A 4K Ultra HD Bluray of a newly restored version of George Stevens‘ Giant (’56) pops on 6.21. I wasn’t able to attend the screening of this version during last weekend’s TCM Classic Film Festival, but it’ll probably look better (I’m hoping) than the dreaded 2013 Bluray version, which looked awful.
The 4K Bluray release has been sourced “from a new 4K restoration completed by Warner Bros. with the cooperation of The Film Foundation.
“It was completed sourcing both the original camera negatives and protection RGB separation master positives for the best possible image, and color corrected in high dynamic range for the latest picture display technology. The audio was sourced primarily from a 1995 protection copy of the Original Magnetic Mono soundtrack. The picture and audio restoration was completed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services: Motion Picture Imaging and Post Production Sound.”
I’m naturally looking forward to the new disc, but keep in mind what blue-chip restoration guru Robert Harris said about the original Giant elements on 10.27.13 on Home Theatre Forum:
