Sands of Iwo Jima 4K UHD (1949)

[BillyBrown66]

Sands of Iwo Jima 4K Blu-ray

Coming April 15th!
https://kinolorber.com/product/sands-of-iwo-jima-4kuhd

SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• The Making of Sands of Iwo Jima: Hosted by Leonard Maltin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Screen legend John Wayne (The Longest Day) catapulted from Hollywood leading man to All-American hero with his Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actor of 1949) as Sgt. Stryker, a hard-nosed Marine sergeant who must mold a company of raw recruits into a combat-ready fighting machine. Feared by many and hated by all, Stryker’s training is soon put to the test in a full-scale assault against the Japanese on Iwo Jima—an infamous battle that will live forever in one of cinema’s most iconic scenes, the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense and sweeping battle scenes, all bound together by The Duke’s larger-than-life performance, Allan Dwan’s Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film.

Also Available on Standalone Blu-ray:
https://kinolorber.com/product/sands...pecial-edition

[Areyakiddin]

Great news.

Who would've thought at the beginning of the format that we'd get an actual Republic movie on there before anything made at Fox before 1970 (or even a movie made before Alien) on 4k?

[garyd97]

Can’t wait to pick this up!

[gates70]

Nice!

[CuckterionCollection]

This couldn't look any more legit so far. And to think I was raised on the colorized VHS version. I'm not sure why my family didn't have any other John Wayne movies but as a kid I was under the impression that Wayne did mostly war movies rather than westerns. I'm glad I haven't watched it in decades. I hope this movie still holds up. I remember my whole family being blown away by the real WW2 footage in it.

[Bourne1886]

I want this as I’ve only ever owned it on dvd. I was considering buying it on Blu-Ray from France I think as getting the olive release was proving hard. I’m glad I waited. A few more months and hopefully it will be here.

[SpookyDollhouse]

Coming April 15

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming April 15th!
https://kinolorber.com/product/sands-of-iwo-jima-4kuhd

SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
• The Making of Sands of Iwo Jima: Hosted by Leonard Maltin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Screen legend John Wayne (The Longest Day) catapulted from Hollywood leading man to All-American hero with his Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actor of 1949) as Sgt. Stryker, a hard-nosed Marine sergeant who must mold a company of raw recruits into a combat-ready fighting machine. Feared by many and hated by all, Stryker’s training is soon put to the test in a full-scale assault against the Japanese on Iwo Jima—an infamous battle that will live forever in one of cinema’s most iconic scenes, the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense and sweeping battle scenes, all bound together by The Duke’s larger-than-life performance, Allan Dwan’s Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film.

Also Available on Standalone Blu-ray:
https://kinolorber.com/product/sands...pecial-edition

[garyd97]

I can’t wait for this one!

[OA-5599]

This is excellent news! Now I can retire my old Olive Blu and enjoy some new bonus features.

[StarDestroyer52]

Can't wait to retire my Olive Blu. Also has a new making of extra which is cool.

[Maximux]

Great! Day 1!!

[Mikemovies]

Artwork has them all wearing Army helmets instead of the correct helmets with Marine camo cloth on them.
Duke wore the netted helmet in Longest Day against the Germans, not in Sands.

[samuelkhan999]

Flags of our Fathers/Letters to Iwo Jima needs a 4k release.

[MifuneFan]

Kino's cover is based off this original Italian poster. I wish Kino kept the colors intact as I prefer them to the more yellowish hues theirs is using.

edit: I found the actual one they're basing it off of now. The first one I found (2nd pic below) had different colors so I thought Kino were the ones altering it, but they pretty much are using the exact same one as the top image.

[OA-5599]

I like the art, but I still wish they'd used the US release poster that had the classic red, white, and blue colored title font.

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by absolutecinema

Just Disney being an awful company, as usual.

Disney still has the chance to prove me wrong if they can get that 4k restoration of the original Planet of the Apes out on disc within the next two months. LMAO

But still crazy, considering Fox was pretty early to the game in releasing many of their older movies on Blu-ray. While their pre-1953-ish library isn't optimal for the 4k format in terms of what elements survive, plenty of their post widescreen movies would make for top notch 4k UHDs.

[Deciazulado]

Sands of Iwo Jima 4K Blu-ray

[OA-5599]

Anybody received a copy of this yet?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by OA-5599

Anybody received a copy of this yet?

One member in the John Wayne thread had high praise for it:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...4#post23050864

DVDBeaver also posted their review, though their screenshots are of the BD. Huge improvement over the Olive BD in any event.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-...ima_4K_UHD.htm