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post #91 of 435
5/2/12 at 7:26pm
You could say that Sony has a demented sense of humor about release schedules. At least, that's been the case in the past.
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post #92 of 435
5/3/12 at 8:01am
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Originally Posted by hconwell View Post

One thing I would expect by now is an official street date ... certainly if it's going to be available on 6/4. I wonder what's going on.


I believe that LOA is being re released in theaters prior to the Blu-ray. Thus, I do not expect the Blu-ray till Fall.
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post #93 of 435
5/3/12 at 10:16am
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I believe that LOA is being re released in theaters prior to the Blu-ray. Thus, I do not expect the Blu-ray till Fall.

Why do you believe this?
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post #94 of 435
5/3/12 at 6:28pm
I'm sure that the release will be similiar to 'Taxi Driver' - with 'Lawrence' first having it's restoration debut at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, then the 2K.4K, 70mm theatrical release before the bluray release.
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post #95 of 435
5/4/12 at 12:07am
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Originally Posted by Rachael Bellomy View Post

You could say that Sony has a demented sense of humor about release schedules. At least, that's been the case in the past.

Rachael, we are talking about LoA...and the only thing that REALLY matters is...
NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, is a bigger fan than RT...
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post #96 of 435
5/4/12 at 7:11am
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Rachael, we are talking about LoA...and the only thing that REALLY matters is...
NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, is a bigger fan than RT...

I'm a medium-sized fan. I know So-knee's ways. They like announcing audio and video discs far more than actually releasing them. They frequently are mum about delays or cancels. Given Sony's financial problems, I fear that releasing Lawrence has become less important to them.

After 5 years of waiting, I'm skeptical about their vague release plan. I hope that they surprise me.
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post #97 of 435
5/4/12 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by Rachael Bellomy View Post

After 5 years of waiting, I'm skeptical about their vague release plan.

I'll be the first to admit Sony has completely botched their LoA BD release.
The Wait has been just frickin' ridiculous....
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post #98 of 435
5/4/12 at 11:28am
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I'll be the first to admit Sony has completely botched their LoA BD release.
The Wait has been just frickin' ridiculous....

So... you don't want to see the actual product before you decide you don't like it? Yes, it's been too long and yes, it's lame that they advertised the hell out of this release when the format started. However, I do happen to know that the discs haven't just been sitting in a warehouse for years- they've been actively working on this project for the majority of that time.
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post #99 of 435
5/4/12 at 4:37pm
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So... you don't want to see the actual product before you decide you don't like it? Yes, it's been too long and yes, it's lame that they advertised the hell out of this release when the format started. However, I do happen to know that the discs haven't just been sitting in a warehouse for years- they've been actively working on this project for the majority of that time.

Quite correct.

RAH
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post #100 of 435
5/4/12 at 4:49pm
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Originally Posted by oink View Post

I'll be the first to admit Sony has completely botched their LoA BD release.
The Wait has been just frickin' ridiculous....

True. Which is why I been posting 'I will believe it when I see it'.
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post #101 of 435
5/4/12 at 4:56pm
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Yes, it's been too long and yes, it's lame that they advertised the hell out of this release when the format started.

This is what I was referring to in my post.
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post #102 of 435
5/5/12 at 1:16am
Yeah, what bunglers, instead of cramming the sorry HD master they had back in 2006 on a blu-ray they decided to actually make it look good.
If only every release was this "botched"
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post #103 of 435
5/5/12 at 7:33am
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Yeah, what bunglers, instead of cramming the sorry HD master they had back in 2006 on a blu-ray they decided to actually make it look good.

You've seen 'em?


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If only every release was this "botched"

Are you saying the MARKETING wasn't botched?
Six years since the launch of BD and they STILL haven't delivered what was promised?
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post #104 of 435
5/5/12 at 8:46am
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Are you saying the MARKETING wasn't botched?

