Where Eagles Dare

[IrateNick]

Originally Posted by JBL4645

Should sound pulse beating on those percussion instruments while they have that shootout with the Nazis just before making their way out of the castle as far as I can recall from watching it in on TV some 15 years ago in NICAM 725 digital Dolby stereo.

Yeah I’ll be getting this.

you're a 'punk'. And a pretty second rate punk at that.

One more thing I seem to recall dialogue panning so I hope that has been kept intact to the original 70mm six-track magnetic stereophonic Road Show release.

"Where Eagles Dare"
40th Anniversary 1969 - 2009
http://www.in70mm.com/news/2009/wher...dare/index.htm

Reading more on In-70mm now i wonder if this was the same master used for the Bluray?

When the re-dubbing was finished, a new dialogue track was re-mixed and used to make the film prints. The sound for any film is a combination of three different layers of sound: dialogue, music and effects. It is a fairly simple matter to exchange the original English dialogue track with any foreign language track to create the 35mm and 70mm prints for cinema exhibition. So "Where Eagles Dare" was available in both in 70mm and 35mm magnetic stereo version, and with original and foreign dubbed versions across Europe.

Note: the single optical monaural track on the 35mm print. The 35mm also holds four-track stereophonic where available.


Note: the six magnetic tracks are placed on the inner and outside the frame area. The thinker tracks on the outsides holds two tracks each, the inner tracks are single.


Later blow-ups of anamorphic films (like "The Deer Hunter" and "The Untouchables") were enlarged to full 70mm width. Those prints had had thicker frame lines, but retained the original 2,39:1 anamorphic aspect ratio. The advantage of enlarging to 70mm was more light on the screen (from the large image), better picture steadiness and better and brighter colors.

Where Eagles Dare (70mm) - Bradford International Film Festival ...
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.u...sp?filmid=1750

Wow how did I miss this! It recently screened a few years back in 70mm at the Empire Leicester Square, via the JBL 56KW THX sound system.
http://board.mypersianforum.com/showthread.php?t=166199

I am very worried that the transfer might not be from a superior 70mm print. The prints for WED are rare, and think about this, if they did get the 70mm print to do this, wouldn't that justify this movie being released on it's own instead of as flipper with Kelly's Heroes (Or even both on one disc--the price makes me think that it is). At first I was awed that WED was finally getting the Blu-ray treatment, but if it turns out it's just a half-assed job and we don't get another chance down the line for a much more meticulous effort and with a 70mm print it will be EXTREMELY saddening. If there is one picture that deserves the same detail and best print-transfer like The Shining, it is WED! This is all speculation, but I am nervous and excited.

Also, I just did a quick search, it seems just WED is already available on its own on Blu-ray? Not seeing this at amazon but this site looks like it has it??
http://www.cdwow.us/blu-ray/where-ea...ray/dp/8594939