White Christmas - Diamond Edition

[wormraper]

yeah, this is a must own for my wife and I

[wooble89]

Never actually seen this...

Shall make excellent Christmas Eve viewing this year.

[StoogeFan1118]

Will be picking this up its a Classic Christmas film. I will have to pick it up on release day or I might not get around to picking this up at all(happened to me last year with its a wonderful life and the Miracle on 34th street films I intend on getting those this year as well)

[MacLover]

Looking forward to this, I already bought the DVD last Christmas though so there better be more extras and the HD better be worth it

[rickscasablanca1966]

One of the best movies eva! Should have been released years ago. Can't wait!

[Gaius Marius]

My girlfriend loves this movie I think I just found a Christmas gift for her

[shinseiRomeo]

Review is now live:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/White.../15357/#Review

[rafaelsalguero]

Originally Posted by shinseiromeo

Review is now live:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/White.../15357/#Review

thanks !!! After I buy a lot of horror movies this month, now I want Christmas movies hehehe

[DjGuinness]

Review is up

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/White.../15357/#Review

and Oh my god

[Show spoiler]

I can't believe a film 56 years old can look this good, there are brand new titles on blu that don't look this good.

Truly an amazing restoration for White Christmas.

A must buy for sure for the holidays.

[The Mad Kiwi]

My jaw also dropped at seeing those screencaps. Truly magnificent, and the fact that most of the supplements are in HD makes this disc even sweeter. Kudos, Paramount! Now start bringing out more of your catalogue titles and give them the same care, please.

[Paulo Elias]

White Christmas is definitely not Paramount's best effort for the VistaVision process, but it is important as its very first release.

It is also, If I recall correctly, part of the studio's endeavor to restore its VistaVision library.

Many, if not all, of those VistaVision films were also released as regular 35 mm flat prints world-wide. This means that with Blu-Ray's superior resolution we now have a chance to enjoy the original format as it should have be seen enjoyed when they were originally released to theaters.

I am hoping that more of these releases will come out from Paramount and other studios, regardless of their intrinsic cinematic quality.

[Arkadin]

for a Paramount release it looks like a pretty good job so I'm definitely pleased even though I don't really like this film THAT much.
I mean it's cool to see it get released on bd, but I personally much prefer Holiday Inn to this remake.
Fred Astaire just blows away Danny Kaye any day, and the female leads and overall story are much better in the earlier film imo.
But anyway, let's see, this makes a whopping total of 3 catalog films from before 1970 that they have released on blu-ray in 4 years.
uhh not good enough Paramount.
not by a long stretch.
(pray True Grit looks as good)

[Atreyu]

I am glad for all the White Christmas fans out there that Paramount seems to have done a great job with this blu title.
I hope next year Universal will hop on the bandwagon and do as good of a job on one of my favorites, Holiday Inn.

[Maggot]

I've never seen this movie, but will be picking it up as a no-brainer considering it's long-time appeal. The transfer looks impressive, so that really sealed the deal for me. Good job Paramount!

[ABaglivi]

A point of clarification in the review:

The film was released with Perspecta Sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspecta

[Warbler]

I have a complaint. According to the the review page:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/White.../15357/#Review

the original aspect ratio is 1.66:1, but the aspect ratio on the blu-ray release is 1.78:1. This means either the picture was stretched slightly, making the characters too tall and whatnot, or the tops and bottoms of the picture were cut off, or we are seeing parts of the picture not originally shown and probably not meant to be shown. Why can't they show it to us the way it was originally shown in theaters?

Originally Posted by Arkadin

but I personally much prefer Holiday Inn to this remake.

while there are certain similarities, White Christmas is not a remake of Holiday in.

[richterbon23]

so excited for this!!!!

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by Warbler

I have a complaint. According to the the review page:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/White.../15357/#Review

the original aspect ratio is 1.66:1, but the aspect ratio on the blu-ray release is 1.78:1. This means either the picture was stretched slightly, making the characters too tall and whatnot, or the tops and bottoms of the picture were cut off, or we are seeing parts of the picture not originally shown and probably not meant to be shown. Why can't they show it to us the way it was originally shown in theaters?

VistaVision had an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, so it's probably opened up slightly.

[42041]

That looks excellent!
Something doesn't look quite natural about those screens, but for a 1954 film I suppose some digital tweakage may be necessary.

Vistavision has a 1.5:1 aspect ratio on the film, but apparently 1.85:1 was the preferred theatrical aspect ratio. So I don't think there's anything wrong with the framing here.

Here's a brief blurb about it: http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingvv1.htm

[Arkadin]

while there are certain similarities, White Christmas is not a remake of Holiday in.

[/QUOTE]

maybe not a direct remake--I mean obviously they changed the plot some--but certainly it was based on the same idea.
also--from wiki
"White Christmas was intended to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third Irving Berlin showcase musical. Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in Holiday Inn (1942) (of which 'White Christmas' was a partial remake)