It's a Wonderful Life 4K UHD (1946)

[Pieter V]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 4K Blu-ray

It's a Wonderful Life 4K Blu-ray

Return to Bedford Falls to experience the life-affirming message of director Frank Capra's enduringly popular classic all over again when IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE arrives on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time ever October 29, 2019. Fully restored from the original negative IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE in 4K delivers amazing clarity with sharper and brighter images for a sensational home viewing experience.

Paramount spent over a year painstakingly restoring this treasured film, using the original nitrate negative along with two fine grain masters made in the 1940s. Each element was carefully scanned using the very latest technology to both preserve the delicate negative and create the best possible digital image. Fortunately, 13 of the 14 reels of the original negative survived, but portions had begun to deteriorate so the best image was selected from one of the three original sources on a shot-by-shot basis. The result is a more vibrant and detail-rich picture that brings this classic to life like never before.

The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack includes the black-and-white film in 4K high definition, as well as a colorized version on Blu-ray, along with three special features new to 4K Ultra HD disc: "Restoring a Beloved Classic," "Secrets from the Vault," and "It's A Wonderful Wrap Party." A 2-Disc Blu-ray set will also be available that includes the newly remastered film in black-and-white, along with a colorized version and the three special features listed above.

[brainofj72]

Hallelujah!

[bradnoyes]

*bell rings*

[amory87]

What a great year for the format

[brainofj72]

Oldest film on the format, and the first classic B&W title, I believe. Can’t wait!

[SeeMoreDigital]

What... No colourised (or should that be colorized) version?

EDIT: It does offer the colorized version. But in 2K

[Poya]

“I wanna live again! I wanna live again!”

Never fails to make me cry. The film isn’t afraid to get dark, knowing that it’s happy ending will mean even more.

[ROSS.T.G.]

Wow, huge announcement. Paramount has been so quite this year. Great news.

[xxnomad]

ohhhhh baby.

[Geoffrey Firmin]

[imsounoriginal]

Echoing my thoughts from the other thread -- not something I need to own but glad it's happening nonetheless.

[Darth Marcus]

Yes, George, and I want it on the cover of the 4K.

[ROSS.T.G.]

I screened the BD for my lady last Christmas and she loved it. It’s been years since I watched it. It’s great to see a Holiday classic get some love. Come Christmas Vacation and Home Alone.

[worldchmps]

The black and white version will have HDR? What’s the point? The Blu ray and digital HD versions are great as it is. I don’t see a need for this beyond making money.

[ROSS.T.G.]

Originally Posted by worldchmps

The black and white version will have HDR? What’s the point? The Blu ray and digital HD versions are great as it is. I don’t see a need for this beyond making money.

Wtf are you talking about?

[gkolb]

Go Paramount, Go Paramount, Go Paramount!!!

Frank Capra in 4K. This is the icing on top of Sony’s release of Capra movies on bd.

[Britnasty]

Day frigging one!

[reanimator]

Yay!

[filmbuffTX]

Nice, personal Top 10 movie for me. I’m glad I resisted buying the “Platinum Anniversary Edition” from 3 years ago. Happy that the standard Blu-ray will have the remaster as well.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

Nice, personal Top 10 movie for me. I’m glad I resisted buying the “Platinum Anniversary Edition” from 3 years ago. Happy that the standard Blu-ray will have the remaster as well.

Sounds like the remastered BD is only available via the standalone BD release. The BD that comes with the 4K disc will have the colorized version. Unless it's just a poorly written press release.