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post #1 of 435
12/19/11 at 3:18pm
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From blu-ray.com ......

Hopefully a US announcement will follow closely.......

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Lawrence of Arabia Gets UK Release Date

Posted December 19, 2011 04:19 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures

In an early announcement to retailers, the UK branch of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray director David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Exact technical specs, region coding status and supplemental features to be included on this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary street date set by the studio is June 4th.

Note: A preliminary release date for the U.S. has not been revealed yet.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=7922
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post #2 of 435
12/19/11 at 3:27pm
LOL!
I just sent a PM to Rob Tomlin (AVS's #1 LoA freak) about this announcement....
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post #3 of 435
12/19/11 at 3:42pm
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LOL!
I just sent a PM to Rob Tomlin (AVS's #1 LoA freak) about this announcement....

He's the first person I thought of when I read it!
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post #4 of 435
12/19/11 at 3:53pm
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He's the first person I thought of when I read it!

Power of the avatar.
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post #5 of 435
12/19/11 at 7:55pm
Gee whiz, golly jeepers, it must of taken 5 years for So-knee to count up the winning votes for Lawrence Of Arabia after THEIR little election about what to release on BD back in '07.
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post #6 of 435
12/19/11 at 8:03pm
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Gee whiz, golly jeepers, it must of taken 5 years for So-knee to count up the winning votes for Lawrence Of Arabia after THEIR little election about what to release on BD back in '07.

It's called 'film restoration' and it's a nice thing to do.
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post #7 of 435
12/19/11 at 8:06pm
50th Anniversary.
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post #8 of 435
12/19/11 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by Rachael Bellomy View Post

Gee whiz, golly jeepers, it must of taken 5 years for So-knee to count up the winning votes for Lawrence Of Arabia after THEIR little election about what to release on BD back in '07.

If it had been released in '07 it would not have ended up looking as good as what it will look like next year due to the 8K restoration.

As to how much worse it would have looked, who knows, but at least we know it's coming now.
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post #9 of 435
12/19/11 at 8:55pm
I hope it'll be worth the wait. I hope Sony isn't kidding this time. They're famous kidders.
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post #10 of 435
12/19/11 at 9:31pm
Just hook it to my vains!
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post #11 of 435
12/19/11 at 10:03pm
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Originally Posted by oink View Post

LOL!
I just sent a PM to Rob Tomlin (AVS's #1 LoA freak) about this announcement....




Like I've been saying for the last year or two, since they had waited this long, it was obvious that they would wait until 2012 for the 50th Anniversary.

Needless to say: can't wait!
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post #12 of 435
12/20/11 at 12:16am
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Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX View Post

If it had been released in '07 it would not have ended up looking as good as what it will look like next year due to the 8K restoration.

As to how much worse it would have looked, who knows, but at least we know it's coming now.

Since we have waited THIS long I don't mind waiting a little longer for 8K.
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post #13 of 435
12/20/11 at 12:42am
Is all well and good, but where is good burger?
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post #14 of 435
12/20/11 at 1:17am
Preliminary artwork from Blu-ray.com & Amazon.uk ....

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post #15 of 435
12/20/11 at 7:05am
ARTWORK NOT FINAL

One would hope not.
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post #16 of 435
12/20/11 at 7:17am
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50th Anniversary.

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Just hook it to my vains!

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Since we have waited THIS long I don't mind waiting a little longer for 8K.

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ARTWORK NOT FINAL
One would hope not.

Like Ben-Hur, I'm very excited for this! Also like Ben-Hur, I'll probably just buy the UK film-only version so I can get it ASAP. My calendar is marked!
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post #17 of 435
12/20/11 at 9:06am
I'll wait for the best cover...
JJ!!
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post #18 of 435
12/20/11 at 9:32am
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Originally Posted by Shaded Dogfood View Post

ARTWORK NOT FINAL

One would hope not.

It matches the gold series in the UK
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post #19 of 435
12/20/11 at 3:20pm
Artwork is not that bad if thats what is final.... what exactly were you guys expecting?
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post #20 of 435
12/20/11 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX View Post

Artwork is not that bad if thats what is final.... what exactly were you guys expecting?

This:


Or this:


Or even this:
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post #21 of 435
12/20/11 at 7:03pm
the wait has been so long, I was beginning to think sony had damaged the master or something... and then we'd have "nothing is written"

I'm with rob tomlin on this one - LoA is the best movie ever made
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post #22 of 435
12/20/11 at 8:58pm
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Originally Posted by thebard View Post

This:


Or this:


Or even this:


What about this?

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post #23 of 435
12/21/11 at 4:47am
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Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin View Post

What about this?


I guess that all depends if they want orange or teal.


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post #24 of 435
12/21/11 at 4:52am
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Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin View Post

What about this?


To be honest, I'm just sick of the floating heads. It may have originally worked fine for poster art, but the prevalence of releases these days that either take what was decent imagery and slap floating heads on top of it, or dispense with the decent imagery altogether, are cheapening the look.

Iconic:

Cheap:


Intriguing:

Cheap:


Acceptable:

Cheap:


Intense:

Cheap:


You get the idea.
LOA deserves a cover that is grandiose and iconic.
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post #25 of 435
12/21/11 at 8:05am
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To be honest, I'm just sick of the floating heads. It may have originally worked fine for poster art, but the prevalence of releases these days that either take what was decent imagery and slap floating heads on top of it, or dispense with the decent imagery altogether, are cheapening the look.



You get the idea.
LOA deserves a cover that is grandiose and iconic.

Indeed!
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post #26 of 435
12/21/11 at 11:24am
I'm personally tired of the terribly photoshopped covers of Peter O'Toole in front of bland monocolored "epic" scenery myself. Give us something new, Sony!
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post #27 of 435
12/21/11 at 11:47am
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Give us something new, Sony!

Or something old!
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post #28 of 435
12/21/11 at 12:08pm
Of all the things to fret over about the upcoming, long-delayed, highly desired LoA BD, coverart should be the least of our worries....
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post #29 of 435
12/21/11 at 12:13pm
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Of all the things to fret over about the upcoming, long-delayed, highly desired LoA BD, coverart should be the least of our worries....

Add long as it's not the purple one I am cool, and it's the same team as Kwai so no need to worry about the disc.
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post #30 of 435
12/21/11 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by dvdmike007 View Post

...it's the same team as Kwai so no need to worry about the disc.

My sentiments exactly. With Robert Harris involved, and Sony's commitment to catalog titles, there should be no reason for concern.

Right?


(Right?)
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