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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Robert Greig, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal
Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou?—a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, Sullivan hits the road disguised as a hobo. En route to enlightenment, he encounters a lovely but no-nonsense young woman (Veronica Lake)—and more trouble than he ever dreamed of. This comic masterpiece by Preston Sturges is among the finest Hollywood satires and a high-water mark in the career of one of the industry’s most revered funnymen.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Video Essay, Interview, Audio Interview, Audio Recording, Insert
- Audio commentary by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1990), a seventy-five-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS's American Masters series
- New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth
- Interview with Sandy Sturges, the director's widow, from 2001
- Interview with Preston Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951
- Archival audio recordings of Preston Sturges
- Insert featuring an essay by Stuart Klawans
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Release Credits
Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Artwork: Maurice Vellekoop
Release Notes on Restoration
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels is presented in its original aspect ratio and framed at 1.37:1. On widescreen televisions black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit DataCine film scanner from a 35mm nitrate fine-grain at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, where the film was also restored.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm magnetic track made from the original 35mm soundtrack negative. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD, AudioCube's integrated workstation, and iZotope RX 4.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from a 35mm magnetic track made from the original 35mm soundtrack negative. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD, AudioCube's integrated workstation, and iZotope RX 4.