4k Restorations

4K scans released on UltraHD Blu-ray

• "Jaws" (1975)
  • "before restoration could proceed, the negative was rescanned at Cineric in 4K with the scratch-reducing liquid gate process."
• "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
  • "Sony's restoration team collaborated with its digital intermediate facility Colorworks"
  • "The 65mm original negative was scanned on two large format 65mm Imagica XE scanners at FotoKem at 8K"
  • "Two external groups were selected: Prasad Corporation in India, which handled general image cleanup, and MTI Film in Los Angeles"
• “The Doors” (1991, 2h20, USA) by Oliver Stone
  • "Restored in 4k, initiated and supervised by Oliver Stone from the original negative, scanned in 4k 16 bits on ARRISCAN at Fotokem US. Restoration managed by Imagine Ritrovatta in Italy. Calibrated work supervised by Oliver Stone. Immersive soundtrack thanks to the Atmos mix created by Formosa Group, Hollywood, under the supervision of Dolby and original mixers of the film Wylie Stateman and Lon Bender. The movie can be seen in 7.1 and 5.1. Remastered 4K now available in 4K Cinema, UHD Dolby Vision and Atmos."
• “The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick (1980, 2h26, UK / USA)
  • "4K remastering was done using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. The mastering was done at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging, and the color grading was done by Janet Wilson, with supervision from Stanley Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali."
• “Moulin Rouge” (1952, 1h59, UK) by John Huston
  • "Presented and restored by The Film Foundation in collaboration with Park Circus, Romulus Films and MGM with additional funding provided by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique partnership between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM), and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW). Restored from the 35mm Original Nitrate 3-Strip Technicolor Negative. 4K scanning, color grading, digital image restoration and film recording by Cineric, Inc., New York. Colorist: Daniel DeVincent. Audio restoration by Chace Audio. Restoration Consultant: Grover Crisp."
• “Easy Rider” (1969, 1h35, USA) by Dennis Hopper
  • "Restored in 4K by Sony Pictures Entertainment in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna. Restored from the 35mm Original Picture Negative and 35mm Black and White Separation Masters. 4K scanning and digital image restoration by Immagine Ritrovata. Audio restoration from the 35mm Original 3-track Magnetic Master by Chace Audio and Deluxe Audio. Color grading, picture conform, additional image restoration and DCP by Roundabout Entertainment. Colorist: Sheri Eisenberg. Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp."

4K scans not (yet) released on UltraHD Blu-ray

• Ben-Hur
• Beverly Hills Cop 1, 2 and 3
• To Catch A Thief
• Stanley Kubrick movies
  • A Clockwork Orange
• “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman” (1951)
  • "Tim Lanza, the archivist and vice president of the Cohen Media Collection"
• "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955)
  • "The restoration of Rebel Without A Cause was completed from an 8K scan of the original CinemaScope (widescreen 2.55:1) camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. Due to color fading, the original camera negative could no longer yield an acceptable photochemical print."
• "Richard III"
  • "Dr. Kevin Manbeck, MTI Film's CTO, who creates the various algorithms used for the software, is remarkable"
  • "It required Correct DRS [MTI Film's full featured restoration toolset] and a fair amount of painting"
• "Taxi Driver" (1976)
  • " MTI Film had just developed proprietary technology, AutoClean, designed to find very small dirt that can be overlooked by the human eye"

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