Grand Prix May 31th Official Thread - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Aerodude73 · 03-02-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BillyJack

Hopefully they can get some new interviews with Garner! I also like The Rockford Files (and Maverick too)!

James Garner is living legend IMO.

Yea, that'd be nice, though possibly difficult (as he's pretty much retired from the limelight). But, maybe he could have been persuaded to give a few minutes of his time for new material on this release (we hope, anyway)

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Originally Posted by Beaucamper

Brings back great memories. I saw Grand Prix at the Tokyo Cinerama in June '66, on R&R from Vietnam, during a splendid week in Japan.

Beautiful big Cinerama theater. Grand Prix was in English with Japanese subtitles.

Director John Frankenheimer said of James Garner's handling of the Formula One racer, that had Garner not chosen be a movie star, he could easily have had a great career as a race car driver.

That's cool, Frankenheimer would know. Garner & McQueen both.

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Originally Posted by beyond 1000

I'm also 46 and I have this on DVD and have seen this movie on HD DVD. It is a masterpiece especially on HD DVD. I think Bluray will top even the HD picture. Superb movie. Can't wait.

For $13.99 too, I'll prob. try to preorder this one soon. Blind buy without any worries. What a concept!

MEB · 03-03-2011, 12:22 AM

Amazon is now showing May 24 as the release date for Grand Prix on Blu.

Mark

Cinemave · 03-03-2011, 03:34 PM

A great example of Super Panavision 70, and I hope it’s presented here in the 2.20:1 ratio. I wish they gave this the “SmileBox” treatment like HTWWW..

Aw heck, ordered. I saw this when it first came out in a CINERAMA theatre, that makes it a must-buy.

42041 · 03-03-2011, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinemave

A great example of Super Panavision 70, and I hope it’s presented here in the 2.20:1 ratio. I wish they gave this the “SmileBox” treatment like HTWWW.

I don't think smilebox makes much sense here, since you're not getting the geometry issues resulting from converting 3-camera Cinerama to a flat screen...

silentblu · 04-07-2011, 09:02 PM

On TCM right now. At intermission.

Dubstar · 04-08-2011, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinemave

A great example of Super Panavision 70, and I hope it’s presented here in the 2.20:1 ratio. I wish they gave this the “SmileBox” treatment like HTWWW..

Aw heck, ordered. I saw this when it first came out in a CINERAMA theatre, that makes it a must-buy.

a film with a wider aspect ratio of 2.55 would be suitable for smileboxing but for 2.20 - it wouldn't be THAT beneficial.

goldie1970 · 04-15-2011, 04:32 PM

Grand Prix the Tuesday before Indy500, Le Mans the Tuesday after. What a great month!

typ44q · 04-15-2011, 05:35 PM

I had this on HD-DVD and it looked stunning!
If you are a racing enthusiast this movie is a must have movie.

TRD74 · 05-10-2011, 09:05 AM

Will this be region free?

Simon Lewis · 05-10-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TRD74

Will this be region free?

Its from Warner and they are almost always region free.

Strevlac · 05-10-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dubstar

a film with a wider aspect ratio of 2.55 would be suitable for smileboxing but for 2.20 - it wouldn't be THAT beneficial.

For all those people who keep saying "this would be great in smilebox!" and "they should have included a smilebox version!":

The smilebox version of How the West Was Won was intended as an attempt to replicate the look of 3-camera Cinerama films as they would have been experienced on the huge, deeply-curved screen in specially built Cinerama theaters, and the requisite image distortion that goes along with it. That's it. The only films where a smilebox presentation would be relevant would be other 3-camera Cinerama films, of which there are only a handful.

Lucky_Zucky · 05-10-2011, 05:23 PM

I believe Steve McQueen's Le Mans is released the same day as this. I'll definitely be picking up Le Mans before Grand Prix.

PRO-630HD · 05-17-2011, 03:18 AM

They just posted the review and state it is a new transfer. Do we really know this? Just because it sports an AVC encode doesn't mean the master is new. It easily could be the master used for the hddvd with a new encode.

