7.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
A wandering cowboy gets caught in the rivalry between an aging rancher's sons.
Starring: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex NicolWestern | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.55:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.55:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Anthony Mann's "The Man from Laramie" (1955) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British label Eureka Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film; new video interview with critic and novelist Kim Newman; and exclusive new audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin. The release also arrives with an illustrated booklet featuring a new essay by Philip Kemp, an interview with Anthony Mann, and rare archival imagery. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
The man
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.55:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Anthony Mann's The Man from Laramie arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Eureka Entertainment.
The release is sourced from a recent 4K restoration of the film that was prepared by Sony Pictures in the United States. It is incredibly beautiful, and actually the type of restoration that makes it painfully obvious that when it comes to bringing back to life older films that have been ravaged by time there is a sea of difference between the work that people at Sony Pictures and other major studios do (and Twentieth Century Fox in particular). Indeed, clarity, depth and fluidity are simply outstanding, and the larger your screen is, the easier it will be for you to appreciate the terrific organic appearance of the film. There are a few sporadic density fluctuations that are introduced by native source limitations (see screencapture #20) as well as a few sporadic density fluctuations that emerge during transitions, but they are retained, not introduced by poor digital work during the restoration work. There are no traces of problematic degraining or sharpening adjustments. Not surprisingly, the grain is nicely exposed and resolved. In fact, the bigger your screen is, the easier it will be for you to appreciate the outstanding organic appearance of the film. The color scheme is beautiful, and it immediately becomes obvious that the person that graded the film knew how to properly preserve and balance the primaries and the nuances. All of this is also reflected in a very solid dynamic range. There are no stability issues. Finally, there are no distracting debris, damage marks, cuts, stains, or other serious age-related imperfections to report. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. When turned on, they split the image frame and the black bar below it.
I viewed the film with the LPCM 2.0 track and have nothing but great things to say about it. The audio has clearly been fully remastered and as a result depth, clarity and fluidity are as good as one can expect them to be. The music is also nicely balanced, while the dialog has the type of natural flow that it ought to have when it is completely free of age-related imperfections.
Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart's final western, The Man from Laramie, follows an aging wagon handler who is on a mission to avenge the tragic death of his brother somewhere in the heart of New Mexico. It is a fantastic western, the only one that Mann shot in CinemaScope and Technicolor, that in many ways sums up everything that was so great about these types of films. As a big admirer of Jimmy Stewart's work, I have to say that I believe that one of his all-time best performances is here, playing the aging but resilient Will Lockhart. Eureka Entertainment's Blu-ray release of The Man from Laramie is sourced from a first-class 4K restoration of the film that was completed by Sony Pictures in the United States. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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