Stephen King's The Stand

[rdodolak]

Definitely would like to see The Stand, IT, and other Stephen King films on Blu-ray. Speaking of Storm of the Century unfortunately Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has the rights to this film at the moment. They released it earlier this year on DVD so I doubt we'll see a Blu-ray release any time soon.

[Hofftimus Prime]

Has anyone heard any news about this maybe being transferred? Been thinking about this movie lately.

[willo007]

I thought this was shot on tape, like the old tv series were. (I could be wrong). It was never released in a widescreen DVD format in the US.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by willo007

I thought this was shot on tape, like the old tv series were. (I could be wrong). It was never released in a widescreen DVD format in the US.

It was shot on film. It wasn't released in widescreen because it was shot for the old 4x3 TV ratio. I suppose they could matte it to 16:9, but it wasn't really composed for that.

I'd like to see this and The Shining mini series on blu.

[CouncilSpectre]

The Stand, Storm of the Century and Salem's Lot on BD for me would be perfect.

[RedHarvest]

Still holding out for the Stand on Blu-ray!

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

Would definitely be onboard for The Stand on Blu.

I had read the Stephen King novel in the late 1980's, and thought it was amazing - definitely SK's best book, and the post-apocalyptic/horror elements were very strong here. I liked the book so much that I held off on watching the mini-series until the 200X's, since I felt it couldn't hold a candle to the book.

I re-watched the regular DVD set a while back & did enjoy this, despite the just OK PQ.

While the mini-series wasn't as good as the book - but it was still decent. Pretty good production quality, for a '90's TV film. I did like how they kept a lot of elements from the book intact, i.e.:

-Having Nick Andros (played by Rob Lowe) be a deaf-mute.

-Having the Molly Ringwald character be pregnant (by an ex-bf) before the plague began; this culminates in the birth of the baby at the end.

- Keeping the storyline of having the two separate & distinct "groups" of survivors drawn to either the "good", i.e. Mother Abigail - or the "evil" - Randall Flagg, AKA "The Dark Man".

Also, though this is definitely a '90's-era TV movie, it still retains some '80's elements - notably the inclusion of Molly Ringwald & Rob Lowe - who were big teen stars in the '80's.

The soundtrack was also amazing, and included: "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, the '80's hit "Don't Dream it's Over" by Crowded House; ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man", and "Eve of Destruction" (that the Larry Underwood character is singing). Great songs, that really fit the scenes they're placed over in the film.

[RedHarvest]

Originally Posted by AnamorphicWidescreen

Would definitely be onboard for The Stand on Blu.

I had read the Stephen King novel in the late 1980's, and thought it was amazing - definitely SK's best book, and the post-apocalyptic/horror elements were very strong here. I liked the book so much that I held off on watching the mini-series until recently, since I felt it couldn't hold a candle to the book.

I re-watched the regular DVD set a while back & did enjoy this, despite the just OK PQ:

While the mini-series wasn't as good as the book - but it was still decent. Pretty good production quality, for a '90's TV film. I did like how they kept a lot of elements from the book intact, i.e.:

-Having Nick Andros (played by Rob Lowe) be a deaf-mute.

-Having the Molly Ringwald character be pregnant (by an ex-bf) before the plague began; this culminates in the birth of the baby at the end.

- Keeping the storyline of having the two separate & distinct "groups" of survivors drawn to either the "good", i.e. Mother Abigail - or the "evil" - Randall Flagg, AKA "The Dark Man".

Also, though this is definitely a '90's-era TV movie, it still retains some '80's elements - notably the inclusion of Molly Ringwald & Rob Lowe - who were big teen stars in the '80's.

The soundtrack was also amazing, and included: "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, the '80's hit "Don't Dream it's Over" by Crowded House; ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man", and "Eve of Destruction" (that the Larry Underwood character is singing). Great songs, that really fit the scenes they're placed over in the film.

Agreed on all accounts. I'm a big fan of Mick Garris, even though he's been hit and miss in his later career. Aside from his work with Masters of Horror, which remains his prominent contribution to horror cinema, the Stand is absolutely his best work. He did a lot with the material, especially in a time when you couldn't do much on TV. Mick Garris is kind of a behind-the-scenes guy in the sense that people don't know all the things he has done for the genre. On top of that, he's sorely represented on Blu-ray. Sleepwalkers and Psycho IV have a U.S. release, and Riding the Bullet has a region free German edition, but that's about it. Nameless Media did release a fantastic full series mediabook of Masters of Horror, but I'd love to see the Stand, the Shining, Critters 2, Bag of Bones, Desperation, and Quicksilver Highway finally come to 1080p.

[RedHarvest]

The Stand could obviously make a great AMC, HBO, or Netflix series in today's market. But, even with the constraints Garris had to work in with early 90's TV, he crafted an effective miniseries that was respectful to the book, its themes, and its author. The cast is great, the music is appropriate and well chosen, the cinematography is tight and atmospheric, and the story flows naturally. All of this working the way it does should be credited to Garris.

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

The Stand could obviously make a great AMC, HBO, or Netflix series in today's market. But, even with the constraints Garris had to work in with early 90's TV, he crafted an effective miniseries that was respectful to the book, its themes, and its author. The cast is great, the music is appropriate and well chosen, the cinematography is tight and atmospheric, and the story flows naturally. All of this working the way it does should be credited to Garris.

Agreed. Though it's obvious the novel by King had a lot more detail & scenes, - the mini-series is extremely well-done, and one of the best - if not THE best & most faithful adaptations of a SK novel I've ever seen.

[Blades1370]

Originally Posted by AnamorphicWidescreen

I re-watched the regular DVD set a while back & did enjoy this, despite the just OK PQ.

The reason for the sub-par PQ was the mini-series was shot in 16mm film if memory serves correct.

Beyond a newer and better comprehensive 2k scan, it's still never going to amazing.

[OneWayFilms]

If Steven King's IT & SALEM'S LOT can be released on bluray....How is it that we haven't seen THE STAND yet? It's just as popular and classic as the other two that WERE released.

I really hope someone will pursue this and allow us an HD copy of this amazing and classic story on bluray.

[MrVorhees]

+1 for 'The Stand' on Blu-ray. The DVD PQ here is horrible.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

If Steven King's IT & SALEM'S LOT can be released on bluray....How is it that we haven't seen THE STAND yet? It's just as popular and classic as the other two that WERE released.

I really hope someone will pursue this and allow us an HD copy of this amazing and classic story on bluray.

The Stand was shot on 16 mm film but all of the post production was done on tape. I guess that prevents a HD release "without a star trek style makeover being performed."*

*per bb8977

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by Spooked

The Stand was shot on 16 mm film but all of the post production was done on tape. I guess that prevents a HD release "without a star trek style makeover being performed."*

*per bb8977

Was The Tommyknockers also affected?

[kire1966]

Would love to see The Stand & Langoliers on BD.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

Was The Tommyknockers also affected?

I have no idea regarding that one. Although I own the 2 disc DVD release, I can't imagine anyone wanting to pay to press a run of Blu-ray copies. I don't think they'd make their money back. (I guess we'll see what happens if the James Wan adaptation continues on and is released...)

[leguigui]

Originally Posted by kire1966

Would love to see The Stand & Langoliers on BD.

Me too, but I don’t expect anything from Paramount anymore.

[Cortiz]

I picked up a DVD copy recently for $5 bucks at Wally World. The PQ is atrocious. I really hope we get a Blu ray someday. How is the PQ in the long OOP Artisan DVD? Is it better than the current Paramount release?

[Filmmaker]

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