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Many moons ago a dead mouse read an article on the transfer used on the other DVDs and it said it had been newly transfered and color corrected from various surviving 65mm interpositives onto Blu-ray sized (1080 x 1920) HD master then. On reviews some people complained about excessive edge enhancement and other video artifacts on the DVDs (which would be more noticeable on big screen TVs) that probably might have been added on the way from 1080 source to 480 (or 576) MPEG2 DVD videomaster (Just add a little edge enhancement when you copy to ntsc boy so it looks sharp on those 4:3 20" monitors that people have at home, kid. But sir, that won't look good on a 18footer screen!. Nobody has an 18footer screen boy, do as you're told!) so maybe the new disc will have a new pass at it direct from the HD master to the NTSC/PAL master without passing it through the edge-enhancement overthruster

disclaimer: the dethi has never seen any Sound of Music DVDs (just Laserdiscs ) so this info was derived from internet articles reviews and complaints i've read

Then of course, there's also the direct untouched Blu-ray disc master clone on the way

Although I love The Sound of Music, I won't be getting the new DVD. I'm perfectly happy with the 2 disc edition that I have, what with wonderful supplements and picture. There doesn't seem like there's any reason to upgrade from looking at the specs (the reunions look interesting, but for an all out upgrade, maybe not the best goading point), even if they gave the movie a full Lowry restoration job.

It may interest you, however, that a 50th Anniversary Edition of Oklahoma! is also planned, showcasing the film in the two versions of the film available; the 70mm Todd-AO 30fps version and the 35mm Cinemascope 24fps version (I may blind buy this, actually).

http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58098

Also, a State Fair special edition is coming, with both the remake and original in the same box (like the upcoming Parent Trap 2 Movie Set).

http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=58099

Woo-hoo! A special edition of Oklahoma!

And deathie, could you please explain to me what Todd-AO is? In both elaborate "deathie" terms and in simple terms, please?

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In the beggining there was 35mm and it was silent and it was 1.33 and all was well.
Then God said: It isn't good that image is alone I'll make it a companion called sound
and then from silent's side he took a slice out and created the optical track and called it Academy and it was still 35mm but smaller tho it looked a little wider: 1.375

The years passed and Academy and Silent begat 4 sons: CINERAMA 35mm left panel and CINERAMA 35mm middle panel and CINERAMA 35mm right panel and CINERAMA 35mm fullcoat that was also called multichannel. And it was sometimes 2.76 and sometimes 2.59 and very very big being three times 35 . Plus multisound. But it was also cumbersome. And there was crying and gnashing of teeth in the land.

So Mike Todd said I need CINERAMA from just one hole. and he prayed . and prayed till one day lo and behold God gave him a son he called Todd-AO and it was 70mm wide and 2.20 at the same time and had 6 channels and it came from one hole and there was merryment in the land. And God gave him speed and it ran faster than his countrymen he ran at 30fps while his fellow men only ran at 24fps. And this was seen as good then. But soon dark clouds conspired and men didn't understand it : Why does he run diffrent than the rest of us? He can't work with the rest of the men! If he wants to be one of us he must run slower! So Mike Todd was taken to heaven and Todd-AO lost its speed and is now known as 70mm to man and beast.

deathie mouse wrote:In the beggining there was 35mm and it was silent and it was 1.33 and all was well.
Then God said: It isn't good that image is alone I'll make it a companion called sound
and then from silent's side he took a slice out and created the optical track and called it Academy and it was still 35mm but smaller tho it looked a little wider: 1.375

The years passed and Academy and Silent begat 4 sons: CINERAMA 35mm left panel and CINERAMA 35mm middle panel and CINERAMA 35mm right panel and CINERAMA 35mm fullcoat that was also called multichannel. And it was sometimes 2.76 and sometimes 2.59 and very very big being three times 35 . Plus multisound. But it was also cumbersome. And there was crying and gnashing of teeth in the land.

So Mike Todd said I need CINERAMA from just one hole. and he prayed . and prayed till one day lo and behold God gave him a son he called Todd-AO and it was 70mm wide and 2.20 at the same time and had 6 channels and it came from one hole and there was merryment in the land. And God gave him speed and it ran faster than his countrymen he ran at 30fps while his fellow men only ran at 24fps. And this was seen as good then. But soon dark clouds conspired and men didn't understand it : Why does he run diffrent than the rest of us? He can't work with the rest of the men! If he wants to be one of us he must run slower! So Mike Todd was taken to heaven and Todd-AO lost its speed and is now known as 70mm to man and beast.

THANKS SO MUCH, DEATHIE!

