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Blu-ray arriving April 15, 2014

posted 11 years ago by hobnob53
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Universal is releasing Touch of Evil on Blu-ray on April 15, 2014. As with the best DVD release, it will have all three versions of the film. Retail price is $29.98. Features include the following:

CONTAINS 3 VERSIONS: (Restored Version - 111 min., Theatrical Version - 95 min. & Preview Version - 108 min.)

BONUS FEATURES:

* Bringing Evil to Life - Retrospective documentary on the groundbeaking production of Touch of Evil featuring interviews with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, crew members and film historians
* Evil Lost & Found - Go behind the scenes of the restoration of Touch of Evil and learn about the various versions of the film
* Audio Commentary featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
* Separate Audio Commentary featuring Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
* Theatrical Trailer
* Audio Commentary featuring Writer / Filmmaker F.X. Feeny (Theatrical Version)
* Audio Commentary featuring Welles Historians Joanthan Rosenbaum and James Naremore (Preview Version)
* PLUS: Touch of Evil: Notes from Director Orson Welles Dated December 5, 1957 - A 58 page memo to Universal after viewing the studio's rough cut of the film.

[–] monty-britton 11 years ago

I don't like that Universal is forcing us to watch the films in the 1.85 aspect ratio.
Eureka UK blu ray allows us to choose to watch the films in the 1.37 aspect ratio or 1.85. I like having the choice of aspect ratios (with different commentaries on each one). 1 movie, 5 cuts. Love it!!

[–] IEatWords 10 years ago

Agreed. I doubt I'll ever pick up the Universal blu ray solely because of it. Compare the 1.85 and 1.37 images and it's obvious it was framed for 1.37.

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[–] ridge-m-1 10 years ago

If you don't watch the Blu-ray you will have never seen the film look as good as it can for home video. The transfer is exquisite although admittedly there is some controversy regarding the aspect ratio.

I doubt if you saw TOE in the theatre so I strongly suggest you pick up the Blu-ray.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I believe it's one of those cases where it was framed to work for both: 1.85 for the theaters, and 1.37 for future broadcast on televison.