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Far from the Madding Crowd 4k restoration trailer

Restoration announcement on Blu-ray.com

The restoration process of Far From the Madding Crowd was overseen by the
film's cinematographer and acclaimed director, Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now).
The Digital Film restoration was funded by StudioCanal in collaboration the BFI's
Unlocking Film Heritage programme, Awarding funds from the National Lottery.

Has there been any word if the up coming Far from the Madding Crowd will face censorship issues?

Aunt Peg wrote:Has there been any word if the up coming Far from the Madding Crowd will face censorship issues?

The new restoration of the Schlesinger version coming from Studio Canal which is uncut & gets a U Cert like so...

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

Type of media Video

Approved Running time 160m 22s

BBFCInsight very mild violence, nudity

Genre(s) Drama

Director(s) John Schlesinger

Cast includes Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome, Alison Leggatt, Paul Dawkins, Julian Somers, John Barratt, Fredie Jones, Andrew Robertson

Cut This work was passed uncut.

Details

Title
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Year
2015
Distributor(s)
Studio Canal
Classified date(s)
26/02/2015
Main language
English
Submitted run time
160m 22s
BBFC reference
GVF034380
Remarks
Precut version

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FrauBlucher wrote:Bluray.com....Darling

Running time listed as 122 mins. The Region1 OOP MGM dvd is 128 mins. Oddly though, you would think that this Region B version would be the uncut UK version, unlike the OOP MGM Region1 release. Does anyone else have any more details about just what version of Darling we are getting?

122 mins cannot be the actual runtime of this Blu-ray. The PAL speed of the uncut version is 122m 37s, as previously released by Optimum. Proper speed would put that cut at 128mins, which I'm willing to bet is the real runtime of the BD (since again it is a SC/Optimum release). Even if it was cut, it'd still be 126/127mins, not 122. It is more common than you'd think for UK/EU labels to copy over the runtime of their PAL releases to their 24p Blu-ray specs.

Thanks for that EddieLarkin. I am region-locked so I have never really closely followed RegionB issues like compressed running time, etc from Optimum/SC.
Somehow I had a feeling that the specs would not be clear anyway, a lot of people aren't aware of the US-cut for Darling.

The runtime of the BD is 2:06:37.125.

Hmm, PAL runtime for the cut version is 121m 44s, which fits about right with 126m 37s. Of course, it could just be down to distributor logos etc. If you have the disc tenia, details of the cuts can be found here.

Newly restored The Third Man scheduled for July:
Standard Blu-ray edition
Limited 4-disc collector's edition

Four discs?!

Is this a UK only release?

Promising, but we'll see - they screwed up the last BD.

Arrow wrote:Is this a UK only release?

French pre-order is also up: http://www.amazon.fr/Troisi%C3%A8me-hom ... 00VU7NQGM/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

hearthesilence wrote:Promising, but we'll see - they screwed up the last BD.

But that was their own transfer, no? The true restorations of Quai De Brumes and La Grande Illusion have looked great from SC.

domino harvey wrote:Four discs?!

Description now up on Amazon:

DISC 1 [DVD]
Feature
Audio Commentary
Famous Fan Featurette
Restoring the Third Man
Interview & Zither Performance by Cornelia Mayer
Guardian Interview Cotton (audio)
Guardian Interview Greene (audio)
Joseph Cotton’s Alternative Opening (Audio)

DISC 2 [DVD]
Shadowing The Third Man
Dangerous Edge
Third Man on Radio (Audio)
Trailer

DISC 3 [Blu-ray]
Feature
Audio Commentary
Famous Fan Featurette
Restoring the Third Man
Interview & Zither Performance by Cornelia Mayer
Guardian Interview Cotton (audio)
Guardian Interview Greene (audio)
Joseph Cotton’s Alternative Opening (Audio)
Shadowing The Third Man
Dangerous Edge
Third Man on Radio (Audio)
Trailer

DISC 4 Soundtrack – Music by Anton Karas, Zither Music performed by Gertrud Huber
01 Big Ben (London Films)
02 The Harry Lime Theme
03 Dialogue - "It's a shame"
04 The Café Mozart Waltz
05 Main Title / Harry's False Funeral
06 Dialogue - "Heard of Harry Lime?"
07 Holly Encounters Anna / Meeting The Conspirators
08 Dialogue - "The third man"
09 Holly Is Accused Of Homicide
10 Dialogue - "This isn't Santa Fe"
11 Holly Brings Flowers
12 Holly Runs After Harry's Shadow
13 Dialogue - "Holly, what fools we are"
14 Trap To Catch Harry
15 Dialogue - "The Cuckoo Clock"
16 Anna Walks Away / End Title - The Harry Lime Theme
17 Visions of Vienna
18 Danube Dreams
19 The Harry Lime Theme (Orchestral version)
20 The Café Mozart Waltz (Orchestral version)

Music performed by Gertrud Huber [zither] except tracks 19 and 20 performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Also includes, booklet, art cards and poster

Pre-order already down to 19.00 GBP, only 5 pounds more than the regular edition. Comes to a little over 15 after VAT removal for us in the USA.

The Lion in Winter release amongst others.... Definitely curious to see how TLIW will look.

Thérèse Raquin (Marcel Carné, 1953) - to be released September 1st

Recently restored in 2K

Special Features:

• Documentary by Dominique Maillet
  Booklet with writings on the film

As part of their Vintage Classics series StudioCanal have revealed that they will add three new classic titles to their Blu-ray catalog:

The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948) - October 19

The Angry Silence (Guy Green, 1960) - November 2

The Raging Moon (Bryan Forbes, 1971) - November 9

Has anyone seen Studio Canal's The Ladykillers 60th Anniversary edition?
I'm curious to know if it's an improvement on their previous washed-out
edition.

Can anyone who has seen the Studio Canal Blu-ray of L'Eclisse comment on the video quality (compared to the Criterion Blu-ray) ?