Harmy said:
So, the BD version isn't the theatrical cut?
The original 1973 theatrical cut a.k.a. the studio cut have never been released on home video, the BD contains the 25th anniversary edition which is basically the 1978 Re-release cut but with new opening titles and some retinting of the portraits in the epilogue (they were originally in sepia). The differences between the cuts are nowhere near as drastic as with THX 1138. Lucas was able to restore a few scenes that had been taken out by the studio in its original release after his success with Star Wars, and create his director's cut that got a limited release in '78 (the same thing happened with THX 1138 that same year). They also took the opportunity to remix the audio in Dolby Stereo for the reissue.
Scenes that was inserted:
- The Louie, Louie sequence at the hop.
- Terry's exchange at the used car lot just before the first hop sequence.
- Bob Falfa singing Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific after he picks up Laurie.
According to IMDB:
"In the original release, John Milner is listed as having been killed by a drunk driver in June of 1964 in the closing segment just before the final credits. When the movie was reedited in 1978, the date of his death was changed to December of 1964, most likely in anticipation of the release of its sequel, More American Graffiti."
I personally think both the 2004 NTSC DVD and BD release are perfectly fine transfers, I don't own it myself but recall the BD had the warm color palette back that was missing on the previous DVD transfer.
captainsolo said:
Just to clarify, where does the project stand? I knew you were doing averages of the captures Silver did and had had some trouble trying to sync audio and IVTC.
Thanks for the support guys! At this rate we might have an official release before I'm done. ;)
Besides my own technical issues along the way, there was some weird hiccups in the captures causing different frame counts between them, one part was actually impossible to IVTC in the one capture I'm using for the main bulk of the transfer but I restored those frames from one of the other captures.
Due to this weird video glitch I didn't want to use the audio from that capture for fear of it being affected in some ways like the video. So I took the audio from one of the other captures but couldn't get it to sync for some reason. But then I was reminded by these odd frame differences between captures. So what I need to do is locate these points where this capture differ or just use the audio from the main source that is used and be done with it.