It Happened One Night 4K UHD (1934)

[Akijama]

It Happened One Night 4K Blu-ray

US links soon

[Warm Gun]

I'm shocked. Because when was the last time Sony released a truly old, not super popular movie on 4K before one of those Classics collections? Wonder if it means the collections are over.

[DanTheMan]

Definitely all in on this title whether it’s part of the Columbia Classics Collection or not.

[gkolb]

Mr. Sony, you’re emptying my pockets with this onslaught!

[cdmaniac]

Yesssssssss!

[AdmiralNoodles]

Excellent news! Maybe the USA release will be in Columbia Classics Volume 3?

[whiteberry]

Great news! I was getting worried a 4K UHD release might never happen and would remain only available digitally in 4K.

Window Card:


Trailer:

It Happened One Night (1934) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] - YouTube

The Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of It Happened One Night from 1939 with Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly and Roscoe Karns reprising their roles from the movie:

Lux Radio Theatre - It Happened One Night - YouTube

Clark Gable's Oscar speech:

Clark Gable's Oscar speech @ 7th Academy Awards - YouTube

[Shanghai Express]

Heads will roll if this is only available in a doorstop box set

[All Darc]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/new.htm

Despite be restored from camera negative, modern fine grain was made from it for scanning and digital fix, the image have lots of grain. Artistic choice, I presume, like tue intented soft shots of Colbert.
Impressive photography direction.

[Pieter V]

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[emailking]

I'm going to try to watch one of these a week and this week I watched IHON.

I was intrigued to watch this one first because I've never seen it but heard so much about it. On the other hand, I had not even heard of half the movies in the set lol.

At first it seemed really cheesy to me but as it went on I came to enjoy it more and a couple scenes made me laugh. But I have a hard time seeing it as a classic other than it's an old movie that was popular at the time. In fact, in the specials they say it was a big surprise how big this movie was and how the buzz built for it.

I think this is the first B&W I've seen in Dolby Vision. And I thought the picture was really good and super detailed and there's tons of grain. When I popped in the BD it's definitely a noticeable improvement. I know you guys say the HDR matters for B&W but I just don't see it, and maybe never will. Just looks B&W same as SDR to me. Anyway I don't think anyone will be disappointed with the picture. Iused headphones for sound but simply because I didn't want to mess with synchng for DB without headphones. It was fine but there's not a lot cool sound effects or anything. It's mostly dialog.

I'm not sure I saw it mentioned anywhere in the main thread, but the UHD has a whole other movie on it (1080 SDR), You Can't Run Away from It. It's the 1950s remake of this movie. Not sure I'll ever watch this but I flipped through some scenes. Lemon seems to be funnier than Gable! I noticed this movie is rated lower though.

The blu-ray is thankfully region free. There's a 10 minute retrospective which was good. Then a long discussion between 2 critics about whether it can be considered a screwball comedy or not. It goes on for 40 minutes, I watched 5. And then some kind of radio special I didn't bother with. The photo gallery of advertisements was cool though.

If you like this movie (or you already have it anyway with the set) I think it's a no brainer give the quality of the picture. If you haven't seen and it I'd recommend a rental first before buying it on its own if that's ever an option, because I doubt I will ever watch it again.

[Laservampire]

Wow, the dupe negative footage is a huge improvement over the blown out version on the Criterion. Similar to the improvement on the 16mm reel that needed to be spliced into the Spanish Dracula.

I doubt this one will ever look any better!

[50strat54]

Not super popular movie
Lemmon funnier than Gable

OMF’nG!

[BluProofie]

Terrific UHD.

[CelestialAgent]

According to FDA and BASEorg, a 4K DCP will be returning to 25+ UK cinemas on 9th February.

[IPreferPi]

C'mon Sony, do a 90th anniversary standlone release of this on UHD.

[BluPat]

Just watched my 4K of It Happened One Night (1934) and I adored it. It's so charming and I caught myself smiling during their fake "argument" scene in the little cabin.
Beautiful film. Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable were fantastic.

[thelwig14]

Originally Posted by BluPat

Just watched my 4K of It Happened One Night (1934) and I adored it. It's so charming and I caught myself smiling during their fake "argument" scene in the little cabin.
Beautiful film. Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable were fantastic.

Same. Blew me away.

This and the Apartment were first time watches in 2023 and immediate collection keepers.

[Wes_k089]

Originally Posted by thelwig14

Same. Blew me away.

This and the Apartment were first time watches in 2023 and immediate collection keepers.

Same! Loved them both

[MovieBuff647]

Are there any screencaps comparing the included 2K disc with the Criterion? Only seen 4K vs Criterion comparisons, though I am aware the included 2K is the same restoration. Thanks in advance.