'Lonesome Dove' (2-Disc Collector's Edition) Blu-ray. SteelBook 7/2019

[Jimbo976]

Lonesome Dove Blu-ray SteelBook



Lonesome Dove Blu-ray



Lonesome Dove Blu-ray




The Amazon pre-order and listing is there for Aug. 19. Seems to be priced the same as a day and date but it is a 2-disc special edition.

Supplemental features have been packed onto two discs and include The Making of An Epic: a never before-seen 50 minute featurette; a new interview with Director Simon Wincer; a Lonesome Dove Montage featuring an original score by Basil Poledouris; the original interviews on the set with author Larry McMurtry and the whole cast; and a photo gallery of Lonesome Dove original sketches, casting notes, and other materials.

This would be the first Blu-ray from Genius Products which is great news!!

[NoQuestion]

if this is truely their first title then that us great news. We should be getting a pre-release shortly.

[JaylisJayP]

I'll buy it if it's true.

[foots]

Originally Posted by JaylisJayP

I'll buy it if it's true.

Same here. Great movie!

[hoosier2007]

I will buy it for sure, what a classic!!

[NoQuestion]

hopefully its not a digibook

[NoQuestion]

hidefsigest has this now on their release schedule, so expect an official announcement shortly

[#Darren]

Was Lonesome Dove filmed in Hi Def or on film?

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by iDarren

Was Lonesome Dove filmed in Hi Def or on film?

Preceded highdef -- the last DVD did not exactly inspire awe in terms of video quality, and that's putting it mildly.

[Jimbo976]

Some more info...

"RHI Entertainment and distributor Genius Entertainment have announced a new "2-disc collector's edition" coming to both SDVD and Blu-ray, of the original 1989 Lonesome Dove mini-series. The classic production stars Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Angelica Huston, Frederic Forrest, Danny Glover, Robert Urich, Chris Cooper, and Steve Buscemi, and comes out in this new version on August 19th.

The episodes have been digitally remastered for the first time, and as such are presented for the first time in widescreen, and with 5.1 Surround Sound. Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions will come in collectible "O-Ring" packaging. These two versions will also include the following bonus material:

1. The Making Of An Epic (50 min.). New, never before available featurette.
2. New interview with director Simon Wincer.
3. Lonesome Dove Montage with Original Score by Basil Poledouris.
4. Original interviews on the set with Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Diane Lane, and the rest of the cast.
5. Photo gallery of Lonesome Dove original sketches, casting notes, etc.
6. Collectible reprint of the original t.v. poster.
7. Hand written letter from director Simon Wincer.

Additionally, the Blu-ray version also notes a "Full 6-hour commentary from director Simon Wincer" among the extras which is not listed among the supplements on the SDVD edition.

Package art is not available for either version yet. The Blu-ray disc release of Lonesome Dove - 2-Disc Collector's Edition has a list price of $39.92. However, you can pre-order from Amazon for $27.99 as of this writing. The SDVD edition isn't listed on Amazon yet but will sell for $19.95. DVD Empire is taking pre-orders for the SDVD release for $14.17 at this time."

[Alan Gordon]

Cover Art available on DVDActive.com.

~Alan

[tvted]

One of my yearly must-watch titles.
I will be interested to see whether the 1.78 presentation is protected for or cropped 4:3.

ted

[toef]

Originally Posted by tvted

One of my yearly must-watch titles.
I will be interested to see whether the 1.78 presentation is protected for or cropped 4:3.

ted

As long as it's not a cropped 4:3, I'm sold. I'm a recently converted Western fan (within the past few years), and this is among my favorites. I still need to pick up the BD version of The Wild Bunch, but I'm a bit hesitant because it was only recently that I got the 2-disc remastered DVD.

[WickyWoo]

Depends.

The only example of a TV movie done for 1.85:1 I can think of is V, cause Kennth Johnson always thought of it as bigger, and it was standard practice at the time to send a lot of TV movies overseas to theaters

[Riff Magnum]

"Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions will come in collectible "O-Ring" packaging."


Uh-oh, that's not gonna look very uniform on my shelf.

[tvted]

Originally Posted by toefer

As long as it's not a cropped 4:3, I'm sold. I'm a recently converted Western fan (within the past few years), and this is among my favorites. I still need to pick up the BD version of The Wild Bunch, but I'm a bit hesitant because it was only recently that I got the 2-disc remastered DVD.

I would bet cropped from 4:3, but I will wait to pass judgement. This was always about characters and their values for me, not grand vistas.

I recall ("Ah, but I was so much older then") having seen The Wild Bunch 8 times in one year. I too had purchased a Peckinpah (he can do no wrong IMO) box set of his westerns early 2006. I started purchasing BD in July '06. Yes I've The WIld Bunch on BD. I'm likely to buy it again, should a provably better version emerge. (I'm such a loser). It's the price you pay for caring about some things.

If you haven't already done so, I recommend at least a viewing of The Searchers and the soon to be released The Professionals.

June is going to be an expensive month for me, as outside of the contemporary film I want like There Will Be Blood and Persepolis, there are all those damn war movies like Patton and The Longest Day. I guess the kid has to skip her piano and dance lessons.

ted

[tvted]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

"Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions will come in collectible "O-Ring" packaging."


Uh-oh, that's not gonna look very uniform on my shelf.

I believe you are kidding, but if people feel this way, I've to wonder whether books are on their shelves.

ted

[toef]

Originally Posted by tvted

If you haven't already done so, I recommend at least a viewing of The Searchers and the soon to be released The Professionals.

Thanks for the recommendations. I vaguely remember seeing The Searchers at some point a few years ago, but have recently thought of giving it another look (now that it's on BD). The Professionals I was unaware of, and will look out for.

[tvted]

Originally Posted by toefer

Thanks for the recommendations. I vaguely remember seeing The Searchers at some point a few years ago, but have recently thought of giving it another look (now that it's on BD). The Professionals I was unaware of, and will look out for.

The Searchers is after all made by John Ford who made many great films and deals with classic Ford themes of Family, manhood, honour and explores the issue of racism, beautifully shot in Monument Valley I might add, and the BD is of surprising quality for an old timer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(film)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ight=searchers

The Professionals has Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan (The Wild Bunch) and Woody Strode & Claudia Cardinale (both of Once Upon a Time in the West). Good fun, how could you go wrong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(film)

One thing that the episodic nature of Lonesome Dove enables is the sheer grandeur and sweep of the storyline.

ted

[#Darren]

Re 4x3 or 16x9 - it all comes down to how it was originally shot. If it was shot and framed for 4x3 then I would want it on Blu ray in that format. Also I'm wondering if this will be true hi-def or just upscaled?