Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Blu-ray in June 4 2012

[greatme]

I see that Amazon UK will release "Lawrence" in September. (the photo above) Is it the official Sony remastered version? the verssion which was screened in Cannes 2012?

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by greatme

I see that Amazon UK will release "Lawrence" in September. (the photo above) Is it the official Sony remastered version? the verssion which was screened in Cannes 2012?

Yes

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by greatme

I see that Amazon UK will release "Lawrence" in September. (the photo above) Is it the official Sony remastered version? the verssion which was screened in Cannes 2012?

The release date is almost certainly wrong as its getting a UK cinema rerelease in October so surely the BD will follow that. Therefore the November date for the gift set at Play makes more sense for both versions.

[Yami]

The September release hasn't been cancelled yet, anyway

[duggie walker]

This year has been such a pain in the ass. Great releases but with such a proliferation of different versions in different countries at different prices. And to make matters worse - totally inconsistent pack shots, if any pack shots at all.

I've got two orders for JAWS - digibook and steelbook.

Three for THE AVENGERS - UK exclusive bonus disc (presence of commentary unknown), US Phase One set (contents of bonus disc unknown) and German 3D steelbook (presence of commentary, contents of bonus disc unknown)

Two for ET - UK steelbook, US digibook.

Two different UK versions of Hitchcock set - interior packaging of compact set unknown.

Three versions of BLADE RUNNER collector's set - US release, suspiciously cheap Canadian release, now UK set (contents unknown)

Three versions of UNIVERSAL HORROR set - cheap standard edition, snazzy French coffin set, UK coffin set (interior packaging unknown)

Two versions of INDIANA JONES TRILOGY because there's still no info about what's in the Collector's set.

And NOW we've got a supposed UK Lawrence Box Set but I've no idea whether to cancel my US order because nobody has a shot of the packaging or specs for the discs.

It's not as if I'm obsessed with packaging. I only want one version of each so I'm waiting for information before I cancel the various different orders (many of them at sale prices I'm reluctant to lose). I've never had to spend this amount of time monitoring releases.

[insomniac013]

Blame it on poor management on the studios part and all the retailer exclusive bullshit.

Things were so much simpler 4 year ago...

[The Beek]

Having got around to watching my review copy of this release at the start of the week, I just wanted to say that this is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular restorations I have ever had the pleasure to watch on Blu-ray. Grover Crisp and the rest of the team at Sony deserve all they praise they are bound to receive for the remarkable work they've done on this classic film.

[perkolanesi]

Did you watch US or UK version?

[The Beek]

UK two-disc.

[perkolanesi]

Originally Posted by malcy30

The release date is almost certainly wrong as its getting a UK cinema rerelease in October so surely the BD will follow that. Therefore the November date for the gift set at Play makes more sense for both versions.

Your statement is almost certainly wrong.

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by perkolanesi

Your statement is almost certainly wrong.

Why ? We are talking UK not Italy here
They will NOT release the BD before they cinema rerelease as will reduce the money they make from that.

[The Apocalypse]

The standard edition will be released on the 10th of September, whereas the Gift Set will be released in November.

http://www.bva.org.uk/titles/title-s...le_filter_form

[insomniac013]

Do we know how many discs the Gift Set will have?

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by The Beek

Having got around to watching my review copy of this release at the start of the week, I just wanted to say that this is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular restorations I have ever had the pleasure to watch on Blu-ray. Grover Crisp and the rest of the team at Sony deserve all they praise they are bound to receive for the remarkable work they've done on this classic film.

thanks for sharing. looking forward to release day

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Do we know how many discs the Gift Set will have?

Where it has been specified US and France it is
2 disk BD as per standard release
1 BD bonus disk of extras including deleted scene never released before
CD with extracts from soundtrack
Plus book and other stuff

[eChopper]

Originally Posted by The Beek

Having got around to watching my review copy of this release at the start of the week, I just wanted to say that this is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular restorations I have ever had the pleasure to watch on Blu-ray. Grover Crisp and the rest of the team at Sony deserve all they praise they are bound to receive for the remarkable work they've done on this classic film.

i hate you

[Gilmourfan]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Yes it was, it looks like one of the biggest restorations ever. You can read all about it in an epic thread (you'll need a day to read it all!) over at Hometheaterforum.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/30...bia-in-blu-ray

Thanks for the answer, but now I have a question. Is it being scanned from the orginal camera negatives or the interpositive?

[HomerJay]

Originally Posted by The Beek

Having got around to watching my review copy of this release at the start of the week, I just wanted to say that this is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular restorations I have ever had the pleasure to watch on Blu-ray. Grover Crisp and the rest of the team at Sony deserve all they praise they are bound to receive for the remarkable work they've done on this classic film.

Where and when will we see your review please?

[CinemaScope]

Originally Posted by Taro

Thanks for the answer, but now I have a question. Is it being scanned from the orginal camera negatives or the interpositive?

****THE-ORIGINAL-CAMERA-NEGATIVES****

The bendy stuff that actually went through the camera! So that's settled that! Apparently they were in bad shape, which is why it's taken so long & cost so much, a bit like Ben -Hur

[Gilmourfan]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

****THE-ORIGINAL-CAMERA-NEGATIVES****

The bendy stuff that actually went through the camera! So that's settled that! Apparently they were in bad shape, which is why it's taken so long & cost so much, a bit like Ben -Hur

I don't think they're scanning the original camera negatives. If they really are scanning the OCNs, they need to make a new edit of the film.