Author Topic: Best Restored DVD (Read 3473 times)

purple_jedi · « **on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 02:29 PM »

Hi. I'm starting to collect timeless and classic DVDs (eg. West Side Story, Giant, Sound of Music) What to you is the best restored and remastered in your collection. Thanks

firewired · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 05:27 PM »

Singin' in the Rain and Citizen Kane are both excellent transfers. Warner used the same restoration team for both titles if I'm not mistaken.

Kahon · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 07:58 PM »

Vertigo was great.

gurang · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 09:50 PM »

Vertigo, La Grande Illusion, My Fair Lady, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Singin' In the Rain

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 10:54 PM »

I'd have to go with My Fair Lady, since aside from being restored, it has an entire commentary track about the restoration process!

ThePatriot · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 05, 2003 at 11:21 PM »

- citizen kane
- my fair lady
- singin' in the rain
- west side story
- roman holiday
- snow white and the seven dwarfs (platinum edition)
- cleopatra (five star collection)
- lawrence of arabia (limited edition)
- 20,000 leagues under the sea (special edition)
- the love bug (special edition)
- king of kings
- doctor zhivago (special edition)
- benhur
- the ten commandments
- alfred hitchcock's psycho
- spartacus (cc)
- cleopatra (five star collection)
- the sound of music (five star collection)
- the french connection (five star collection)
- beauty and the beast (platinum edition)
- giant (special edition)
- the abyss (five star collection)

torque · « **Reply #6 on:** Jul 07, 2003 at 11:39 AM »

Sound of Music and Lawrence of Arabia

johndoe · « **Reply #7 on:** Jul 07, 2003 at 01:39 PM »

snow white(animation)

bunkieboy · « **Reply #8 on:** Jul 07, 2003 at 03:50 PM »

Quote from: gurang on Jul 05, 2003 at 09:50 PM

Vertigo, La Grande Illusion, My Fair Lady, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Singin' In the Rain

was not too pleased with the restoration of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. movie looked and sounded real old and worn. found the movie hardly audible and the picture hardly movie quality like. was honestly expecting a better product like what criterion did with Life of Brian

av_phile · « **Reply #9 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 11:41 AM »

The Great Race on Warner

av_phile · « **Reply #10 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 11:55 AM »

Offhand these are at what i have or used to have and can recall:

On Warner

Whatever Hapenned To Baby Jane (b&w)
King Of Kings
Wizard Of Oz
Casablanca (b&w)
A Streetcar Named Desire (b&w)
Ben-Hur
My Fair Lady
The Exorcist
North By Northwest

Other labels:

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Bridge On The River Kwai
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Ten Comandments
Spartacus
Cleopatra
The Sound Of Music
Fiddler On The Roof
West Side Story
The French Connection
The Godfather Box Set ( 1 & 2)
The Longest Day (b&w)
Guns Of Navarone

A lot of old titles on the Warner label has been restored to some extent. Some titles got excellent digital transfers from well-preserved films, not necessarily restored. A number of them still has some evident film grain and scratches visible during dark scenes like in Fiddler, The Exorcists and on the openning scene in Bridge oin the River Kwai. But overall, nothing objectionable.

av_phile · « **Reply #11 on:** Jul 08, 2003 at 11:58 AM »

Also those old Sean Connery James Bond flicks look good. THough am not sure if they were deliberately restored for DVD.

gurang · « **Reply #12 on:** Jul 14, 2003 at 08:08 PM »

Quote from: bunkieboy on Jul 07, 2003 at 03:50 PM

was not too pleased with the restoration of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. movie looked and sounded real old and worn. found the movie hardly audible and the picture hardly movie quality like. was honestly expecting a better product like what criterion did with Life of Brian

Actually, I felt the other way around.

I was disappointed with the Life of Brian Criterion transfer. The sound was creaky at times, and once or twice, I thought I saw scratches on the film.

The Holy Grail transfer was not perfect though, and I probably should not have included it in my list.

johndoe · « **Reply #13 on:** Jul 14, 2003 at 08:45 PM »

apocalypse now:redux..

jimmylr · « **Reply #14 on:** Jul 16, 2003 at 09:06 AM »

For me it's

The Ten Comandments
and
Ben Hur

purple_jedi · « **Reply #15 on:** Oct 14, 2003 at 06:14 PM »

WOW! got to see 2 of Charlton Heston's (1971 and 1973) Sci Fi/Horror flick...

and

Thhese are totally wierd cult movies but nice video transfer

Mr. Big Boy · « **Reply #16 on:** Oct 24, 2003 at 03:14 PM »

I'm not really into classics but, the best restoration I can think of seeing are "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" of Disney & "Superman the Movie" also "Sound of Music"

Mrs. T · « **Reply #17 on:** Oct 24, 2003 at 09:21 PM »

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" gets my vote...

T-850 · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 10, 2004 at 03:16 PM »

T2 EXTREME VERSION..

slowhand · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 10, 2004 at 08:21 PM »

Lawrence of Arabia Superbit

Miles better than the first release. It probably has the widest difference between a Superbit and its "normal" version.

The Limited Edition is on top. Superbit at the bottom. Talk about night and day!

uebetan12 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 05, 2006 at 05:01 AM »

the adventures of robin hood {1938}............................

enough said

talisman30 · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 24, 2006 at 08:10 AM »

i've seen old transfers of lawrence of arabia (i have the superbit copy now) and Godfather 1 and 2. the newly restored releases are indeed far off better than the first release.

Movie_Geek_Tom · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 18, 2006 at 09:52 PM »

Casablanca
Vertigo
Star Wars Trilogy