2013 isn't over yet and I'm still hard pressed in trying to figure out what the best BluRay/DVD title of the year is. 2014 on the other hand already looks to have an awesome contender for the best BluRay release of the year!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
From the official site.
197-minute cut of the film? Count me intrigued. If you want to hear from those who are working on the project, the Home Theater Forum has a lot of interesting tidbits. Dig this. Despite some of the new footage having little to no color at all, the restoration team used a technique that quite honestly left me baffled because it's the same technology that's used to convert films into 3D!
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Front and back cover! Thanks again to Home Theater Forum.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
From the official site.
- Restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version of the film, with 5.1 surround Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New high-definition digital transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio material from the longer original road-show version—including some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time—with 5.1 surround Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New audio commentary featuring It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo
- New documentary on the film’s visual and sound effects, featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage of the crew at work and interviews with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt
- Talk show from 1974 hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters
- Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and members of the film’s cast
- Interviews recorded for the 2000 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs, featuring comedians and actors discussing the influence of the film
- Two-part 1963 episode of the CBC television program Telescope that follows the film’s press junket and premiere
- The Last 70mm Film Festival, a program from 2012 featuring cast and crew members from Mad World at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by Billy Crystal
- Selection of humorist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg’s original TV and radio advertisements for the film, with a new introduction by Freberg
- Original and rerelease trailers, and rerelease radio spots
- Two Blu-rays and three DVDs, with all content available in both formats
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Lou Lumenick
197-minute cut of the film? Count me intrigued. If you want to hear from those who are working on the project, the Home Theater Forum has a lot of interesting tidbits. Dig this. Despite some of the new footage having little to no color at all, the restoration team used a technique that quite honestly left me baffled because it's the same technology that's used to convert films into 3D!
*EDIT*
Front and back cover! Thanks again to Home Theater Forum.
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