egcarter
04-13-07, 06:20 PM
Image Entertainment has acquired exclusive North American rights to several films produced by Jeremy Thomas, including 1987's nine-Oscar winner THE LAST EMPEROR by Bernardo Bertolucci and MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE, starring David Bowie.
New high-definition masters will be created for movie-only Image release and Criterion Collection special editions.
Image releases in the HD DVD format (DISCOVERY ATLAS series...HEART LIVE IN SEATTLE, BARRY MANILOW, etc). No definitive word on HD video releases for the acquisions as yet, but the 20th Anniversary of the theatrical release of THE LAST EMPEROR is December 18, 2007.
drsimnal
04-13-07, 06:29 PM
That's great. I've had the Last Emporer in my queue at netflix for a year and a half, but it apparently is not available at all...just shows as availability: unknown. I've always thought that strange for such a highly regarded movie.
HD-DVDwonder
04-13-07, 07:48 PM
We need this film on HD DVD, its one of Bertolucci's best. The DVD releases are abominable - just a crappy non-16:9 print. For a Best Picture Winner - I've been waiting for a re-release or HD DVD
edo9125
04-13-07, 08:11 PM
What pisses me off is that Paramount recently released 1900 and The Conformist on newly remastered dvds. Why didnt the release it on HD DVD also?
They released Reds on HD DVD a couple of weeks before their release and it fits the same genre (Intellectual Historical European Epics fom 70's and early 80's never released on dvd before).
I really like Bertolucci and hope his films continue to get attention, I have the Artisan Last Emperor dvd and it is terrible 224 mins on a single dvd, a remastered dvd would be welcomed but Iam really hoping for HD.
AaronSCH
04-14-07, 01:10 PM
Image Entertainment has acquired exclusive North American rights to several films produced by Jeremy Thomas, including 1987's nine-Oscar winner THE LAST EMPEROR by Bernardo Bertolucci and MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE, starring David Bowie.
...Image releases in the HD DVD format (DISCOVERY ATLAS series...HEART LIVE IN SEATTLE, BARRY MANILOW, etc)...
Let's just hope that they use the keep cases instead of the cardboard atrocities that house the Discovery Atlas series when they get around to HD DVD and Blu-ray.