George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second Sight
02-16-19, 07:09 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by rjh_54
Any chance this might get a domestic release? If the AB Blu and / or the 4-disc DVD sets go down to a reasonable price I may jump on those while I wait for a domestic release of the 4K.
02-17-19, 07:31 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Is there another region, strictly Blu-ray that has all the cuts and extras and stuff? I have the blu. (Which cut us that?) and the monster dvd set, but where in my storage room would take some doing. Don’t think I’ve seen the Argento cut, but have seen te and longer cut, though not for at least 10 years. Really need to revisit soon...
02-17-19, 08:20 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by rjh_54
Any chance this might get a domestic release? If the AB Blu and / or the 4-disc DVD sets go down to a reasonable price I may jump on those while I wait for a domestic release of the 4K.
02-18-19, 02:17 AM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by Gizmo
I don’t think it can as the right are held by Rubenstein who refuses to allow anyone to release unless they buy his 3D print. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
02-18-19, 07:00 AM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by OldBoy
Is there another region, strictly Blu-ray that has all the cuts and extras and stuff? I have the blu. (Which cut us that?) and the monster dvd set, but where in my storage room would take some doing. Don’t think I’ve seen the Argento cut, but have seen te and longer cut, though not for at least 10 years. Really need to revisit soon...
The short answer is there has not been a release with everything. The only ones to include all 3 official cuts in HD are from Japan, which is barebones, from Italy, which includes the Argento cut in 4K and a handful of extras including some exclusive ones in Italian, and from Austria, which includes the 'complete cut' and a handful of extras.
02-18-19, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDuke
That might be true, but SS have stated the deal they struck was through him.
02-18-19, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Gizmo
They did? I'll have to check.
02-19-19, 11:41 AM
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Second Sight Films Just to confirm the Blu-ray releases will be region B, however there is no region coding on Ultra HD Blu-ray.
02-20-19, 12:33 AM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
I’m not sure the region coding signifies anything other than the licensor requiring it. I have a fair number of region B discs that have never gotten a North American release. I sure hope it’s coming over here, though!
02-20-19, 02:41 AM
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No extended Director's cut, let alone the extended mall hours cut? I'll hang onto my Italian import UHD and German BD release which does have the mall hours cut in 1080p!
This new second sight set appears to bring nothing new to the table and is just a rehash of already existing materials. Easy pass, unless I'm grievously mistaken in the above comments?
This new second sight set appears to bring nothing new to the table and is just a rehash of already existing materials. Easy pass, unless I'm grievously mistaken in the above comments?
02-20-19, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
I’m not sure the region coding signifies anything other than the licensor requiring it. I have a fair number of region B discs that have never gotten a North American release. I sure hope it’s coming over here, though!
02-20-19, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by zyzzle
No extended Director's cut, let alone the extended mall hours cut? I'll hang onto my Italian import UHD and German BD release which does have the mall hours cut in 1080p!
Originally Posted by zyzzle
This new second sight set appears to bring nothing new to the table and is just a rehash of already existing materials. Easy pass, unless I'm grievously mistaken in the above comments?
Beyond that, it will hopefully be a definitive edition, including all previously released special features and I'm sure some new ones.
02-20-19, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by dex14
So, that would lead us to believe that someone got the Region A rights. I would think Arrow or Criterion would be out, since seemingly they would've got the Region B rights as well. That leaves Shout...? Who else would be possible...?
But that's just for the BD. The 4K BD is region free like my boy HD DVD.
02-20-19, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by zyzzle
No extended Director's cut, let alone the extended mall hours cut? I'll hang onto my Italian import UHD and German BD release which does have the mall hours cut in 1080p!
This new second sight set appears to bring nothing new to the table and is just a rehash of already existing materials. Easy pass, unless I'm grievously mistaken in the above comments?
This new second sight set appears to bring nothing new to the table and is just a rehash of already existing materials. Easy pass, unless I'm grievously mistaken in the above comments?
08-21-19, 03:50 PM
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UK distributor Second Sight Films announced earlier this year that they’re restoring George A. Romero‘s Dawn of the Dead for an upcoming 4K Ultra HD release, with the original camera negative provided by producer Richard P. Rubenstein. The scanning, color grading and restoration is being managed by Final Frame under the supervision of Director of Photography Michael Gornick, and Second Sight has provided us with a bit of an update this week.
The company writes over on Facebook…
“Following the 4K scan of the camera negative, grading and framing approved by DP Michael Gornick, we now have about 4 weeks left of manual frame by frame restoration at Final Frame followed by the HDR grade for the UHD. We are releasing the 3 cuts on 3 separate discs (both Blu-Ray and UHD) plus bonus disc so the authoring stage will then take several weeks for the best possible encodes by David Mackenzie. We are currently hoping for a release date in February and will update again in the next month.”
