Charley Varrick 4K UHD (1973)

[sonicyogurt]

KL Studio Classics announced Charley Varrick this morning. New remaster, Dolby Vision, you know the drill.

[HuggyBear73]

Day 1!

[Jorvic]

One of my favourites from the 70s.

Great to see another Siegel film arriving on 4K UHD.

[Deadend45]

It needs a new scan thats for sure.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by Deadend45

It needs a new scan thats for sure.

It already got one.

The release is sourced from an exclusive new 4K remaster that offers a much needed upgrade in quality over the old master that Indicator/Powerhouse Films used to prepare this Region-B release in 2018. The difference in quality is substantial and the improvements can be observed in all major areas that we typically scrutinize in our reviews. For example, the new remaster eliminates all of the distracting sharpening and smearing that the the old master struggles with. As a result, close-ups and panoramic shots now convey all sorts of different organic nuances. Background detail is also improved, and the daylight footage in particular boasts excellent depth. Grain exposure is vastly superior as well. The improvement has an impact on depth, delineation, and fluidity. In fact, if you wish to understand just how important organic fluidity is for the overall strength on a proper remaster, compare how smoothly the visuals flow on the new remaster with the movement of the blocky and smeary visuals on the old master -- it is almost as if most of the time the old master produces images that are stuttering, which makes viewing it on a larger screen quite the annoying experience. The color grading is very good. The primaries are healthy and very nicely saturated, and as you can see from the screencaptures that we have provided with our review the entire film now has much better ranges of organic nuances. Image stability is excellent, though I should mention that there are a few areas with obvious density fluctuations and a couple look slightly dated. However, these are not newly introduced 'issues'; they are part of the original cinematography.

[Agent Kay]

Great stuff

[mutateinsanely]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

KL Studio Classics announced Charley Varrick this morning. New remaster, Dolby Vision, you know the drill.

Us to Kino." Well, you're going to earn a great deal of good will."

[Dailyan]

The Kino Lorber Insider has confirmed that this has been cancelled due to a legal matter:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...3#post21741373

[bergman864]

Why can't we have nice things?

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

The Kino Lorber Insider has confirmed that this has been cancelled due to a legal matter:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...3#post21741373

I wonder if it is just licensed by another label?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I wonder if it is just licensed by another label?

I would think that if that were the case then Kino should of known that before they announced it months ago. Plus, Universal doesn't seem to be like MGM where separate Blu and UHD rights are up for grabs (if that were the case, I can't imagine Kino sleeping on popular titles like "12 Monkeys" and "Dazed and Confused" before their respective Arrow and Criterion UHDs).

[captveg]

Most likely some music rights issue has newly been brought forward that needs to be resolved.

[surfinhank]

Bummer, I've grown very fond of this movie. Well, at least we got a remastered blu-ray to fall back on.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by captveg

Most likely some music rights issue has newly been brought forward that needs to be resolved.

It's still streaming everywhere. Those rights can be separate of course but I feel like streaming is usually the one that needs renegotiating.

[sfmarine]

Very unfortunate. Was looking forward to this.

[lilboyblu]

Well, shit. Glad I didn’t already sell the Blu-ray.

[welcometothepartypal]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

Well, shit. Glad I didn’t already sell the Blu-ray.

My thoughts exactly.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by captveg

Most likely some music rights issue has newly been brought forward that needs to be resolved.

Doubtful, they usually say when it's music rights issues and it's not like Looking for Mr. Goodbar with licensed songs on the soundtrack.

If I had to guess, it would have to be something that doesn't affect the blu-ray release, otherwise that would have been pulled from sale, so it's probably format related... maybe someone dropped the ball when negotiating that particular title and accidentally omitted UHD rights from the deal.

[grahams76]

First I read about A Fistful Of Dynamite / Duck You Sucker and now this two minutes later. As someone said above, at least there’s a great Blu-ray to fall back on and luckily the I’d not got round to listing it on eBay.

[Sky_Captain]

Just picked.up the Kino BD for a tenner on eBay, after reading this news.

Maybe they'll stop announcing things so far in advance, now.