Escapay

Here's the cover:


Source: DVDAnswers

It's not that bad. The only thing I don't like is that this is like the fifth time they have used this picture for a cover.

Meh, not too amazed about that cover. It kinda looks like an amateur dramatics theatre poster, in my opinion, and the obvious painting of Maria clashes with the photo background. The fonts also look a bit poopy. Oh well, another reason for me keeping my lovely Region 2 edition!

Yay to having a big picture of Julie Andrews. <3

But urgh, that cover is done too many times. I mean, I know Maria was known for doing that (singing on the mountains with her arms spread) but...c'mon. Of all the pictures from the movie, do they really need to repeat it again for the 40th anniversary edition?

Doh! But I must remember...it's the inside that counts.

Thanks for posting the cover pic. I was wondering what it'd look like.

Yeah, I don't care much for that cover either, but at least it's going to be a great release, even if it will pain me to have 2 releases of the same movie.

-Aaron

Dude! It's a one-armed Julie Andrews!

Thumbs down for the cover.

Escapay

YAY for overused pics on covers!

If it had all the same crap as the Five Star Collection DVD/2-Disc Digipack DVD plus the new crap, it'd be ok.

And YAY for a 50th Anniversary Edition of Oklahoma!

Very good news from TheDigitalBits:

"We've confirmed that 20th Century Fox's forthcoming Sound of Music: 40th Anniversary Edition DVD (due on 11/15) will feature a new, remastered anamorphic widescreen transfer, correcting the awful transfer offered on the previous DVD release. Let the rejoicing commence."

No word if this from Lowry or what (have they ever restored a Fox film before outside of Star Wars?), but it's great to know this will be a new transfer. I guess Fox's triple dipping on this isn't quite so seedy, afterall. That means the only incentive people have for keeping the old 2-Disc is for its bonus material on disc two.

I don't understand. I've watched my old two-cassette VHS of The Sound of Music hundreds of times, along with the DVD, and the colors look very much the same. What was wrong with the transfer before? Can anyone post comparison pics of the DVD transfer, the VHS transfer, and if possible, the film itself as it should be seen?

Escapay

Paging Deathie Mouse. Paging Mr. Mouse...

Here's that ol' article that may be of interest to UD Sound of Music watchers

<a href="http://www.dvdreview.com/html/sound_of_ ... tml">Sound Of Music Special</a>

What could they do to improve that? Find/get better elements, scan them with better, higher resolution modern equipment and do all those crazy tricks a mouse can do to make things sharper better faster we will rebuilt them the 6 million dollar restoration :-p

Maybe they spruced up for a new go at it for the revealing Blu-ray masters, or they could be using the old transfer as i said, copied "more better" to DVD.

We'll see, won't we? Specially brother Aaron

WOW!

The difference between the DVD and the laserdisc is just breathtaking.

Escapay

I don't know how I missed this, but I just now found out that Fox is reissuing Okalahoma! and State Fair. It was announced over a month ago and I had seen this thread about The Sound of Music but I guess I didn't stick with it.

I'm probably not going to upgrade TSOM as I'm happy with my current 2-disc set, but I'm very excited about Oklahoma! I never bought the earlier DVD because it wasn't anamorphic. But much to my surprize (and pleasure) this new edition will include BOTH the CinemaScope AND ToddAO editions. And State Fair will include both the 1945 and 1962 versions. I shall buy both of these.

Then I will just have to wait for Fox to re-do The King and I, South Pacific, and Carousel (all of which are non-anamorphic).

Just to let everyone know, this release is part of a campaign by 20th Century Fox to release all Rodgers & Hammerstein's musicals in commemorative additions. As was already mentioned, Oklahoma! will accompany The Sound of Music, PLUS a 60th Anniversary Edition of State Fair. Someone on the board told me The King and I was scheduled for this year, but it's obviously been pushed back for next year, when it can be released as a 40th Anniversary Edition alongside Carousel. I have no idea what they'll do with South Pacific (1958). Also, I just recieved an e-mail from Universal Entertainment stating that they do not have plans for the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, a very successful musical that had the misfortune of being produced by a non-Fox studio. It's only been released once on VHS. The way I know about it is through the stage version, which features the song "I Enjoy Being A Girl." Most will know it from the new Gap commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker singing the song. Hopefully, all of R&H's repetoire will have a definitive edition in the coming years.

This should make Amy Yasbeck really happy. She's professed to be a big fan of the film on Oxygen's update of game show, I've Got a Secret.

DVDAnswers posted R2 coverart and menu stills (which I assume will be the same as Region 1).

http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0 ... &n=1&burl=

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