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SO...Another from my archive, with a few new tweaks and polishing up in order to drop this on 'yall ! YUP, this has been sitting around, and, well...time to share.
The Theatrical version (2y42min) was cut down frmo the Roadshow version of 3h 22min. An HD version of the 70mm Roadshow version no longer exists.
This edit was compiled from the best available commercial sources in order to recreate the famous TODD.AO 3hour and 22 Minute version of the Roadshow presentation.
This has the reconstructed Overture, Entre-Acte and Exit Music, using the correct music cues which are well documented.
The Laser Disc release unfortunately was only in STEREO despite the film winning an Oscar for its 6 Channel Mix.
The Laser Disc was upscaled to 720 p, and the movie edited and rendered at 720p from the Blu Ray source intercut with the material unique to the Laser Disc. In some portions, the audio was taken from the Roadshow release on VHS which was brighter than the Laser Disc but syncing the Surround track from the VHS was too problematic.
A custom re-created credit for the TODD AO process was also created using a still from a frame of the surviving 70mm print as reference and creating a clean plate from the Blu Ray opening credits...the 70mm print is now pink! (see links below).
This presentation does not include ANY Fanedit, editor or other self-serving references out of respect to the importance of this film and the hope that the men in suits will restore it, one day somehow.
Though the 70mm pristine print from which the Laser Disc and VHS were made has long since been lost due to it mistreatment, many recent restorations from far more challengingly damaged material have been made.
For those of you not familiar with this movie, it cost $12 million dollars back in 1960 (about 120 million today). It was produced and directed by John Wayne, a dream project he had long sought to make.
The Alamo was shot in 65mm TODD-AO at 30fps, with Roadshow prints struck in 70mm to allow for the 6 channel audio.
The film was then cut down for its theatrical release and the sole surviving 70mm print (discovered in Canada in 1991) was effectively destroyed after the Laserdisc and VHS was mastered from it in the 90s.
Separation masters produced at the time have focus issues, and the surviving 35mm copies are missing the roadshow extra scenes.
This edit combines the best of the available sources, which IS COMPLETE overall, with some upscaling to 720p, edited in 1080p, and then mastered back to 1080 overall. Minimal sharpening was deployed in some of the recovered Laserdisc material.
Help restore this film by responding to the below article containing information on supporting the campaign.
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DROPPING very Very, VERY soon!
The Theatrical version (2y42min) was cut down frmo the Roadshow version of 3h 22min. An HD version of the 70mm Roadshow version no longer exists.
This edit was compiled from the best available commercial sources in order to recreate the famous TODD.AO 3hour and 22 Minute version of the Roadshow presentation.
This has the reconstructed Overture, Entre-Acte and Exit Music, using the correct music cues which are well documented.
The Laser Disc release unfortunately was only in STEREO despite the film winning an Oscar for its 6 Channel Mix.
The Laser Disc was upscaled to 720 p, and the movie edited and rendered at 720p from the Blu Ray source intercut with the material unique to the Laser Disc. In some portions, the audio was taken from the Roadshow release on VHS which was brighter than the Laser Disc but syncing the Surround track from the VHS was too problematic.
A custom re-created credit for the TODD AO process was also created using a still from a frame of the surviving 70mm print as reference and creating a clean plate from the Blu Ray opening credits...the 70mm print is now pink! (see links below).
This presentation does not include ANY Fanedit, editor or other self-serving references out of respect to the importance of this film and the hope that the men in suits will restore it, one day somehow.
Though the 70mm pristine print from which the Laser Disc and VHS were made has long since been lost due to it mistreatment, many recent restorations from far more challengingly damaged material have been made.
For those of you not familiar with this movie, it cost $12 million dollars back in 1960 (about 120 million today). It was produced and directed by John Wayne, a dream project he had long sought to make.
The Alamo was shot in 65mm TODD-AO at 30fps, with Roadshow prints struck in 70mm to allow for the 6 channel audio.
The film was then cut down for its theatrical release and the sole surviving 70mm print (discovered in Canada in 1991) was effectively destroyed after the Laserdisc and VHS was mastered from it in the 90s.
Separation masters produced at the time have focus issues, and the surviving 35mm copies are missing the roadshow extra scenes.
This edit combines the best of the available sources, which IS COMPLETE overall, with some upscaling to 720p, edited in 1080p, and then mastered back to 1080 overall. Minimal sharpening was deployed in some of the recovered Laserdisc material.
Help restore this film by responding to the below article containing information on supporting the campaign.
Tell MGM it's time – NOW – to save John Wayne's The Alamo before it's lost forever
So... you might recall that last week I had dinner with film restoration expert (and former Bits contributor) Robert A. Harris and some other friends. (You can find a complete archive of his work on the original Digital Bits website here.) Robert, as it happens, is in town working on another...
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