Warner Classics (US - HD)
We have artwork for HD DVD releases of classics Full Metal Jacket & Unforgiven
Title: Warner Classics
Starring: N/A (Various)
Released: 16th May 2006
SRP: $28.99 Each
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Warner Home Video has sent over artwork for HD DVD releases of the Stanley Kubrick directed Full Metal Jacket and the Clint Eastwood directed Unforgiven. Each title will be available to own from the 16th May, and should set you back around $28.99 a piece. Each disc will include a high definition transfer, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Plus soundtracks. Unforgiven will also include an audio commentary with biographer Richard Schickel, four documentaries, a classic Maverick episode - Deal at Sundown, and the trailer. The only extra on Full Metal Jacket will be the original theatrical trailer. The artwork is attached:
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Starring: N/A (Various)
Released: 16th May 2006
SRP: $28.99 Each
Further Details:
Warner Home Video has sent over artwork for HD DVD releases of the Stanley Kubrick directed Full Metal Jacket and the Clint Eastwood directed Unforgiven. Each title will be available to own from the 16th May, and should set you back around $28.99 a piece. Each disc will include a high definition transfer, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Plus soundtracks. Unforgiven will also include an audio commentary with biographer Richard Schickel, four documentaries, a classic Maverick episode - Deal at Sundown, and the trailer. The only extra on Full Metal Jacket will be the original theatrical trailer. The artwork is attached:
News by Tom Woodward
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OOOooo, it looks like Kubrick's been dead long enough for Warner to release Full Metal Jacket in widescreen. I see no purpose in watching Unforgiven in HD. Seriously, it's a really dirty movie.
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I heard "The Shining" is being rereleased in widescreen later this year too.
What is that guy's problem, filming in 1.33? It's just icky!
I guess he was too stubborn to try and grow as a filmmaker.
Ha! IMO it doesn't matter how one prefers to shoot and present movies. [I think 1:1.78 would be pretty nice experiment =D] I think that studios shouldn't crop any release. TVs and projectors are just machines and there really is no point destroying art just to make it fit for new wide screen standard.
Full Metal Jacket in WS? The first HD DVD release that makes me kind of want to shell out the cash for the player.
I dunno, while I would love Full Metal Jacket in widescreen, does this raise a moral issue? I mean, is it right to tamper with a man's work after he is dead? He clearly wanted it in 4:3, so why are we denying him that? He framed shots with 4:3 in mind, so I wonder how it will look in widescreen.
Looks like this is pretty much the same as the 2-disc 10'th anniversary Unforgiven that I already have. Seriously, is anyone out there actually buying these HD-DVD's? It just seems like a waste to me - but that's just me.
Love both of those movies!
Umm, wheres our Two-Disc Special Edition of "Full Metal Jacket"!!! I would rather have that, than a HD-DVD
Finally some good movies on HD-DVD (in this entire format war, for that matter)
I think it's completely wrong to change the aspect ratio of Full Metal Jacketl, I won't be getting it...
I think it's completely wrong to change the aspect ratio of Full Metal Jacketl, I won't be getting it...
Steven Carrier wrote: Umm, wheres our Two-Disc Special Edition of "Full Metal Jacket"!!! I would rather have that, than a HD-DVDYeah - I agree!
You would think they would do that in order to promote the new format...
You would think they would do that in order to promote the new format...
Honestly, is anyone actually upgrading anyway to either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? I'm perfectly fine with dvd, I just find this whole next generation dvd movement unecessary...
Kubrick framed his later movies to be very balanced and centered in the square frame. Changing them will be a mistake.
actually all of kubricks films were shot for theatrical release (1:1.78) However when he would release on video he made sure to film so that the info in the 1:1.33 area was most important... however he DID shoot them in 1:1.78.... Look it up before you bash...
I own HD-DVD and it is AMAZING.. aspecially if you have a good set up as well as if you have ever used HDMI with Standard DVD... ICKKKK!!! HD-DVD is amazing.... so
"Honestly, is anyone actually upgrading anyway to either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? I'm perfectly fine with dvd, I just find this whole next generation dvd movement unecessary... "
Honestly Yes there is a difference and if you are going to sit by and miss out then that is too bad for you... the HD-DVD player also is an upconverter.. and it is stunning...
"Honestly, is anyone actually upgrading anyway to either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD? I'm perfectly fine with dvd, I just find this whole next generation dvd movement unecessary... "
Honestly Yes there is a difference and if you are going to sit by and miss out then that is too bad for you... the HD-DVD player also is an upconverter.. and it is stunning...
Here is a little info on "The Shining" that I dug up:
"The entire negative was exposed, meaning that there was no in-camera hard matting so the film was effectively shot in Academy 1.37 but it wasn't intended to be shown in cinemas that way. The film was shot and conceived for 1:1.85 ratio screening (and the camera viewfinders had the 1.85 framelines marked on them) This is the standard ratio that widescreen films in the US are projected in. The 1:185 crop was achieved when the film was projected onto cinemas screens."
