West Side Story 4K UHD (2021)

[Geoff D]

Oh at last, somebody gets it. Only took six fookin years

[Bolty]

What's the freaking deal with the studios and releasing classic musicals?
No Oklahoma, no sound of music, no Seven Brides, no King and I, no Little Shop of Horrors, no Annie, no Fiddler on the Roof, no Cabaret, Etc.

Hopefully the upcoming Singing in the Rain will open the floodgates.

[urbo73]

Originally Posted by Farerb

That's the smart move, but it doesn't seem like MGM is interested.

Cuz nobody's buying my friend. That's a good reason as any.

[lgans316]

West Side Story

UK iTunes
MGM
4K - DV - DD - HEVC
Average video bit rate: 25.21 Mbps
Peak video bit rate: 30.45 Mbps
Audio: 384 Kbps DD

Has the potential to look stunning.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Bolty

Hopefully the upcoming Singing in the Rain will open the floodgates.

Hopefully the upcoming Little Shop of Horrors will as well.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2391023/

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by lgans316

West Side Story

UK iTunes
MGM
4K - DV - DD - HEVC
Average video bit rate: 25.21 Mbps
Peak video bit rate: 30.45 Mbps
Audio: 384 Kbps DD

Has the potential to look stunning.

The upcoming version is 2021, not 1961.

[MifuneFan]

All signs seem to point to Criterion having West Side Story (1961) so if a UHD is to come out, it would be from them.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Hopefully the upcoming Little Shop of Horrors will as well.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2391023/

As far as I know, it's not happening anymore. Not sure why anyone would want a remake when the original has Ellen Greene.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by Bolty

What's the freaking deal with the studios and releasing classic musicals?
No Oklahoma, no sound of music, no Seven Brides, no King and I, no Little Shop of Horrors, no Annie, no Fiddler on the Roof, no Cabaret, Etc.

Hopefully the upcoming Singing in the Rain will open the floodgates.

When I think of classic musicals I think of Fox, WB, and MGM. Because of this I never get my hopes up.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by bergman864

When I think of classic musicals I think of Fox, WB, and MGM. Because of this I never get my hopes up.

Well, at least there's this remake, which, according to some people, is better than the original and will be remembered 60 years from now instead.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by Farerb

Well, at least there's this remake, which, according to some people, is better than the original and will be remembered 60 years from now instead.

Eh... I'm not getting into a guessing game with retrospective opinions on modern movies (musicals in particular). It'd be nice to see them have that level of staying power.

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by urbo73

Cuz nobody's buying my friend. That's a good reason as any.

on DVD and blu-ray they were great sellers though, heck some of the classic musicals only had like 30 different releases each

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Bolty

What's the freaking deal with the studios and releasing classic musicals?
No Oklahoma, no sound of music, no Seven Brides, no King and I, no Little Shop of Horrors, no Annie, no Fiddler on the Roof, no Cabaret, Etc.

Hopefully the upcoming Singing in the Rain will open the floodgates.

some like The Sound Of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, maybe Oklahoma!?, West Side Story 1961 even have 4k DCP finished for some years now, so there isn't even any of the basic work to do, maybe some would get a slight HDR grading addition but that would be it in terms of any possible work to be done

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Oh at last, somebody gets it. Only took six fookin years

well look at Paramount
whoever "got that" got it wrong since we've gotten more catalog from them the last two years than maybe all other studios combined now

[alexdg1]

Originally Posted by Viking61

West Side Story (2021) 4K UHD Blu-ray


West Side Story (2021) will get a 4K release from Disney. Release date March 15, 2022.

The UPC number below is the Canadian one.
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I'm definitely going to order this one on 2/1.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW

well look at Paramount
whoever "got that" got it wrong since we've gotten more catalog from them the last two years than maybe all other studios combined now

But who’s talking about Paramount? This be MGM, and they not be caring a jot (see also: Fox and all the classsic musicals of theirs that Disnee have. You know, the same Disnee that’s released the smallest amount of live action catalogue UHDs out of all the majors? This really isn’t rocket science, guys).

[urbo73]

Originally Posted by Bolty

" nobody is buying." --?

How do we know if people are buying classic musicals until they start releasing some to test the waters?

Look at the industry numbers. Don’t go by forums like this where we have videophiles.

[Winslow Leach]

Great news! Can't wait to own my favorite movie of the year on 4K!

[bookcase]

This was the first and only movie that got me into a theater since before the pandemic, and I absolutely LOVED it. I cannot wait for this release!

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

But who’s talking about Paramount? This be MGM, and they not be caring a jot (see also: Fox and all the classsic musicals of theirs that Disnee have. You know, the same Disnee that’s released the smallest amount of live action catalogue UHDs out of all the majors? This really isn’t rocket science, guys).

my point was that the same was said about Paramount and now look