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Idea & Info: 'Trainspotting: Uncut Remastered' HD? - any interest?

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Hello,

I’ve just been exploring the HD/BD history of the wonderful landmark movie Trainspotting (hope there are more fans here), and it’s such a mess! So, just to re-cap for courtesy, here are basically all the releases ranked from best quality to worst quality—

  1. US BD/New CA BD- best video and audio—uses a newer, more recent HD master— BUT it’s cut (sex scene and shooting-up scene)- okay special features

  2. JPN BD- decent HD release- uses the old uncut HD master (likely used for the DVDs)- okay special features- may have British alternative audio track(?)

  3. Universal BDs (DE, FR, ES, etc.)- decent HD releases- uses the old HD master BUT is cut like the US BD (DE may be uncut for shooting up but sex scene is edited)

  4. First CA BD- from Alliance- uses the old HD master and is compressed to fit a BD25- only 13GB and no English subs (somewhat necessary for making sense of the Scottish dialogue)

  5. UK BD- most special features (including newly-made exclusive featurette with the cast in 2009 reflecting on the movie) and awesome steelbook BUT has worst video (some bizarre stuttering/encoding issues)- no lossless audio

Ideally, it would be the best to take the US BD and edit back in the unrated bits from the JPN BD (OOP but available) and then patch in the missing audio with the JPN BD as well. That would make the ultimate available Trainspotting experience.

That being said, any forum members up for the challenge? I may be able to provide the uncut footage if necessary.

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i have the jap release and pretty happy with it.

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Yeah, it is the best retail choice, but a better version could still be made with the US Remastered video. The Japanese version is sadly hampered by the age of its master.

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Was the old Miramax DVD released in the U.S. a cut version?  I had no idea at the time... I assumed it was intact.  Very interesting.  Great film, too.  One of the legends of '90s Independent Films.
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Okay I checked and found out that the U.S. Miramax CE DVD was the uncut European version with the original soundtrack intact.  The U.S. BD was indeed cut.  That sucks.  This project is definitely of interest as this film deserves a perfect HD release.
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Anyone, out of curiosity, have an LD-rip of the theatrical stereo synced to the US BD?

I was considering trying to attempt the project I propositioned in spare time since I have access now to both the US and JPN BDs.

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The Criterion laserdisc had the soundtrack in both PCM and in Dolby AC-3. I don't know if the 5.1 track is a different mix than the DVD… if it's the same, the DVD delivers it at a higher bitrate.

“That’s impossible, even for a computer!”

“You don't do ‘Star Wars’ in Dobly.”

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FYI, I have the Criterion laserdisc.  I don't have an RF demodulator to grab the AC3, but I should be able to capture the PCM soundtrack if that's useful.  PM me if you're interested.