P&P95 Blu-Ray out in October
DVD Times is reporting that a Blu-Ray DVD of P&P95 will be out in October. This will be good news to many disappointed with the bad color transfer on the DVD versions to date. Note it says “Region TBD.” Hopefully there will be releases in all regions for everyone who wants one.
Returning to the original film negatives this classic drama has been painstakingly restored frame-by-frame. 5.1 audio has also been created from the original soundtracks.
The 2-Disc Blu-ray release also features extras including a retrospective with interviews from Andrew Davies, and Costume Designer Dinah Collin. Region coding is TBC.
The administrator also says in comments,
The PR also says “Colours are now rich and vivid with previously unseen details, such as lace and fabric texture, revealed for the first time.”
Good news all around.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Great news, I’ve been waiting anxiously for this!
August 31st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Wow, great. I was really disappointed in the picture (and audio) quality of my P&P dvds, hopefully these will be much better. Only difficulty is, we don’t have a blu-ray dvd player! I’ll have to convince my parents to buy one, I guess. . .
August 31st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Amazon in US is also advertising a P&P2 Blue-ray for pre-order, this one manufactured by A&E video, but it does not say if it will contain any extras or restored/improved image and sound qualities, nor the date of release:
http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-Blu-ray-Colin-Firth/dp/B001E2JNA6/
August 31st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I think this may be what makes me break down and get a Blu-Ray player. This release would justify that expense, doesn’t it?
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Of course it would, Ben!