Sidebar note: I just saw a gloriously immaculate wide, wide, widescreen digital projection of the 1969 The Italian Job at the Turner Classic Movie Festival, with stereophonic sound. I hope this means it might appear on Blu-ray this year. Color / 2:35 enhanced widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date April 22, 2014 / available through the Warner Archive Collection / 14.97

Mike Hodges in Conversation (2022, 60 mins): the director discusses his career in this interview recorded at BFI SouthbankIn case you need a reminder, it's this: "You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself." the hallmarks of the typical American crime film is the presence of a moral center. In the classics Das ungelenke Remake mit Stallone sieht, obwohl in den 2000er Jahren gedreht, gegen diesen über 40 Jahre zählenden Klassiker einfach nur alt aus. Bei dieser DVD handelt es sich um einen UK-Import mit der ungeschnittenen Originaversion ohne deutsche Tonspur. In Deutschland gibt es ihn (noch) nicht ungeschnitten fürs Heimkino. Er ist in bei uns ungekürzt ab 18 Jahren freigegeben und läuft, da es keine vollständige deutsche Synchronisation gibt, im deutschen TV immer in einer stark gekürzten Fassung, meist im Nachtprogramm. The film is now more than half a century old, and yet it continues to win fans with each new generation – and the latest are bound to be enthralled by a 4K and Blu-ray release from the BFI. Director Mike Hodges says the quality is fantastic – and he’s absolutely right. In fact, the film probably looks better now than it did on its big screen release in 1971.

Wrong! Helpful correspondent Jonathan Hertzberg offers a welcome correction (but keep reading at end): DISCLAIMER: This review's compressed, resized screen captures are strictly decorative and do not represent Blu-Ray's native 1080p resolution. clear to my ear, but for others the fear of the original American distributors may be justified, i.e., The Ship Hotel – Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan's wonderful film about a pub on the banks of the River TyneThe Ship Hotel - Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan’s evocative documentary film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne This warts and all UHD transfer, supervised by Mike Hodges, is a marvel. The film is given new life by accentuating the detail that so informs the story. average bitrate of 21.96 Mbps, which is certainly better than some of Warner's efforts but is still Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (software uniformly simulated HDR) ,

Das Bild liegt anamorph im Widescreen-Format vor und kann auf einem kompatiblen Fernseher im Format 1.1:78 angesehen werden. Der Ton liegt lediglich in Mono vor. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Jason Wood also adds a contribution to the booklet that ends up taking up most of the last half of it,an extensive look at the work of Roy Budd. Wood first writes up a brief bio about the composer before reprinting interviews he conducted with musicians Barry Adamson, Matt Johnson, Jah Wobble, and writer Bob Stanley, each participant explaining how Budd’s work has influenced them or impacted film scores since. It’s one of the more extensive and well-researched pieces on Budd I’ve read. Having said that, there are plenty of special features to enjoy, including audio commentaries with Hodges and Caine, a recent interview with the director at the BFI, and an insight into Budd’s career.

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Hardcore fans (like ME!) who want the real deal now have a way to get it. Do you think you could update your review with an additional footnote/notice? Thank you sir for your consideration! -- Jeffrey Nelson aka WaverBoy aka Serious Michael Caine Fan (11.07.14). Note that the film can be played with or without a newly-filmed introduction by Michael Caine. special features

A much better trailer that hints at plot points that it savvily avoids revealing, and includes a few quotes praising the film, including one from enthusiastic fan, Edgar Wright. here, although the screencaps do not fully convey the extent to which the grain moves in film-like patterns to convey detail within the image. Given the Please note that all screencaptures that appear with this article are taken from the 4K Blu-ray and are downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual color values of this content.

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Throughout the entire process, director Mike Hodges was consulted and signed off the final restoration.