JMK · 05-17-2011, 03:57 AM

I actually didn't state that it was a new transfer, but I have reworded that sentence to make it clear I'm discussing a new encode.

shinseiRomeo · 05-17-2011, 06:11 AM

Review is live:

Grand Prix Blu-ray Review

ifireun · 05-17-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by shinseiRomeo

Review is live:
Grand Prix Blu-ray Review

A very good review, and they confirmed that Warner did an excellent job with the PQ and AQ, which is important for a this iconic film. This will be my fourth dip - VHS, DVD, HD-DVD and finally BD. Definitely looking forward to this delivery dropping through my mail slot.

Brett C · 05-17-2011, 06:04 PM

Will retire my HD-DVD with this...

Tweety · 05-17-2011, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon Lewis

Its from Warner and they are almost always region free.

I see that it has German, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish subtitles, so it must be at least region A & B

beyond 1000 · 05-20-2011, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by typ44q

I had this on HD-DVD and it looked stunning!
If you are a racing enthusiast this movie is a must have movie.

I have seen this movie in my friend's HD DVD and I must say it looked stunning. I can't wait to see this on Blu ray.

The Blufather · 05-27-2011, 09:14 AM

Just rented the dvd from Netflix and after watching it, will be picking it up on blu. Very good movie, great racing shots.

03-03-2011, 03:34 PM	#23
Cinemave Senior Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Chicago Blu-ray collection:399 Blu-ray reviews: 9	A great example of Super Panavision 70, and I hope it’s presented here in the 2.20:1 ratio. I wish they gave this the “SmileBox” treatment like HTWWW.. Aw heck, ordered. I saw this when it first came out in a CINERAMA theatre, that makes it a must-buy. Last edited by Cinemave; 03-03-2011 at 03:58 PM.

03-03-2011, 12:22 AM	#22
MEB Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2009 Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:151 Blu-ray collection:1446 DVD collection:71 iTunes collection:21 Trading Score:1	Amazon is now showing May 24 as the release date for Grand Prix on Blu. Mark

04-07-2011, 09:02 PM	#25
silentblu Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:40 Blu-ray collection:737	On TCM right now. At intermission.

04-15-2011, 04:32 PM	#27
goldie1970 Power Member Member since:Dec 2008 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:636 Trading Score:6	Grand Prix the Tuesday before Indy500, Le Mans the Tuesday after. What a great month!

04-15-2011, 05:35 PM	#28
typ44q Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 4K collection:61 Blu-ray collection:624 DVD collection:70 Trading Score:1	I had this on HD-DVD and it looked stunning! If you are a racing enthusiast this movie is a must have movie.

05-10-2011, 09:05 AM	#29
TRD74 New Member Member since:May 2011	Will this be region free?

05-10-2011, 05:23 PM	#32
Lucky_Zucky Active Member Member since:Feb 2011 Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:227 DVD collection:3 Trading Score:29	I believe Steve McQueen's Le Mans is released the same day as this. I'll definitely be picking up Le Mans before Grand Prix.

05-17-2011, 03:18 AM	#33
PRO-630HD Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2009 Blu-ray reviews: 1	They just posted the review and state it is a new transfer. Do we really know this? Just because it sports an AVC encode doesn't mean the master is new. It easily could be the master used for the hddvd with a new encode.

05-17-2011, 03:57 AM	#34
JMK Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:3	I actually didn't state that it was a new transfer, but I have reworded that sentence to make it clear I'm discussing a new encode.

05-17-2011, 06:11 AM	#35
shinseiRomeo Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:US Blu-ray collection:1179 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:30	Review is live: Grand Prix Blu-ray Review

05-17-2011, 06:04 PM	#37
Brett C Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Home Theater Gallery:36 4K collection:567 Blu-ray collection:4458 DVD collection:384 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:247	Will retire my HD-DVD with this...

05-27-2011, 09:14 AM	#40
The Blufather Active Member Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:106 Blu-ray collection:630	Just rented the dvd from Netflix and after watching it, will be picking it up on blu. Very good movie, great racing shots.

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