HIGH NOON (1952) New 4K Restoration from Olive Films

[Akijama]

High Noon Blu-ray

The myth and poetry of the old west come alivein Fred Zinnemann's (Julia) classic western, High Noon (1952). One of the great treasures of the American cinema, the film stars the legendary Gary Cooper as lawman Will Kane, a marshal who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gangof killers out for revenge. Engaged in the fight of his lifetime, Kane stands to lose everything when the clock strikes noon– his friends, his honor, and his Quaker bride, played by Grace Kelly inoneof her first screen roles. Unfolding in real time, the tension builds aswe race ever closer to the climactic duel from which the film takes its name. For his career-defining role, Cooper would goonto win the Oscar for Best Actor. High Noon's stellar cast also includes Lloyd Bridges (Try and Get Me), Thomas Mitchell (It's a Wonderful Life), Katy Jurado (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid),Otto Kruger (Saboteur),Lon Chaney (The Wolf Man), Henry Morgan (Strategic Air Command), Jack Elam (Hannie Caulder) and Lee Van Clef (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

High Noon won a total four Academy Awards including Best Editing, Best Score (Dimitri Tiomkin, The Old Man and the Sea) and Best Song,"Do Not Forsake Me, OhMy Darlin'," written by Tiomkin and Ned Washington and sung by Tex Ritter. High Noon also received Oscar nominations for Best Picture (Stanley Kramer, producer), Best Director (Fred Zinnemann) and Best Screenplay (Carl Foreman).

Special Features and Specs:

NEW 4K restoration
Optional English SDH subtitles
"A Ticking Clock" - Academy Award nominee Mark Goldblatt on the editing of High Noon
"A Stanley Kramer Production"" - Michael Schlesinger on the eminent producer of High Noon
"Imitation of Life: The Blacklist History of High Noon" - with historian Larry Ceplair and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein
"Ulcers and Oscars: The Production History of High Noon" - a visual essay with rarely seen archival elements, narrated by Anton Yelchin
"Uncitizened Kane" - an original essay by Sight & Sound editor Nick James
Theatrical trailer

STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 20.

[steel_breeze]

This'll be a definite double-dip for me. Classic film that looked decent on the old blu-ray... except for bad encoding. Had a lot of the "shimmering force field" effect around moving objects. Not frozen grain, per se, but an annoying symptom of the compression algorithm which clearly shows that only "differences" in the image are updated from frame to frame. Once you tune into it, it's impossible to un-see, so the old HIGH NOON disc was always a tough one to watch, for me. Very excited about this news!

[Darth Marcus]

[HD Goofnut]

Time to sell the first Olive disc.

[MifuneFan]

Looks like Olive is stepping up their game big time. This looks like a a Criterion-esque kind of release.

[Arch Stanton]

Had this on my to buy list for ages. Will pick up.

[Crimson King]

Olive should do a trade-in program for those of us who already bought this on blu.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

Olive should do a trade-in program for those of us who already bought this on blu.

Considering they just recently added subtitles to their releases I wouldn't count on that.

[Crimson King]

My bet is they will do a 4K restoration of Invasion of the Body Snatchers as well with extras in the future.

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

My bet is they will do a 4K restoration of Invasion of the Body Snatchers as well with extras in the future.

That's a no brainer. It's a safe guess, IMO.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

My bet is they will do a 4K restoration of Invasion of the Body Snatchers as well with extras in the future.

Hopefully we'll get a better release of The Quiet Man as well.

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

Olive should do a trade-in program for those of us who already bought this on blu.

I hope you're joking.

The first Olive release came out 4 years ago.

Studios are constantly remastering and rereleasing Blu-rays. How many of them have ever been eligible for a trade-in program? It's not like they released this two months ago and just announced a new edition.

People (myself included) have had 4 years to enjoy the old release. 4 years is well past the point at which I'm entitled to a discount on a new release.

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

Olive should do a trade-in program for those of us who already bought this on blu.

no they shouldn't

that was release quite a while ago

by your logic every time a studio does an improved release they should bleed profit..

[lemonski]

I love that cover art, very classy.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by lemonski

I love that cover art, very classy.

Indeed! Gave me a few goosebumps as just stared at it for a few minutes.

[Firecrackker]

I hate when a movie I own gets an upgrade...

[jlk5844]

Never got around to buying Olive's current release, so I'm happy to not have to double dip on this one! This is a great-looking release from them...who knew! I see Anton Yelchin is involved with one of the extras...couldn't have predicted that but interesting and nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Crimson King

My bet is they will do a 4K restoration of Invasion of the Body Snatchers as well with extras in the future.

Originally Posted by Akijama

That's a no brainer. It's a safe guess, IMO.

For some reason I was under the impression that the current release was sourced from the best print they could find. It would be awesome if they did a 4K restoration of the OCN and put some friggin extras on there! It needs both. I just wish they got it right the first time. I don't like having to put up money to buy it again, but I also don't like having a significantly inferior release. Assuming they don't include the SuperScope version, I guess it's worth hanging onto the current Blu-ray for that, and the fantastic artwork/slipcover.

Originally Posted by lemonski

I love that cover art, very classy.

I like having the original poster art, but yes, that is a very nice cover, maybe even better and more fitting.

Originally Posted by Firecrackker

I hate when a movie I own gets an upgrade...

Yeah, I find it annoying myself, but I'd rather have movies look as great as possible. I've had to upgrade to Scream Factory and Criterion releases, and I'll continue to do so. I'm not content with having an inferior presentation. It seems like a lot of remasters are coming out lately, so my advice is to be careful when buying certain titles. I'd largely avoid MGM BDs for instance, or really old BD releases of big classics. Any release of a popular movie with bad PQ. Look at the patterns of upgrades and use that to determine what's safe to buy (though it's not perfect).

[Just Jimmy]

Originally Posted by jlk5844

Yeah, I find it annoying myself, but I'd rather have movies look as great as possible. I've had to upgrade to Scream Factory and Criterion releases, and I'll continue to do so. I'm not content with having an inferior presentation. It seems like a lot of remasters are coming out lately, so my advice is to be careful when buying certain titles. I'd largely avoid MGM BDs for instance, or really old BD releases of big classics. Any release of a popular movie with bad PQ. Look at the patterns of upgrades and use that to determine what's safe to buy (though it's not perfect).

the current Olive release looks great! I wasn't going to triple dip this one, until dude above mentioned how he didnt like the Olive cover art, then i went, yeah good point, plus all the beautiful supplements (the 4K dangling does nothing for me, studios are going to start doing this for so many films and my wallet can't handle what my eyes can barely make out as better anyway) ...i guess its time for a triple dipper

I pray they don't 4K Titanic.

[jlk5844]

Originally Posted by Just Jimmy

the current Olive release looks great! I wasn't going to triple dip this one, until dude above mentioned how he didnt like the Olive cover art, then i went, yeah good point, plus all the beautiful supplements (the 4K dangling does nothing for me, studios are going to start doing this for so many films and my wallet can't handle what my eyes can barely make out as better anyway) ...i guess its time for a triple dipper

I pray they don't 4K Titanic.

Looking at the caps, I can see High Noon being improved upon, but it does look solid in some shots. I can see you buying again for extras, but for cover art over a better transfer? Speak for yourself, but the majority of new 4K transfers I've seen come out recently are major improvements. (to be clear, I'm still talking about Blu-ray, not UHD)

As for Titanic, they already did. It happened years ago in preparation for the 3D theatrical rerelease and that's what's on the Blu-ray.

[stlcards]

I had never bought the first Olive release of this Classic. I will have to get this one.