? Did you find this previously unseen footage in the archives or elsewhere?
The 4K master will be the same master, we're looking into the yellowishness of the master and see if we can make some improvements. We'll make further announcements later.MGM found the M.O.S. deleted scene and offered it to us as an extra, that's all I know.
I see only blue skies ahead!
But one of the questions about this release has been, How did Kino outbid Criterion for this package? (We know CC was interested at one point). Speculation on my part: Criterion calculated what it would cost to re-do the colors and deducted the cost from their bid. Kino then won the bid handily, not anticipating any additional expenses. Now that the issue has been aired, they're trying to find a cheap way to tweak the colors, to be able to say they tried to do something. But there's no way to do a proper job without laying out some serious cash, and the projected earnings on this project will never justify them spending any more money. End of the day: same bad colors. I hope, hope, hope I'm wrong.
Not if they found it on your site.
