The Talk of the Town 4K UHD

[Broody]

Release Date: December 3rd, 2024

Pre-Order Link:

TBA

Artwork:

Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision – restoring director George Stevens’s original version of the film
English Mono DTS-HD MA
Special Features:
NEW: Commentary with Author Marilyn Ann Moss
Talking About "Talk of the Town" Featurette

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[Gunsnroses092789]

Oh, hell yeah! Been waiting for this George Stevens film to hit regular Blu, but 4K is a welcome surprise, despite seeing they're touring the new restoration in repertory theaters. And Sony is guaranteed to be a great disc

[MifuneFan]

Crazy to think this is another making the jump from DVD to 4K. I would have thought Sony, or perhaps Criterion would have released it on BD by now. Love that Sony are putting out so many classics on 4K.

[bergman864]

Sony is just cranking them out now. I can't be mad at it. Happy to add it to the collection.

P.S. Not a huge fan of that cover. It looks like a lower quality reproduction of a painted piece of artwork.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

This is incredible! Here's hoping we get Cover Girl, too!

[Areyakiddin]

Great news! Wonder what "restoring director George Stevens’s original version" means? Are they talking about the restoration, or is this a new cut of the film?

[MifuneFan]

For anyone in the NYC area, Film Forum are doing a huge retrospective for George Stevens starting on October 4th, and The Talk of the Town's 4K restoration will be part of it:

https://filmforum.org/series/george-stevens

Penny Serenade also has a new 4K restoration. I wonder if Paramount are planning a 4K release of it, or perhaps licensing it to a boutique.

[Mr. Kino]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

Great news! Wonder what "restoring director George Stevens’s original version" means? Are they talking about the restoration, or is this a new cut of the film?

This is straight from IMDB (i know, i know):

“The AMC television showing of this film omits the actual moment, shown in the complete version, in which 'Ronald Colman' is actually informed of his Supreme Court appointment.”

Could it be that? I saw the film not that long ago, but i can’t remember if such a scene was in the cut i saw.

Anyway, great news, even if sony’s reasoning for why some films get standalone releases whilst others come in expensive boxes still baffles me.

[MifuneFan]

Info on the 4K restoration:

4K scanning, evaluation, layout and digital image restoration completed at Cineric, Inc., New York, sourced from two 35mm Nitrate Fine Grain Masters. Colour grading, conform, DCP creation at Roundabout Entertainment with colourist David Bernstein. Audio restoration completed by John Polito at Audio Mechanics, sourced from the soundtracks of the two Fine Grain Masters. Restoration supervised by Rita Belda.

Sourec: Park Circus

[bonehica]

Hot damn! Unexpected, but very, very welcome!

[ilenewoodsfan99]

I know there were two endings where Jean Arthur ends up with one or the other. Maybe it's that?

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

For anyone in the NYC area, Film Forum are doing a huge retrospective for George Stevens starting on October 4th, and The Talk of the Town's 4K restoration will be part of it:

https://filmforum.org/series/george-stevens

Penny Serenade also has a new 4K restoration. I wonder if Paramount are planning a 4K release of it, or perhaps licensing it to a boutique.

Dang, I'd love to be there!

[Gacivory]

He’ll yeah!!!

[Torgon]

Originally Posted by bergman864

Sony is just cranking them out now. I can't be mad at it. Happy to add it to the collection.

P.S. Not a huge fan of that cover. It looks like a lower quality reproduction of a painted piece of artwork.

Looks to be one of the original movie posters.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by Torgon

Looks to be one of the original movie posters.

[Show spoiler]

I guess so. The slipcover does look of lower quality than that image. Maybe the physical copy won't have those issues.

EDIT: It's evident if you compare the clothing between the two images.

[Torgon]

Originally Posted by bergman864

I guess so. The slipcover does look of lower quality than that image. Maybe the physical copy won't have those issues.

EDIT: It's evident if you compare the clothing between the two images.

Zoom in on the slip and you can see the folds of the poster. They had to do some airbrush work to hide them or Cary Grant would have one going through his face. You can still see it on Coleman’s neck. We will see if this is the final product or gets more cleanup before release.

[SGFfilmfan]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Day one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by Torgon

Zoom in on the slip and you can see the folds of the poster. They had to do some airbrush work to hide them or Cary Grant would have one going through his face. You can still see it on Coleman’s neck. We will see if this is the final product or gets more cleanup before release.

They certainly did some digital reconstruction. The text covers more of her arm on the slip than the poster. And yes, you can still see the folds on the slip.

I don't want to make it sound like I'm complaining, I just noticed that the slip art has a few issues and I also hope it's not indicative of the physical product.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by bergman864

They certainly did some digital reconstruction. The text covers more of her arm on the slip than the poster. And yes, you can still see the folds on the slip.

I don't want to make it sound like I'm complaining, I just noticed that the slip art has a few issues and I also hope it's not indicative of the physical product.

Sony is known for doing great transfers and encodes, and lousy cover art Their MODs of Man's Castle and Once To Every Woman look so good on disc, yet the cover art is amateur hour. If that's the trade-off, I'll take it

[Brad1963]

Wow! This came out of nowhere. Day one purchase for sure!