The Bridges At Toko-Ri (1954) - February 24, 2021 - Imprint Films

[Pumpkinhead]

ALERT: This movie was released in December of 1954. It was shot open matte to be released in 1.85 aspect ratio, which means Imprint has just put out an outdated incarnation of the film on Blu-ray. Zooming in on what we have here will not produce the correct widescreen result (it must be prepared from a 'fuller image' element). Paramount needs to re-visit this relatively important '50s title and prepare it correctly; hopefully they're doing that right now for a domestic release. What Imprint has given us, rather shockingly, is about twenty years behind the times. I'm afraid you can't put digital icing on an extremely stale cake. That said, Imprint's release of Arch Obler's excellent b/w science fiction movie FIVE is breathtaking, newly scanned from the original negative. So obviously it's a case-by-case situation with these Imprint BDs, as collectors have been discovering.