Makes sense to release it for X-Mas though.

brilliant news looking forward to this on blu .

Ahhh...a triple dip on that one. Worth it though

still hanging on to my vhs copy

I'd heard Warner was going for the exact 70th-ann. date and setting it for August (conveniently still in summer, but just ahead of the fall pre-holiday title rush)...
But that's about the sum of whatever anybody's heard as yet. :shrug:

I've actually never seen this (!) but even if I don't get to it on netflix by december I'll blind buy it. or since it will be near christmas I'll blind-ask-for-it :D

This should be an awesome release!

:faint:

If nothing else, it'll help you understand at least twenty-three phrases that have entered our common language...

Although does bring up a point:
With movies on free TV essentially extinct, and Ted Turner hiding it away in his little cable TNT/TCM treehouse, we're facing a generation that can't "accidentally" watch Oz on TV for the very first time, any more than they can accidentally watch Errol Flynn or the Marx Brothers--
Pretty soon we'll have to come to terms with a world that doesn't necessarily know every line of Oz dialogue from birth (except from our daily usage), which is something to keep the Film-Literacy cause in mind.

(And yeah, even the DVD looked pretty darn wow on Warner Ultra-restoration...) :vsign:

I hope we don't have to wait that long for Gone with the Wind!

Very true, and I can wait. There are lots of great titles coming before then.

if they take the time and do it right i think the wizard of oz could definitely make blu-ray mainstream

It is scheduled for release in 2009...so late summer/holidays would make sense.

Nice. I really like the movie but I have never owned it on any format.

Then why are you at blu-ray.com? did it convince you at all to buy 1 at least?

I am guessing it was shot in 4:3 Academy, so we will get it in 1080x1920 pillarboxed (showing only 1080x1440), I hope it's not cropped vertically to fit the screen.

That'd be a hell of a crop. I can't imagine they'd actually do that, but who knows in this day and age? I'll probably be picking this up. No doubt this will look better than most people alive today have ever seen it. Hopefully it's not scrubbed.

And that being the case, you are in this thread why?

If you feel that way about one of THE great classics, I think I would hate to see what is on your desired Blu list.

It is indeed a classic. I am waiting for The Sound of Music blu-ray release as well. Any news?

I expect many generations would enjoy these classics.

We're off to see the Wizard........
http://www.advancedgraphics.com/stor...atalog/woz.jpg

One of the best movies ever made. I am really looking forward to the Blu-ray.

How good do you think it'll be? I personally think it'll rock, since the most recent DVD release rocked. Can wait to see Oz in HD.