Website http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/html/shining...
Great website and lots of Kubrick info, so hopefully this will dispell a few rumors (that I myself belived before I read his Biography)
"The entire negative was exposed, meaning that there was no in-camera hard matting so the film was effectively shot in Academy 1.37 but it wasn't intended to be shown in cinemas that way. The film was shot and conceived for 1:1.85 ratio screening (and the camera viewfinders had the 1.85 framelines marked on them) This is the standard ratio that widescreen films in the US are projected in. The 1:185 crop was achieved when the film was projected onto cinemas screens."
Website http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/html/shining...
Great website and lots of Kubrick info, so hopefully this will dispell a few rumors (that I myself belived before I read his Biography)
another great read
http://www.dvdtalk.com/leonvitaliinterview.html
http://www.dvdtalk.com/leonvitaliinterview.html
Um, the second link seems to suggest that Kubrick was very upset about the widescreen presentation of his films....
OOO! For 28.99, we get a trailer with Full Metal Jacket. I`d stick with the DVD.
Very unconsiderate to only put WS Jacket on HD and not DVD.
CryptsKeeper wrote: Very unconsiderate to only put WS Jacket on HD and not DVD.Don't worry, Warner will be re-issuing all their Kubrick films in widescreen on SD-DVD in the near future.
and in HD. The second link says he DID make all of his movies for widescreen none the less... and the other link at DVDTalk is great, it says that Kubrick if knowing the future of home video watching was going to projectors and large screen tvs would have loved to show them in widescreen grandure... HOWEVER during the late 70's and 80's he DID focus on the 1.33 aspect ratio because THAT was what people were seeing and he didn't want his art compromised...... so bring on the widest screen we can and show off the Kubrick glory on HD!!
"I own HD-DVD and it is AMAZING.. aspecially if you have a good set up as well as if you have ever used HDMI with Standard DVD... ICKKKK!!! HD-DVD is amazing.... so"
it is a shame that you're such an asspecially person, especially since you have too much money and no sense. but for those of us who don't have wads of money to throw up in the air and watch it fly away, we're going to laugh at you people spending a lot of money on what's basically going to turn into the laser disk player of our generation.
it is a shame that you're such an asspecially person, especially since you have too much money and no sense. but for those of us who don't have wads of money to throw up in the air and watch it fly away, we're going to laugh at you people spending a lot of money on what's basically going to turn into the laser disk player of our generation.
is blue-ray different than hd-dvd? because I was under impression that blue-ray editions of films would come with hours and hours and hours of bonus features and commentaries.
eizenga13 wrote: and in HD. The second link says he DID make all of his movies for widescreen none the less... and the other link at DVDTalk is great, it says that Kubrick if knowing the future of home video watching was going to projectors and large screen tvs would have loved to show them in widescreen grandure... HOWEVER during the late 70's and 80's he DID focus on the 1.33 aspect ratio because THAT was what people were seeing and he didn't want his art compromised...... so bring on the widest screen we can and show off the Kubrick glory on HD!!
No, it says very planely that he preferred 1.33:1, and though he shot his films so they COULD be shown in 1.85:1, he didn't like it. Speilberg is famous for shooting with the standard TV ratio in mind, but that doesn't mean he prefers his films to be shown that way.
Quotes:
"He did not like 1.85:1. You lose 27% of the picture on 1.85. Stanley was a purist. This was one of the ways it was manifested."
"He realized that his films we're going to be shown in 1.85 whether he liked it or not. You can't tell all the theaters now how to show your movies. They say it's 1.85, that's it. Stanley realized that masking for 1.85 would far outweigh having 1.66 projected at 1.85. We did a re-release of Clockwork in the U.K. and it's 1.66. It's composed for 1.66. It's shot in 1.66, and the whole shebang. Well, you know, they had to screen it in 1.85. I can't tell you how much it hurt that film."
No, it says very planely that he preferred 1.33:1, and though he shot his films so they COULD be shown in 1.85:1, he didn't like it. Speilberg is famous for shooting with the standard TV ratio in mind, but that doesn't mean he prefers his films to be shown that way.
Quotes:
"He did not like 1.85:1. You lose 27% of the picture on 1.85. Stanley was a purist. This was one of the ways it was manifested."
"He realized that his films we're going to be shown in 1.85 whether he liked it or not. You can't tell all the theaters now how to show your movies. They say it's 1.85, that's it. Stanley realized that masking for 1.85 would far outweigh having 1.66 projected at 1.85. We did a re-release of Clockwork in the U.K. and it's 1.66. It's composed for 1.66. It's shot in 1.66, and the whole shebang. Well, you know, they had to screen it in 1.85. I can't tell you how much it hurt that film."
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