Your comment was that the RELEASE was botched- that's what he's responding to.
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post #105 of 435
5/5/12 at 11:36am
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I'll be the first to admit Sony has completely botched their LoA BD release.
The Wait has been just frickin' ridiculous....

Yes, Sony never should have promoted Blu-ray with clips of LOA. That said I'm completely confident that by December, 2012 which is the 50th Anniversary of LOA, the Blu-ray will be available to purchase!
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post #106 of 435
5/5/12 at 6:49pm
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Your comment was that the RELEASE was botched- that's what he's responding to.

Marketing is part of the "Release" process.
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post #107 of 435
5/5/12 at 10:57pm
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Marketing is part of the "Release" process.

Yes, but most people typically interpret the use of the term "release" to indicate something inclusive of... you know... the release.
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post #108 of 435
5/5/12 at 11:38pm
im just happy this has finally made it to blu
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post #109 of 435
5/6/12 at 12:03am
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Yes, but most people typically interpret the use of the term "release" to indicate something inclusive of... you know... the release.

Physical-disk-in-hand does NOT = "Release" (from a studio's POV).
Semantics aside, I think it's safe to say no one on this forum (as yet) has the LOA BD "in hand."
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post #110 of 435
5/6/12 at 4:24am
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im just happy this has finally made it to blu

^ this.

I think it will have been worth the wait. The Blu will probably look amazing.
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post #111 of 435
5/18/12 at 2:55pm
Amazon France pre-order is up with no date, complete with photo of the deluxe edition


http://www.amazon.fr/Lawrence-dArabi...7377576&sr=1-1

and, there's a 2 disc edition for the no-swag camp.

Seems like we're getting real close.....
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post #112 of 435
5/18/12 at 6:17pm
^Nice find.
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post #113 of 435
5/19/12 at 6:34am
Now I'm getting really excited!
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post #114 of 435
5/20/12 at 11:13pm


4K... (?)
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post #115 of 435
5/21/12 at 3:16am
isn't 2700 pixels vertically 5k ?
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post #116 of 435
5/21/12 at 3:57am
The pic is more than 4K but less than 8K. Real world detail is covered with 4K. The rest is grain detail.
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post #117 of 435
5/21/12 at 4:43am
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Originally Posted by mhafner View Post

The pic is more than 4K but less than 8K. Real world detail is covered with 4K. The rest is grain detail.

The image posted is taken from a dupe of a 70mm frame from a 1988 timing print. Looks nothing like the new FotoKem image harvest.

RAH
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post #118 of 435
5/21/12 at 4:59am
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The image posted is taken from a dupe of a 70mm frame from a 1988 timing print. Looks nothing like the new FotoKem image harvest.
RAH

Excellent news. Now if we could only see some 4K stills of the current restoration.
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post #119 of 435
5/21/12 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by mhafner View Post

The pic is more than 4K but less than 8K. Real world detail is covered with 4K. The rest is grain detail.

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Originally Posted by Robert Harris View Post

The image posted is taken from a dupe of a 70mm frame from a 1988 timing print. Looks nothing like the new FotoKem image harvest.

RAH

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Originally Posted by mhafner View Post

Excellent news. Now if we could only see some 4K stills of the current restoration.

FotoKem scanned the 65mm Baraka negative at 8K (8192 x 3723)... so Lawrence of Arabia should be the same. 5-perf 65mm has an image height of .906 inches, so an 8K scan works out to just about 4,000 PPI (pixels per inch). That should meet (or exceed?) the film emulsion and lens capabilities of 50 years ago. Robert Harris would know better than I.
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post #120 of 435
5/21/12 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by Maxwell Everett View Post

FotoKem scanned the 65mm Baraka negative at 8K (8192 x 3723)... so Lawrence of Arabia should be the same. 5-perf 65mm has an image height of .906 inches, so an 8K scan works out to just about 4,000 PPI (pixels per inch). That should meet (or exceed?) the film emulsion and lens capabilities of 50 years ago. Robert Harris would know better than I.

Hired.

RAH
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