“Aside from the 3 versions of the film itself, plus archive and new bonus material, we are also working on other exciting additional content for the box set. We have been very fortunate to have Michael Gornick involved and it was great to hear his comment on work to date: ‘I place upon this extraordinary effort a nihil obstat in certification of its quality’. More soon…”
Yes, the set will feature George A. Romero’s Original, Unrated US Theatrical Release Cut (2:07), Romero’s Pre-US Release Cannes Cut (2:17) and the foreign edition edited by Dario Argento.
The 4K Ultra HD discs will be Region Free, with a UK Blu-ray also coming.
The company writes over on Facebook…
“Following the 4K scan of the camera negative, grading and framing approved by DP Michael Gornick, we now have about 4 weeks left of manual frame by frame restoration at Final Frame followed by the HDR grade for the UHD. We are releasing the 3 cuts on 3 separate discs (both Blu-Ray and UHD) plus bonus disc so the authoring stage will then take several weeks for the best possible encodes by David Mackenzie. We are currently hoping for a release date in February and will update again in the next month.”
“Aside from the 3 versions of the film itself, plus archive and new bonus material, we are also working on other exciting additional content for the box set. We have been very fortunate to have Michael Gornick involved and it was great to hear his comment on work to date: ‘I place upon this extraordinary effort a nihil obstat in certification of its quality’. More soon…”
Yes, the set will feature George A. Romero’s Original, Unrated US Theatrical Release Cut (2:07), Romero’s Pre-US Release Cannes Cut (2:17) and the foreign edition edited by Dario Argento.
The 4K Ultra HD discs will be Region Free, with a UK Blu-ray also coming.
08-21-19, 05:03 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
so this is strictly a UK release? either way, thank god it is on blu too. please post that pre-order link when available PLEASE!!!
08-21-19, 05:14 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
DAMN that sounds awesome. Really wishing I hadn't bought the ZOMBI-only UHD (it has the other cuts on Blu-ray, but only the Argento cut on UHD), which looks FINE to me, but will obviously see an improvement with the above release.
I'll be importing it for sure.
I'll be importing it for sure.
08-21-19, 05:57 PM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by OldBoy
so this is strictly a UK release?
08-21-19, 07:10 PM
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Either way, that’s fine. Will most assuredly get and pre-order as soon as live. I just found their new Limited Edition of In Bruges, one of my favs of all time. With new extras, extras not seen on US Blu-ray and McDonagh’s Oscar winning short with Gleeson. Between this, The Cooler, The Beast Within, The Handmaiden, Thirst these past couple months, I am totally loving being region free!
08-22-19, 05:26 AM
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Originally Posted by melasnus
Wait...isn't all 4K UHDs region-free?
The blu-rays aren't.
08-22-19, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dex14
As been said numerous times in this thread already, yes.
The blu-rays aren't.
The blu-rays aren't.
I love Romero's DotD.
Not sure I would love it in 4K.
I'm afraid the 4K rez. might reveal too much...
01-26-20, 07:44 PM
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Is this out? Anyone have? I don’t see UK version. Is Italian complete version English friendly and only release available with all cuts, viewable on any region player?
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01-26-20, 07:48 PM
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It isn’t.
This was the last update in November:
DAWN OF THE DEAD update! We had hoped to release early in the new year however restoration work has taken longer than originally anticipated and we are giving the restoration team as much time as they need to do the most thorough job possible. We're almost there! We don’t want to set a date for release however until all masters are completely ready for production and we are sure the release date can be met. As we are releasing on 4K UHD across 3 discs, as well as standard Blu-ray, the authoring stage will then take several weeks and we also want to give David Mackenzie as much time as needed for the crucial encoding stage. Thanks to everyone for their ongoing patience, we hope you’ll be pleased with the end result and feel it was worth the wait! Before Christmas we hope to give further details of the new bonus material, the archive material and the additional contents of the box set. With regard to MARTIN, this will follow closely behind the Dawn release.
This was the last update in November:
DAWN OF THE DEAD update! We had hoped to release early in the new year however restoration work has taken longer than originally anticipated and we are giving the restoration team as much time as they need to do the most thorough job possible. We're almost there! We don’t want to set a date for release however until all masters are completely ready for production and we are sure the release date can be met. As we are releasing on 4K UHD across 3 discs, as well as standard Blu-ray, the authoring stage will then take several weeks and we also want to give David Mackenzie as much time as needed for the crucial encoding stage. Thanks to everyone for their ongoing patience, we hope you’ll be pleased with the end result and feel it was worth the wait! Before Christmas we hope to give further details of the new bonus material, the archive material and the additional contents of the box set. With regard to MARTIN, this will follow closely behind the Dawn release.
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Re: George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD -- 4K UHD (Theatrical, Cannes, Argento cuts) coming from Second S
Ok. Thanks. So, no idea, even estimate? Within this year? Are French or Italian imports good and English friendly?
