Wizard of Oz - HD upcoming release?

HiDeffjeff · Post by **HiDeffjeff** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:26 pm

Yeah, my wife and I were on there exploring some early movies and I was amazed at some of the info over there...We are looking foward to "The Wizard Of Oz" on HD-DVD...

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:30 pm

Oh really... That could be real sweet but bear in mind that the cinematography of the time was soft in nature. The HD should really open up the color pallete!

HiDeffjeff · Post by **HiDeffjeff** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:43 pm

Yeah, the colors will be awesome...It looks pretty darn good upscaled but unfortunately, the latest copy is not in wide screen...

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:47 pm

It should NOT be in widescreen. It is native 1.37

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/technical

Note that the 1.78 version is cropped; that means they cut off the top and bottom of the original. You are actually seeing less of the original frame.

HiDeffjeff · Post by **HiDeffjeff** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:50 pm

My version appears slightly stretched when upscaled...Should it be?

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:03 pm

Depends on so many factors...

If it was mastered for 1.78/1.85 and they mastered the 1.37 full frame then it would appear as widescreen with everybody looking short and fat. Need to adjust your aspect ratio for 4:3.

If it was mastered for 1.78/1.85 and they mastered the 1.37 as 4:3 letter box then it would appear as widescreen with black bars on the sides. Shouldn't have to adjust anything.

According to this page yours should be 4:3 but that does not indicate how.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/dvd

Also note means the top and bottom were slightly cut off to meet 1.33

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:55 am

Looks like the HD version never happened...

andrewleblanccox · Post by **andrewleblanccox** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:09 am

2009 will mark the 50th Anniversary of many classic films and you can bet both Oz and GWTW will be re-issued by Warners on
Blu-Ray. TNT has already shown both films in hd, in the original aspect ratio. Oz looked fantastic. For fans of classic films, Blu-Ray in
the UK has released a number of 1940's British films which play domestically, such as "Great Expectations". "Cabaret" Blu-Ray comes out in the UK later this month; hopefully, it will be US compatible, or a domestic version will surface.

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