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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Featuring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphie Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel
Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a World War I French colonel who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission. This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Audio Interview, Interview, Television Program, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- New audio commentary featuring critic Gary Giddins
- Excerpt from a 1966 audio interview with director Stanley Kubrick
- Television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas
- New video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christane Kubrick
- French television piece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired the film
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar James Naremore
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Release Credits
Producer: Curtis Tsui
Artwork: F. Ron Miller
Release Notes on Restoration
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also appear on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. Stanley Kubrick’s technical assistant Leon Vitali supervised this new high-definition digital transfer, which was created on a Spirit 2K from a 35mm fine-grain master positive from UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt’s collection. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI’s DRS system and Pixel Farm’s PFClean system.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from Robert Gitt’s 35mm monaural magnetic track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from Robert Gitt’s 35mm monaural magnetic track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube’s integrated audio workstation.