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Warner Musicals: 4 Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:17 am
by EddieLarkin
3/3/2015:
Warner Musical Collection:
The Band Wagon
Calamity Jane
Kiss Me Kate 3D
Individual releases also.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:21 am
by domino harvey
Oooooh baby, three stone cold classics! This has been a good day for upgrade news
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:25 am
by EddieLarkin
All of these are from 1953, and so that means aspect ratios! The Band Wagon and Calamity Jane are safe from change because they're correct at 1.37:1, but Kiss Me Kate will be altered from its previous releases, and will now be 1.75:1 (1.78:1, more likely). Just so you know!
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:55 am
by domino harvey
I'm okay with
Kate in 1.75 (Though it'd be preferable to have an
On the Waterfront option)
DVDTalk wrote:From Box Office magazine of May, 1953 (parapharasing): It was filmed with MGM's own 3D camera rig at a negative aspect ratio of 1.37; however, it would be available for playdates in 3D at full Academy ratio and could be matted for 2D "flat" playdates at any of three aspect ratios - 1.66, 1.75, or 1.85. So, the negative would be fully exposed and the theatres would soft-matte it to whichever ratio they preferred.
Here's a direct quote from George Sidney, the director: "My cameraman Charlie Rosher and I had to compose every shot three different ways at the same time. What would be good for one width would not be good for another. It was tricky, but we got around it by building more tops on sets, more floor and more sets in forced perspective to enhance the depth. The wider the screen, you see, the narrower; we had to compensate for those cut-off tops and bottoms. Same with the lighting: we used many more side lights than usual to relieve and bring out persons and objects at different distances from the camera. Even if you see Kate flat, you'll notice that it seems to have more depth than the ordinary movie." - Interview from the L.A. Times, November 8, 1953
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:56 am
by knives
That should be pretty tight, but I'll keep an open mind. So glad to see Wanrers announcing such amazing films (especially the Day flick since that isn't nearly as canonized).
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:58 am
by Red Screamer
EddieLarkin wrote:3/3/2015:
Warner Musical Collection:
The Band Wagon
Calamity Jane
Kiss Me Kate 3D
Individual releases also.
Hot damn. I'm so proud of you Warner
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:02 am
by EddieLarkin
The corrected DVD shows plenty of croppable space, and I imagine the new remaster will use even more of the image area, so it should be okay.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:52 am
by domino harvey
Blu-ray.com notes that the Musicals set mentioned above also contains
Singin in the Rain, which is great for me cuz I never got around to upgrading it! It's also available for preorder in what must be a misprice of $24!
EDIT: Apparently not a misprice at all with that MSRP. Jesus, deal of the century!
This would be such a wonderful set to recommend to or just give to friends/family to expose them to four of the greatest musicals ever made. Usually in fancy sets like this there's some duds included but all of these are top tier, top ten musicals.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:48 am
by Feego
This set looks terrific and I will definitely be grabbing it too. Also nice to see Warner returning to vintage artwork for the individual covers after the Photoshop monstrosities they created for most of their past classic Blus (Meet Me in St. Louis, I'm looking in your direction).
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 3:38 am
by matrixschmatrix
Is Calamity Jane any good? I already have Singin' In The Rain, so that's kind of the one that would decide between buying the set and just picking a couple up individually.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:06 am
by domino harvey
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:13 pm
by swo17
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:06 pm
by felipe
Kiss me Kate 3d for $19.98? I can't believe it! Both Dial M for Murder and House of Wax had an SRP of 35.99.
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:17 pm
by matrixschmatrix
Haha well FINE then I guess I'll preorder that stupid box. Anyone want a copy of
Singin in the Rain?
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:44 pm
by swo17
Is Singin' in the Rain any good?
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:47 pm
by matrixschmatrix
Well if you ask Dom...
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:55 pm
by domino harvey
Never heard of it. If it doesn't star Carrie Underwood, pass
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:54 pm
by EddieLarkin
domino harvey wrote:Blu-ray.com notes that the Musicals set mentioned above also contains Singin in the Rain, which is great for me cuz I never got around to upgrading it! It's also available for preorder in what must be a misprice of $24!
EDIT: Apparently not a misprice at all with that MSRP. Jesus, deal of the century!
Just to warn you, I have my set and it uses slots! Lovely build quality though...
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:59 pm
by domino harvey
EddieLarkin wrote:domino harvey wrote:Blu-ray.com notes that the Musicals set mentioned above also contains Singin in the Rain, which is great for me cuz I never got around to upgrading it! It's also available for preorder in what must be a misprice of $24!
EDIT: Apparently not a misprice at all with that MSRP. Jesus, deal of the century!
Just to warn you, I have my set and it uses slots! Lovely build quality though...
Just got my copy in and yes, it's slots, but it's the same packaging style as the Universal Hitchcock set or the Indiana Jones box
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:06 pm
by L.A.
Why oh why do they use packaging like that? ](*,)
Re: Warner Catalog Titles on Blu
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:12 pm
by EddieLarkin
True, they're not difficult to get out like Zatoichi or Twin Peaks. I've already watched The Band Wagon and it looks absolutely tremendous. Kiss Me Kate in 3D is up next, though I did already take a look at the new framing. I can confirm that it definitely has more side information than even the "corrected" DVD, not a lot, but certainly more than Sabrina did (though as in that case, WB have slightly cropped to 1.78:1 instead of staying at 1.75:1!).
Re: Warner Musicals: 4 Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:10 pm
by Telstar
I was also knocked out by how good Band Wagon looks. Bit disappointed, however, that they dropped the Two Faced Woman outtake/dailies supplement from the old DVD.
Re: Warner Musicals: 4 Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:51 am
by manicsounds
So "Singin' in the Rain" in this collection is just the first disc? Disc 2 is not included?
Re: Warner Musicals: 4 Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:18 am
by EddieLarkin
The standard release of Singin' in the Rain is 1 disc. Only the big collector's set was more than 1, but they were DVDs.
Re: Warner Musicals: 4 Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:32 am
by felipe
Telstar wrote:I was also knocked out by how good Band Wagon looks. Bit disappointed, however, that they dropped the Two Faced Woman outtake/dailies supplement from the old DVD.
Did they keep the Astaire trailer gallery? The packaging doesn't mention it.