Tom Cruise on 4K UHD

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

I was hoping Warner would release The Last Samurai for its 20th ann last year.

so did I bud.

Originally Posted by Esox50

I agree. WB skipping The Last Samurai for its 20th was absolutely brutal, and should be considered a crime against fans of physical media. And even if it wasn't ready last year, they could have timed it to release near the Shogun series that was recently on TV. Missed opportunity. Wasnt this an "evergreen" catalog title once upon a time in physical media?

I've given up 99% of my hope of ever seeing this, given they didn't do anything for its 20th and knowing how much WB loves anniversaries. The 1% of hope left is that maybe there's a chance they need Director or cast sign off on a release and they just hadn't been able to get it for the Anniversary. But when I ask "around"...nobody seems to know anything.

And thanks to the idiots at Microsoft, Toshiba, and WB circa 2005-2007...we are stuck with a VC-1 non-lossless sound version of this movie as "best available". What a joke. Yes, I'm bitter.

According to Kino they think The Last Samurai won't be a good seller on the format (yes i laughed as well and got attacked by the kino cult for my input).. I haven't given up yet. Arrow has a good deal with Warner I'm keeping my fingers crossed they can do something with it, If not hoping the 25th Anniversary will be considered. If they balk then its never happening.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by Darren75

I love IWTV but I detest Guns 'n' Roses.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Ant1010

According to Kino they think The Last Samurai won't be a good seller on the format (yes i laughed as well and got attacked by the kino cult for my input)...

It really is idiotic. A Tom Cruise movie with an excellent supporting cast and a well known director won't be a good seller? Whomever said that at Kino should be fired.

And how many Samurai movies have there been? ...People love Samurai stuff. FX/Hulu just broke their own records with 9 million people tuning in for Shogun.

I hope Kino doesnt release it, cause I'm guessing they wont pony up for Dolby Atmos. At least if WB releases it themselves it might possible we get a situation like The Fugitive where they put an Atmos track on it. This movie needs a new 4K workflow and an HDR pass. Then a good high bit rate encode to get all of the detail in the costumes and set design conveyed + a (lossless) Dolby Atmos track.

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by Ant1010

so did I bud.



According to Kino they think The Last Samurai won't be a good seller on the format (yes i laughed as well and got attacked by the kino cult for my input).. I haven't given up yet. Arrow has a good deal with Warner I'm keeping my fingers crossed they can do something with it, If not hoping the 25th Anniversary will be considered. If they balk then its never happening.

Any 4K release involving Tom Cruise is a guaranteed success.

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by Esox50

It really is idiotic. A Tom Cruise movie with an excellent supporting cast and a well known director won't be a good seller? Whomever said that at Kino should be fired.

And how many Samurai movies have there been? ...People love Samurai stuff. FX/Hulu just broke their own records with 9 million people tuning in for Shogun.

I hope Kino doesnt release it, cause I'm guessing they wont pony up for Dolby Atmos. At least if WB releases it themselves it might possible we get a situation like The Fugitive where they put an Atmos track on it. This movie needs a new 4K workflow and an HDR pass. Then a good high bit rate encode to get all of the detail in the costumes and set design conveyed + a (lossless) Dolby Atmos track.

Yup it was insane you should click my post history and see where I started the last samurai convo and read what people wrote. Kino insider said there is 50-60 Warner titles that are bigger than the last samurai and mcqueens bullitt would sell more copies. I did pick up the limited to 1,000 vinyl released end of last year. Probably one of the best scores of all time

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

Any 4K release involving Tom Cruise is a guaranteed success.

Always is

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by ilenewoodsfan99

We had a brief exchange about Risky Business, which looks to be a real quality film. Cocktail... it looks... eh? Doesn't seem as terrible as its Razzie win suggests (I'm absolutely positive that happened because they predicted that Rain Man would win the Oscar and thought it would be hilarious), but it doesn't seem like something I'd necessarily revisit. I'll give it a chance, though, since my library has the DVD. Out of curiosity, what's your connection to that one?

Cocktail is pure 80s fun mate. Another I fell in love with as a teenager. Cruise and Bryan Brown eating up the screen whilst drinking Miller Genuine Draft. Fantastic locations, soundtrack, dialogue and just a great time. Razzie awards mean nothing to me. They got it badly wrong. Cocktail is one of the finest entertaining films of its time. I don’t see how anyone couldn’t enjoy it. One of my top 3 go to drinking films. It is tasty 80s juice!

There is even a cameo by Uncle Frank from Home Alone that is ironically requesting a free drink and being a cheap stake before he was one in Home Alone

[JoelGoodsen]

Originally Posted by BrandonJF

It's only hope is that there's something in the Disney/Sony deal that would give Sony some input into what gets released physically. So, probably no hope.

Unfortunately, this is probably the closest Cocktail is going to get to a physical release.

Unfortunately, something tells me you are right mate.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Cocktail is pure 80s fun mate. Another I fell in love with as a teenager. Cruise and Bryan Brown eating up the screen whilst drinking Miller Genuine Draft. Fantastic locations, soundtrack, dialogue and just a great time. Razzie awards mean nothing to me. They got it badly wrong. Cocktail is one of the finest entertaining films of its time. I don’t see how anyone couldn’t enjoy it. One of my top 3 go to drinking films. It is tasty 80s juice!

There is even a cameo by Uncle Frank from Home Alone that is ironically requesting a free drink and being a cheap stake before he was one in Home Alone

I'll Give it a shot! It's always great to see someone really passionate about a movie that just clicked!

[jonam]

I have this version of the Last Samurai from Hong Kong which has Dolby True HD lossless and slightly better picture quality due to better compression.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-L...-Blu-ray/9284/

[TheBondFan]

Updated.

[Moviefan2k4]

I haven't seen nearly all of Tom's films, but I do like both Top Gun entries and the Mission: Impossible series. My favorite that he's ever done though, is A Few Good Men.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

Updated.

So is Born the French release due to better video quality? If so, might as well include the Italian 4Ks here then:



Also, Jerry Maguire got a separate release in Germany:

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

So is Born the French release due to better video quality? If so, might as well include the Italian 4Ks here then:



Also, Jerry Maguire got a separate release in Germany:

I only include the US editions (unless the film was only released in one country, in which case I have to include the existing edition).
I updated Born on the Fourth of July with the US version, thank you.

[TheBondFan]

Added Eyes Wide Shut.

[TheBigG753]

Just need Minority Report (seems like any day now) and Magnolia and I'll be set.

[Tuc0]

Originally Posted by TheBigG753

Just need Minority Report (seems like any day now) and Magnolia and I'll be set.

Me too but I will add The Last Samurai though because it's pretty and has a great score and too dated master for all that.

[THF90]

Can we get, All the Right Moves on 4k, please?

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

I only include the US editions (unless the film was only released in one country, in which case I have to include the existing edition).
I updated Born on the Fourth of July with the US version, thank you.

I think it's worth adding those Italian editions of THE FIRM and VANILLA SKY at the bottom, so people are aware of them.

They're not the same discs as the US discs, and the compression is MUCH, MUCH better.

I owned the US editions and rebought the Italian editions, and I know others did too.

The US discs of both titles are garbage, they look like upscaled Blu-Rays at best.

[seagal]

Originally Posted by TheBigG753

Just need Minority Report (seems like any day now) and Magnolia and I'll be set.

and "Cocktail".

[Kubrick DeLarge1989]

I have the American and Italian 4ks of Vanilla Sky and can confirm the American looks like a crappy Blu Ray compared to the Italian, so happy I made that decision. Let's get some Cocktail going in 4k! Movie is so much fun!