Redbreast1

CourtlyHades296 said:

I would love a Fantasia Grindhouse edition.

So would I! 😮

What an exciting project 😃😃

RadRen said:

Redbreast1 said:

Is that the German edition you are referring to? 😄

Unfortunately, the German Koch Media release is pretty bad. It’s the same transfer as the old BD but tampered with an added layer of DVNR destroying some of the finer lines and some really strange visual errors on some frames.
https://i.imgur.com/vh3MZmM.png
It’s a shame because it did have a nice new bonus feature and a higher bitrate compared to the (better) old BD.

As I recall the old blu ray didn’t get good reviews due to a bad transfer and “squashed” aspect ratio… whereas the new Koch one - which I have - got raves for picture and remastered soundtrack. Guess it depends on the viewer 😄

Anyway, a 35MM open matte scan would be great, as they included it in the 2DVD set, but in questionable quality.

Voted! 😄

Mango said:

Seems unnecessary. The bluray is a very nice scan of the 35mm negative. Looks exactly how it’s supposed to and has the original stereo soundtrack.

Is that the German edition you are referring to? 😄

Class316 said:

RU.08 said:

I’ll be doing Lion King hopefully this year, hopefully we’ll be re-scanning SOTS sometime and BATB hopefully later in the year from a better print. I’ll also be digitising several classics this year from a collection, we’re just working out how best to get the films cleaned first and then they’ll all be transferred en-mass (or as we can afford to) and I should be able to share with donors. For example, we can scan 3 or 4 distinctly separate Snow White prints on 35 and 16mm. There’s something like 20 prints probably covering about 8 classics we can scan in that collection.

I’m still hamstring by funding though.

Lion King would be so awesome and so needed!

Regarding Snow White, I believe Thunderbean did it

https://www.thunderbeanshop.com/product/1937-feature-special-blu-ray-bdr/

Sleeping Beauty as well

https://www.thunderbeanshop.com/product/1950-feature-special-blu-ray/

But Sleeping Beauty is 1959… whereas Cinderella is 1950? So which is right? Does anyone know?

I really love this movie - it’s dark, beautifully crafted and the music by the late Jerry Goldsmith is out of this world.

Has this ever been scanned from a 35MM?

I have a DVD I would love to upscale to blu ray quality - is anybody able to do it for me - or help me figure out how on a mac.

I’m OK on a computer, but this far exceeds my capacities and qualifications. 😄

I was wondering if anyone has/know of a 35MM copy of the 1946 Danish animated feature “The Tinderbox.”

It was the first Danish animated feature - and not a very good on I might add - but it was only released on VHS and recently on DVD. However the transfers are horrible, not in the least cleaned up at all. The DVD looks like it’s taken straight from the VHS.

It would be lovely to see it restored like the wonderful Fleischer “Gulliver’s Travels”.

I know it was released and dubbed in both UK and Italy - so copies could be floating around.

Sounds like a great idea!

YoshiKiller2S said:

Update: ok so it’s been a long time and I just wanted to say that we’re still working on it and I think it will be coming out soon, I don’t know when though.

However, I do have some things to tie you guys over.

Here’s a SOTS trailer I got scanned recently https://youtu.be/7DwRhEeAwJ4

And here’s a comparison of the dirt cleanup process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM043levdfY

What a great teaser-update 😉

According to Wikipedia

“Alice in Wonderland aired as the second episode of the Walt Disney’s Disneyland television series on ABC on November 3, 1954,in a severely edited version cut down to less than an hour.”

Is this version available anywhere?

I was wondering if anyone had ever done a 35MM transfer of Don Bluth’s beautiful “The Secret of NIMH”

It has recently been released in Germany on blu ray, which used a gorgeous transfer, looking very pristine and NOT digitally retouched to death.

It’s presented in 185:1…but a previous DVD released had an open matte presentation as well… but a poor transfer.

Has there ever been a proper HD open matte transfer?

titanic said:

,^…^, said:

Don’t know if Aristocats HDTV version is better than BD, probably not…

The aristocats HDTV is miles better than the Bluray!

It retains the grain!

There is a custom BD-50 of it in circulation.

Does anyone have this. please?

That would be amazing - who knows 😄 Lots of things seem to be unearthed these days

One of my childhood favorites is Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

I saw it in a tiny cinema in the beginning of the 80’s, and subsequently added the VHS, DVD and Blu Ray to my collection.

However all these feature different running times.

The VHS is the shortest of them all, running only 97 mins. It is cut beyond what is reasonable.
The DVD is the restored 25th Anniversary version first released on Laserdisc runs a whopping 139 mins.
The Blu Ray is a between the two running 117 mins.

Now I read that the original release was a roadshow version, reportedly running close to three hours.
I was sort of recreated for the Laserdisc/DVD version, but footage for one song was never recovered and was added to the special features as movie stills to music.

Do any of you guys know if an original 35MM copy exists of the first release? With the missing song?

The other scenario is just too… extreme 😂🤪

See!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

JayArgonaut said:

Redbreast1 said:

I would love to wee it in its widescreen glory…

Wee? 😮

Does anyone know of a scanned copy of the musical “Song of Norway” starring Florence Henderson.
It is really not the best piece of work, but it has only been released in a pan and scan version, and I would love to see it in its widescreen glory…

OK cool. Just didn’t want to let it slip away, if it was something special. 😊

I came across this during one of my eBay searchings… I may be of interest to some of you Disney fans here - myself included, but quite pricey, I think…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Feature-Fantasia-Complete-Animated-Film-1940-4-Track-Mag-Stereo-Sound/254054568878?hash=item3b26d513ae:g:WbEAAOSwpRxcMOb5:rk:35:pf:0

I think I have a VHS tape from a 1990s something Christmas Eve if you’re interested…

Ah yes, From All of Us to All of you is Christmas classic in Denmark… since 1967 on every Dec. 24 it runs from 4-5 pm and families gather to watch it. After the final “When You Wish Upon A Star” we can finally sit down to our Christmas meal with joy in our hearts. No Disney, no Christmas 😊

The Sunflower scenes are gorgeous! Thank you so much - I hope a full scan turns up some day.

• The Little Mermaid: The first version came out in 1990 and was released on VHS one year later. The new version has been made for the re-release in 1998 and people always hated it. After only releasing the 98-version for 15 years Disney finally had a heart (or Dollar-signs in their eyes) and put both versions on the Diamond Edition again. Today they also use the old version for TV-airings etc.

That is actually interesting - that they put BOTH version on the Diamond Edition - I wouldn’t mind them reducing every year if only we had the luxury of being able to choose which dub we wanted. I know it’s a question of many - and in the Danish dubbing world they say it’s because quality of the recordings is bad, but I’d rather have my VHS extracted soundtrack with hisses and pops than the new dubs - any day! 😄