It’s not the same movie.
Everything is recut, recomposited, recolored, backgrounds repainted, some scenes re-animated in cheap ‘flash’ looking animation for 3d effect, completely rescored and redubbed.
It might look the same at a glance but not a single frame is identical.
Hi satanika,
Are you by any chance aware that a newly fully digitally-restored version of Uproar In Heaven was exhibited in Shanghai Int’l Film Festival this year in June?
From what I read in News, the restoration was commissioned by SAFS to digital media tech. co. of Western Movie Group in Xi’an China in March 2013, which was completed in 5 months. I didn’t have the chance to witness it in person, but according to the report, the result is a faithful 114-min-long, hand-cleaned, colour-corrected, audio-adjusted version of the original. Obviously considered an worthy enticement, it is the major motif of the film festival’s official poster, as you can see from the link below.
http://n.sinaimg.cn/ent/transform/759/w630h929/20190527/474e-hxntqyz2206172.jpg
No news on when or if this will be in wider release though…
I registered just to post this to you 😃 For the last ten years, your restoration has been the only decent version I, and I am sure many others as well, could enjoy here in China, where everyone loves monkey King. A big THANK YOU for that!
😃
Yi
