The Italian Job 4K (1969) 55th Anniversary (UK)

[shy86]

The Italian Job (1969) 55th Anniversary 4K

Release date: 3 June

Purchase links:

Amazon UK

HMV

Zavvi

[mindset]

Yes please

[dallywhitty]

[Geoff D]

Having that

[THS]

Paramount or Kino...

[Nitroes]

I have the Kino 4K but I also have all the old tat editions going way back to VHS.

I'll struggle not to buy this

[BigNickUK]

Putting the Kino for sale

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

Putting the Kino for sale

Same, but this time I'm gonna do some comparisons first

[Mosley likes BFDI]

Hard pass, the Kino 4K already looks good.

[grahams76]

The Kino had some weird colour moments including unlikely super blue skies, if I remember correctly?

[Fat Phil]

Interested, but can't bring myself to pay full price for Paramunt's non-Miramax stuff anymore (even with HMV's trusty 20% off). They barely deserve £14, let alone £40.

[NoFro]

As soon as I saw the word "anniversary" in the title I knew this was a Paramount release and not the BFI release I so desired.

[The Hornets]

See prices vary.
Amazon £40
HMV £40 (£32 with discount code)
Zavvi £35 plus shipping fee if not red carpet member

Plus, I see unusually for a new Paramount 4K release, this is both UHD and BD.
Is the BD remastered in 4K (the Kino was), or the old BD, alongside the new UHD.

Tat included:
Rigid slipcase
Capacity wallet [what does this mean?]
Double sided original Theatrical art poster
Six 1960s style, square art cards
'Italian gold bar' on rigid card with embossment [presume it is plastic or card ]
Reproduction of Production Notes from 1969
Collectible sticker sheet

[Ben_C]

Already got the KL, but might go for this if: a) it’s an improvement over that release and b) when a cheaper regular edition appears.

[ViscountCarnacki]

Is the Paramount transfer the one with the messed up colours? Or was that KL?

[Sky_Captain]

I paid something like six quid for the Kino release, so this would need to be amazeballs in the AV dept.

[Nitroes]

HMV for the 20% off junkies https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/4k-ult...ctor-s-edition

[Dubliner1]

One of my favorites...worth buying just for the opening scene with the Lamborghini Miura driving over the Alps alone

[Pieter V]

High-res:


Included BD looks to be remastered. 2024 copyright plus the new DTS-HD logo. Old disc had Dolby TrueHD 5.1

[captainsolo]

Originally Posted by ViscountCarnacki

Is the Paramount transfer the one with the messed up colours? Or was that KL?

Kino used a new Paramount 4K master and the result had consistent compression issues, some bits of stagnant grain and color problems throughout where blues had a different cast in skies, some of the cars and most distressingly Michael Caine‘s eyes stuck out like a sore thumb. It’s very noticeable. The HDR appearance could be a bit bright in areas and the mono track was really the lossy mono from the Pal dvd, which is the best source on video but inside of a lossless container.

So basically the only difference on this new release could be a better encoding job.