Fantastic Voyage (1966)

[Akijama]

Fantastic Voyage Blu-ray

Prepare to journey into the deepest reaches of space... inner space! Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasence and Raquel Welch in her feature-film debut, star in "one of the most ingenious, inventive, imaginative, science fiction films Hollywood has ever produced" (Citizen-News).

The science of miniaturization has been unlocked, and the army has big plans. But when a scientist carrying the secret of the process is injured in a surprise attack, a life-threatening blood clot puts him into a coma. Now, a team of adventurers will have to use the technology to travel inside his body and destroy the clot. But with the mysteries of the body's natural defenses fighting them, and a determined saboteur on board, can they locate and destroy the problem before the miniaturization wears off?

[Show spoiler]Update. Release date: October 8th.

Release date confirmed at Classicflix.com

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Bill Hunt (The Digital Bits) :



Fox will be busy next year,for sure

Good news .

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Wow, now this is something I'm really looking forward to!

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Good news .

Indeed.Fans will be glad to hear it's coming to Blu-ray from Fox themselves,not Twilight (cheaper price,etc.)

[Oscar Rothman]

Very cool news!

[oildude]

Excellent, one of my most wanted Fox releases. Can't wait for this one.

[ROclockCK]

Originally Posted by oildude

Excellent, one of my most wanted Fox releases. Can't wait for this one.

Including what they haven't announced yet oildude.

For some odd reason that only Fox marketing fully understands, they have always piggybacked their home video releases of Fantastic Voyage with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - on DVD literally as a double-feature double-sided disc. When Fox later re-released both of these titles as separate special editions under their "Cinema Classics" DVD banner, once again they hit the street almost simultaneously. So unless Fox is totally breaking with precedent here, I would bet a fin that within a month (or less) of FV, we will also see VTTBOTS. Maybe even day-and-date.

[Musicguy]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Bill Hunt (The Digital Bits) :



Fox will be busy next year,for sure

yeah, six films, they'll have to hire additional help

[Akijama]

Originally Posted by Musicguy

yeah, six films, they'll have to hire additional help

*Yawn*

Fox also announced that it will revive "Studio Classics" line in 2013 with monthly releases;hence the busy part.

[ROclockCK]

Just one of the original production stills from Fantastic Voyage:



What I always liked about this still is that it's a somewhat hard-to-find behind-the-scenes shot showing the large blue screen set used for much of this picture. In most other stills, we see this shot as a completed optical with the window matte background inserted.

[Dr Locked Her]

Originally Posted by ROclockCK

Just one of the original production stills from Fantastic Voyage:



What I always liked about this still is that it's a somewhat hard-to-find behind-the-scenes shot showing the large blue screen set used for much of this picture. In most other stills, we see this shot as a completed optical with the window matte background inserted.

The hell with the optics, my focus is on Raquel! If only that zipper was down a little more.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by Dr Locked Her

The hell with the optics, my focus is on Raquel! If only that zipper was down a little more.

"It's what turns a normal voyage into a fantastic voyage!"
Homer Simpson

[gcchifi]

Originally Posted by Dr Locked Her

The hell with the optics, my focus is on Raquel! If only that zipper was down a little more.

+1... Oh and the movie is pretty good too.

[HonestJohn]

Originally Posted by Dr Locked Her

The hell with the optics, my focus is on Raquel! If only that zipper was down a little more.

I just don't get it, you guys actually find her attractive??

[Show spoiler]

Anyway, can't wait to get a hold of this one. This use to be one of my favs as a kid and frequently shown on ABC's 4:30 Movie. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Fly often shown the same week ...

[Show spoiler]

ABC 4:30 MOVIE - YouTube

[Deciazulado]

Fantastic Voyage Blu-ray

[Akijama]

Extras:

**Commentary by Film & Music Historian Jeff Bond
**Isolated Score Track with Commentary by Film & Music Historians Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman
**Lava Lamps & Celluloid: A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage
**Storyboard-to-Scene Comparison: Whirlpool Scene
**Original Theatrical Trailer and More!

[bluknight1]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Extras:

**Commentary by Film & Music Historian Jeff Bond
**Isolated Score Track with Commentary by Film & Music Historians Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman
**Lava Lamps & Celluloid: A Tribute to the Visual Effects of Fantastic Voyage
**Storyboard-to-Scene Comparison: Whirlpool Scene
**Original Theatrical Trailer and More!

I hope that the isolated score is lossless and not just a lossy port from the DVD.

[Page14]

Excellent!!!

EDIT: I just figured out that I can subscribe to a thread without having to add a comment. So from now on, I'll try to refrain from making comments that don't add to the discussion. But in this case ... *Excellent!!!* anyway.

[BLU-RAY1450]

Wow great news, this is one on my must own list. Glad to see it finally coming out.

[bluknight1]

Fox has officially released specs on the upcoming BD release:

Lossless mono and lossless 5.1 is enough to seal a deal for me. But they have failed to specify if the IST will just be a lossy port from the DVD or a lossless upgrade. I'm hoping for the latter, but that's probably wishful thinking.