Spartacus (1960) (Restored Edition)

[Strevlac]

Watched this last night. Trying to find something to complain about....let's see...well, it could have been a little more.....no that's not it....it just seemed a bit.....nope.

Can't find anything to complain about. This is every bit the equal of the Lawrence BD and probably the best BD Universal has ever produced.

[Geoff D]

High praise indeed, but it's sad that when they've knocked it clear out of the park the bricks and mortar retailers just don't want to know. Gotta keep them shelves clear for the BTTF anniversary edition I suppose.

[applemac]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

Jaws is a little on the soft side (which also may have something to do with how it was shot), and yeah Universal did apply some ever so slight filtering, but I think it looks solid.

Haven't seen the restored Spartacus yet, but I expect it would look better.

Comparing Jaws and Spartacus isn't going to be much of a help, due to the nature of the original negative being much different in size and different stocks.

There is nothing to complain about with this Spartacus blu. The transfer is amazing and the restoration is one of the best for films in that time period by far.

[themadpanner]

Viewed it today as my BD arrived from over the pond. I have put a short review up, all I can say is that it was worth the wait. Now the wait continues till October 27th for "My Fair Lady" What a month!

[Martin_31]

Is there a trailer of the new 4K transfer? Tried searching but the trailers are all pretty bad quality.

[lfdean3]

FYE is where I found it 14.99 sale price worked out cause the took my X-Files sets off my hands worked out well.

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by Bolty

So jealous.
My Amazon still shows, "preparing for shipment"----really? 3 days after release they haven't even handed it to Post Office?

I would have cancelled if it was anywhere in my area.
They just lost a customer for all items except those that my local stores don't carry.

I ordered it the day it came available for preorder.
But anybody can have it tomorrow if the pay the extra postage.
Mine says Oct 12 to Oct 16.

They finally shipped mine today - 4 days after release. *sigh* I don’t know where all these folks got this for $9.52 or whatever. I paid $14.94 +tax.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

BJ's apparently has it for $8 if that's an option for you.

That's where I grabbed my copy today...slipcover and all.

[AmishParadise]

Just finished adding this title to the cataloging software that I use, DVD Profiler and My Movies. Thought I'd share the raw scan with everyone that I worked up. Enjoy!

(Click on the preview image above to download the full scan.)

[Coenskubrick]

Huh, so this was restored from a 35mm print? How come not 65mm? Would that not have provided a better result? Or have I misunderstood something? I mean I understand it is great anyway, but I thought this was meant to be restored from 65mm.

[42041]

Originally Posted by Coenskubrick

Huh, so this was restored from a 35mm print? How come not 65mm? Would that not have provided a better result? Or have I misunderstood something? I mean I understand it is great anyway, but I thought this was meant to be restored from 65mm.

Spartacus was shot in Technirama, which is a 35mm negative running horizontally through the camera, with an image that is 8 film perforations wide (the same as photographic 35mm), as opposed to 4 high on standard 35mm, and with an anamorphic lens applying a light squeeze to get it to the appropriate widescreen aspect ratio (Vistavision is the same film format with a regular lens).

[Bates_Motel]

Should put to rest anyone thinking that Universal's new regime doesn't know how to remaster films properly.

[Coenskubrick]

Originally Posted by 42041

Spartacus was shot in Technirama, which is a 35mm negative running horizontally through the camera, with an image that is 8 film perforations wide (the same as photographic 35mm), as opposed to 4 high on standard 35mm, and with an anamorphic lens applying a light squeeze to get it to the appropriate widescreen aspect ratio (Vistavision is the same film format with a regular lens).

How come I was thinking it was 65mm? Don't know where I got that idea...

Probably just the aspect ratio mixed up my memory.

[davcole]

Probably cause the film restoration negative is 65mm but the original camera negative was 35 blown up to 65mm for preservation stock.

[themadpanner]

Blu-21 , Try WOWHD, I always use PayPal and I get everything I order. Shipping from the USA was 5 days.

[Blu-21]

TO those who own it, how much are you paying for this?

The cheapest I can find one converts to $35 AUD which is a lot pricier than I thought for a catalog tittle.

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by Coenskubrick

How come I was thinking it was 65mm? Don't know where I got that idea...

Probably just the aspect ratio mixed up my memory.

Because it was shot in 8/35 but it was meant to be PROJECTED in 70mm (with 2.20:1 AR)

That's why the marketing name was: Super Technirama 70

[Crimson King]

a true travesty this film was not even nominated for Best Picture.

[Oblivion138]

Originally Posted by x5gb

Be careful, you may get your head bitten off like I did, your not allowed an opinion in this thread. Its Gospel, that this is a perfect remaster, and you are a blasphemer to say otherwise. Its a sad day when you can't express your opinion whether right or wrong.

Of course you can express an opinion whether right or wrong.

But if it's wrong, don't expect people not to say so.

[Race Bannon]

Got my viewing of this disk in last night. I can confirm that the transfer is one of the best I've ever seen.