Lawrence of Arabia 4K UHD (1962)

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by shy86

Reprint is up for pre-order in the U.K:

Release date: 12 February 2024

Amazon U.K.

Great for those in the UK who missed out.

This makes me wonder if we will get the Stand by Me steelbook as well?

Oooh, nice. There looks to be a placeholder for The Bridge on the River Kwai SteelBook on DE Amazon. Hopefully the UK will get a release too, seeing as though it was originally a Zavvi exclusive in the UK. I have been eying up the US release, but it's a little too rich currently.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Br%C3%BCcke-Remastered-Steelbook-4K-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B0CNJS2PDZ/ref=tmm_frk_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701697226& sr=1-4

[grahams76]

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, any chance of a standard non-steelbook?

[shy86]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Oooh, nice. There looks to be a placeholder for The Bridge on the River Kwai SteelBook on DE Amazon. Hopefully the UK will get a release too, seeing as though it was originally a Zavvi exclusive in the UK. I have been eying up the US release, but it's a little too rich currently.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Br%C3%BCcke-Remastered-Steelbook-4K-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B0CNJS2PDZ/ref=tmm_frk_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701697226& sr=1-4

Well Amazon has Bram Stoker's Dracula up for pre-order, and that was a Zavvi exclusive as well, so it could happen.

[koberulz]

Went to see this in the cinema tonight. About halfway through the overture, the film shut off and the lights went up. Ten minutes go by, lights go back down, overture restarts, 30 seconds later film stops, lights go up. Another five minutes, lights down, overture, 30 seconds, film stops, lights up. Another ten minutes go by, then an employee pokes his head in to say "so we've been informed that the blank screen at the start is actually intentional, but that was after we started rebooting the projector so it'll be a couple of minutes." A couple of minutes later, lights down, film starts up at the end of the opening credits.

Ridiculous.

[Geoff D]

So the staff thought the projektor had broken? Bless 'em

[koberulz]

Adding an extra 40 minutes to a four-hour movie is definitely not ideal.

[fvg627]

Originally Posted by grahams76

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, any chance of a standard non-steelbook?

I'd love this as well. I'm not really a fan of steelbooks, especially expensive hard to find ones. Fingers crossed

[bobobiscuits]

At the chance of being a broken record, Any chance of finding this at a reasonable price anymore?

[jennyjones2000]

Originally Posted by bobobiscuits

At the chance of being a broken record, Any chance of finding this at a reasonable price anymore?

I got mine from Bullmoose a few days ago, for about $37 before shipping.

[Jas Dadry]

Zavvi pre order still up

[Fakejb]

Originally Posted by grahams76

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, any chance of a standard non-steelbook?

Yeah, I don't even want the steelbook. I plan to put the discs in my old, Limited DVD canvas case.

[OA-5599]

Sure, the 4K era yields superior a/v quality, but DVD's heyday at the turn of the millennium sure cranked out some cool packaging.

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by Jas Dadry

Zavvi pre order still up

Did I miss an earlier mention of this - email from HMV announces a new UK steel. Same artwork as before but not a Zavvi exclusive. No release date yet:

HMV

Amazon

[Show spoiler]

[Hedrox]

Germany is also getting it btw, Feb. 15th release. Same with Dracula.

[-shadow-]

Originally Posted by grahams76

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, any chance of a standard non-steelbook?

I'm still waiting for it along with the re-release of Dracula and Ghostbusters to be released in a normal package that's not overpriced. But alas, Sony is being very difficult...

[NotASpeckOfCereal]

Heck, I don't even use the packaging. My discs go into an album, the package goes into storage. I just don't have the room—the only titles on the shelf are box sets.

Bring on the standard.

[blakninja]

How good (faithful) is the restoration work on this 4K version?

[Toscaclarinet]

Originally Posted by -shadow-

I'm still waiting for it along with the re-release of Dracula and Ghostbusters to be released in a normal package that's not overpriced. But alas, Sony is being very difficult...

I'm not convinced there will be a standard release. Look at the other films that were released in the Columbia or Sony Classics boxsets. Some of them have never been released again (e.g. Sense & Sensibility, Oliver!). I think they will keep it limited edition only, occasionally to be reissued.

[blakninja]

Originally Posted by Toscaclarinet

I'm not convinced there will be a standard release. Look at the other films that were released in the Columbia or Sony Classics boxsets. Some of them have never been released again (e.g. Sense & Sensibility, Oliver!). I think they will keep it limited edition only, occasionally to be reissued.

Reissue is exactly the same as the first limited pressing, or is it modified (packaging, content, etc)?

[Toscaclarinet]

Originally Posted by blakninja

Reissue is exactly the same as the first limited pressing, or is it modified (packaging, content, etc)?

I don't know if it will be confirmed until someone receives the reissue but looks like everyone is assuming it will be the same content. Content was the same between the Columbia vol 1 release and the later steelbook, doesn't make sense they would change now.