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Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on January 20, 2018, 02:21 PM:

Well folks you cant get better than this. "Tora! Tora! Tora! 40th Anniversary" extended Japanese cut, arrived this week from amazon.uk.. for a retail price of about nine pound...its a bargain.

This new HD restoration has been taken from original film elements, is truly stunning. With a running time of 148 minutes and a brilliant DTS HD 5:1 sound track featuring Jerry Goldsmith music, it sounds great, this blu-ray release is a must buy.

The Blu-ray also has heaps of special features as well.

The stunning detail of the image quality, plus the sound track is really something...and as such very highly recommend it.

Here are a couple of screen shots from the other night...

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 20, 2018, 02:42 PM:

Another first class movie, a whole better than pearl harbour. Great screen shots again Graham.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on January 20, 2018, 11:24 PM:

Thanks Tom [Smile]

Going through the special features at the moment, it was interesting the amount of research prior to filming that went in, to get the facts right as it happened. The filmakers went to great lengths to do this. Interesting to note that the all the Japanese parts in the film were directed by Japanese directors Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku in Japan. The American side was directed by Richard Flescher and was mostly filmed with the help of the armed forces at Pearl Harbour.

The script had to meet the full approval of both American and Japanese armed forces before filming could even start, they managed also to find surviving Japanese pilots that were involved in the attack for technical assistance, you never realize till you watch some of those special features the amount of work, and in particular the responsibility the filmakers had, to the actual survivors to get things right as much as possible.

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 21, 2018, 02:49 AM:

That is good and of course those stunt men didnt half do some close to the edge work. When the attack on the airfied is in full swing those stunt guys almost meet there ends more than once and at leat three times you see this on screen. Great classic movie

Posted by Jim Cowell (Member # 6272) on January 21, 2018, 08:19 AM:

Thanks for the heads-up, Graham. I just checked JB HiFi but it looks like we're not getting it here across the ditch. Pity. I've had the DVD for many years but haven't rewatched it for a long time because the picture quality is pretty ordinary.

If JB decide to release it over here, I'll definitely get it. I always remember that scene with the propellor coming off the Zero and wheeling across the runway, nearly taking out the stunt man. A definite "phew" moment!

Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on January 21, 2018, 11:05 AM:

WOW ! ...Great screenshots again Graham. The image looks stunning and maybe as good as 35mm film.

I showed this film away back in 1970 on 35mm when it was first released. I cant recall the print looking that good.

A bit of a paradox then as to how a later Blu-Ray disc can look better than the original 35mm prints ?

[Wink]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 22, 2018, 11:33 AM:

WOW!

This is certainly one that I'd love to have. I still have the ole widescreen laserdisc, (which honestly had a fairly marginal picture quality), but this image is just wonderful for a very good WW2 film!

I've always loved it and it shows just how the smallest over-looked moments can end up in tragedy!

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