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Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Old 07-06-11, 03:59 PM
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Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

From Blu-ray.com--
This September, Paramount Pictures will release the 50th Anniversary Edition of Blake Edwards' Breakfast at Tiffany's on Blu-ray. In her most iconic film performance, Audrey Hepburn (Charade) stars as Holly Golightly, a spirited New York socialite who befriends an impressionable young writer (George Peppard, TV's "The A-Team").

The Blu-ray presents the film in a brand new digital restoration for 1080p with both 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks and a restored monaural Dolby Digital track. The disc also includes over 90 minutes of bonus features, such as:

Commentary by producer Richard Shepherd
A Golightly Gathering featurette
Henry Mancini: More Than Music featurette
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective featurette
The Making of a Classic featurette
It's So Audrey: A Style Icon featurette
Behind the Gates: The Tour featurette
Brilliance in a Blue Box featurette
Audrey's Letter to Tiffany featurette
Photo Galleries: The Movie, Production, Publicity
Original Theatrical Trailer

The 50th Anniversary Edition of Breakfast at Tiffany's streets on September 20th.
Let the Mickey Rooney "jokes" commence! It's a pity they couldn't have commissioned a new commentary track from a film historian - the Shepard track is pretty unilluminating.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

I want a commentary by Rooney in character as Mr. Yunioshi.
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The restoration is down right beautiful, it had its 50th anniversary premiere at the chinese theatre back in April as part of TCM film festival. With Julie Andrews introducing the film.
cant wait to own it.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Sweet.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Should look awesome

Anyone seen that Yunioshi featurette? I assume it's some kind of acknowledgment/apology puff piece.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Hopefully this does well, so we'll see the other Centennial Collection titles get Blu releases.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
Hopefully this does well, so we'll see the other Centennial Collection titles get Blu releases.
Chinatown for starters, but a full-blown Rosemary's Baby SE and Sunset Blvd. would be welcome additions as well.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by davidh777
Should look awesome

Anyone seen that Yunioshi featurette? I assume it's some kind of acknowledgment/apology puff piece.
From HTF's review of the Centennial Collection DVD:

“Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective” finds several members of the Asian community commenting on the treatment of Asians not only in this film but during the entire history of Hollywood up to the time of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The featurette lasts 17 ½ minutes.
Source
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by Boba Fett
I want a commentary by Rooney in character as Mr. Yunioshi.
That has a chinaman's chance of happening.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Can't wait for this and West Side Story
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by NoirFan
Chinatown for starters, but a full-blown Rosemary's Baby SE and Sunset Blvd. would be welcome additions as well.
Chinatown and Sunset Blvd. are the two titles from the Centennial Collection I want the most on Blu, actually...
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Soooo it's a bit...too clean? And the OAR is again missing? Hrm....
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by NoirFan
Maybe I'm just used to the first and Centennial Collection DVDs, but there is just something odd about the BD screencaps.

DVD Beaver did mention DNR wiping away all the grain
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

I'm not liking the obvious DNR I'm seeing. I'll wait til it hits $10, but I'm in no rush now.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

yeah...it looks...TOO clean.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
I'm not liking the obvious DNR I'm seeing. I'll wait til it hits $10, but I'm in no rush now.
I would have waited until it dropped to $9.99 regardless, but I don't care for the waxiness either. The colors appear quite striking though.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Well let's hope My Fair Lady doesn't look like this.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
Soooo it's a bit...too clean? And the OAR is again missing? Hrm....
The new restoration was premiered here in Hollywood in 4K projection as part of TCM back in April(with a special introduction by Blake Edwards wife Julie Andrews), it looks absolutely stunning, dont be so quick to judge just based on screen caps the movie looks and sounds amazing.
(and the grain structure was still intact without any noticeable DNR)
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by AmityBoatTours
The new restoration was premiered here in Hollywood in 4K projection as part of TCM back in April(with a special introduction by Blake Edwards wife Julie Andrews), it looks absolutely stunning, dont be so quick to judge just based on screen caps the movie looks and sounds amazing.
(and the grain structure was still intact without any noticeable DNR)
But both DVDTalk and DVDBeaver reviewers said the transfer on the BD had DNR applied to making for loss of detail and waxy skin.

It almost is like we are talking about two different transfers here.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by asianxcore
But both DVDTalk and DVDBeaver reviewers said the transfer on the BD had DNR applied to making for loss of detail and waxy skin.

It almost is like we are talking about two different transfers here.
Well i know what my eyes saw on the giant 80ft screen it was shown on in 4K on the Barco 4K projector.
Their was also an in depth discussion about the work that went into restoring it after the screening as well.
The restoration was screened in a handful of theatres in limited cities through out the country this summer as well, I am sure others before now would have made comments if there was a loss of detail and waxy skin
I put my faith in my eyes over a reviewer i dont know.
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Re: Breakfast at Tiffany's -- 9/20/11

Originally Posted by AmityBoatTours
Well i know what my eyes saw on the giant 80ft screen it was shown on in 4K on the Barco 4K projector.
Their was also an in depth discussion about the work that went into restoring it after the screening as well.
The restoration was screened in a handful of theatres in limited cities through out the country this summer as well, I am sure others before now would have made comments if there was a loss of detail and waxy skin
I put my faith in my eyes over a reviewer i dont know.
I'm definitely not questioning your experience seeing it on the big screen. At the same time I can't question the reviewers too much because they have the BD and we don't. They are also going by what they see and what they paid/not paid to do on the daily.

What I am wondering is if the version you saw in the theater is the same version being put onto Blu-Ray. If there was any additional work done (DNR, EE, etc.) to the print that is reflective of the Blu-Ray version/transfer coming out.

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