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ValenStudios
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changes to lion king IMAX release
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21-Mar-2022, 1:22 PM

Just on a semi-correction on your list, we don’t exactly know how much the colors were regraded, if at all, for the 20002 IMAX/2003 DVD version. All we do know so far is converting CAPS files to 35mm prints in 1994 were always gonna look inaccurate to said CAPS files to begin with, add an extra layer of converting that 35mm print and reprint it multiple times and replayed multiple to where it will wear out over time, and convert the 35mm version they have to a composite signal laserdisc master, it’s not easy to say if the theatrical run was accurate to begin with. Although I will say comparing the 2002 IMAX/2003 DVD version (which is the first time we see the CAPS files as is) to the 1995 laserdisc and I gotta say a good chunk of the colors in that version match (with exceptions) and comparing those two versions to the 2011 Blu-ray, it seems the color regrading was really starting there.

1995 Deluxe CAV letterboxed Laserdisc
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/680384972527501314/955493693358485504/Screenshot_20220321-0836292.png
2002 IMAX/2003 Special Edition DVD (although through a TV airing)
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/680384972527501314/955493693681451058/Screenshot_20220321-0829394.png
2011 Diamond Edition Blu-ray
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/680384972527501314/955493694033789028/Screenshot_20220321-0826042.png