Hi,

I’ve been watching this project/thread for a while, and whilst I’m sure you guys have exceptional references for theatrical colour grading already, I thought I’d offer some input:

As one of my all time favourite movies, I’ve got a wide selection of transfers of this film from various home video releases and TV recordings. Often, people are quick to regrade everything to Laserdisc colours, but with this project having two scanned prints of differing colours, I thought I’d mention that the first set of screenshots (darker blue/green tint to Ash) you posted are highly likely to be more ‘1979 theatrically accurate’ than the cleaner ‘whiter’ screenshot of Ash from the second print. This is based on the very first pre-cert VHS release, and the very first USA TV airing, both sharing colours much closer to ‘print 1’ and hold up when cross referenced to theatrical lobby cards/early promo stills. Interestingly, the second ever USA TV airing shared similarities with your second print. If you like, I can contribute some screencaptures? 😃

Also, silly question, but where will this release be made available when it is ready? Will myspleen be a good shout? (I’m not as familiar with releases on original trilogy or how to get involved, but I’d like to!) 😃

Apologies if this looks like a duplicate post, I posted a while ago some months back but I cant see it in the convo anywhere