The Man Who Would Be King

[oldsheperd]

Announced for blu on 6/7. Unfortunately only one extra. I'll still get it though. One of my favs.

[domino harvey]

I think the original disc had the movie split over both sides of a flipper, so that's good

[hearthesilence]

MoMA began its Michael Caine retrospective with this film. Caine apparently did want to come and even tried, but given his advanced age, it was simply too difficult for him to travel.

Did anybody stay for Michael Caine's on-set home movies? Completely forgot about it and left as the credits ended. It's only five minutes, but I'm curious what was in them - anything particularly good?

Anyway, Paul Newman reportedly convinced Huston that the characters had to be played by actors from the UK after he and Redford were approached (and maybe after O'Toole and Burton were approached too, suggesting Huston was open but not committed to the idea yet), and thankfully the film in went in that direction because as charismatic as his other choices were (Lancaster and Douglas were another), I don't think the film would hold up as well if it were Americans. I mentioned this elsewhere, but when Connery died, this, Robin and Marian and Marnie immediately came to mind as my favorite Connery films. In hindsight, all three films push back against various aspects of the old James Bond films.

[sidetracked]

Has anyone seen the new Imprint AU release? Can't find a review or comment anywhere, except for a review on DVDCompare/Rewind, which claims it's from a new 4K scan -- which I find exceedingly hard to believe, given that Imprint doesn't mention it in their listings.

But if it were true, I'd grab it in a heartbeat.

[nicolas]

Has anyone seen the new Imprint AU release? Can't find a review or comment anywhere, except for a review on DVDCompare/Rewind, which claims it's from a new 4K scan -- which I find exceedingly hard to believe, given that Imprint doesn't mention it in their listings.

But if it were true, I'd grab it in a heartbeat.

I highly doubt it. The film is with Warner in the US and Sony internationally (among others) but I imagine the negative is with WB and they’d first license a potential 4K master out to a US label if they even do one in-house. DVD Compare has been wrong in the past on multiple occasions, so I’d trust Imprint’s listing in this case. I can well imagine that the film is with Criterion and will be restored and released in 4K at some point.