Sunday Too Far Away Blu-ray
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Posted January 14, 2021 08:01 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Umbrella Entertainment officially announced and detailed today its upcoming Blu-ray release of Ken Hannam's film Sunday Too Far Away (1975), starring Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, and Robert Bruning. The release, which is part of the label's recently launched series Sunburst Screens, will be available for purchase on February 17.
Label description: Jack Thompson is Foley, the best shearer on every station for miles around. Sunday Too Far Away is Foley's story of sweat-soaked days and rum-soaked nights, of bloody two-fisted punch ups... of scab labour brought in during the shearers strike of '56 and of the poor old bastard who runs the place: the cocky (farmer) who is terrified that one slip of the shears will render his prize ram good for nothing but mint sauce.
A classic of Australian cinema and the film that launched the South Australian Film Corporation, Sunday Too Far Away now appears as part of the Sunburnt Screens sub label.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Wherever possible the NFSA works with the original creatives throughout the process. These are the people who have the unique perspective on how the film was in its original form. The archival restoration intent is to bring the film back to how it was when first seen – there are no fix-ups or changes made to the original i.e. if a scene is underlit it is replicated and rejuvenated, not altered.
The Original Print Negative (OPN) and final mix Mag were brought out of the vaults for digitizing. NFSA digital restoration partners Vandal completed a 4K scan of the OPN and the NFSA digitised, and then fully restored, the audio mix in-house.
The restoration of the film was complex. There were parts of the negative that had been subjected to severe damage prior to arriving at the NFSA and there was considerable perforation damage on several of the reels. As well as the usual cleaning and grading, the Vandal Colourist then worked with the NFSA curator, DOP Geoff Burton and Producer Matt Carroll on the restoration. The damage to parts of the film were improved as much as possible using Flame and there was extensive manual cleaning involved in addition to the automatic clean. The digitally restored audio was synched to the vision at Spectrum Films and a final 2K Digital Cinema Package (DCP) was quality controlled by all involved.
Label description: Jack Thompson is Foley, the best shearer on every station for miles around. Sunday Too Far Away is Foley's story of sweat-soaked days and rum-soaked nights, of bloody two-fisted punch ups... of scab labour brought in during the shearers strike of '56 and of the poor old bastard who runs the place: the cocky (farmer) who is terrified that one slip of the shears will render his prize ram good for nothing but mint sauce.
A classic of Australian cinema and the film that launched the South Australian Film Corporation, Sunday Too Far Away now appears as part of the Sunburnt Screens sub label.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM*
- The Making of Sunday - archival documentary (1975)
- Jack Thompson in conversation with David Wenham
- Original World Premiere Program
- Stills Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtiles for the main feature
Wherever possible the NFSA works with the original creatives throughout the process. These are the people who have the unique perspective on how the film was in its original form. The archival restoration intent is to bring the film back to how it was when first seen – there are no fix-ups or changes made to the original i.e. if a scene is underlit it is replicated and rejuvenated, not altered.
The Original Print Negative (OPN) and final mix Mag were brought out of the vaults for digitizing. NFSA digital restoration partners Vandal completed a 4K scan of the OPN and the NFSA digitised, and then fully restored, the audio mix in-house.
The restoration of the film was complex. There were parts of the negative that had been subjected to severe damage prior to arriving at the NFSA and there was considerable perforation damage on several of the reels. As well as the usual cleaning and grading, the Vandal Colourist then worked with the NFSA curator, DOP Geoff Burton and Producer Matt Carroll on the restoration. The damage to parts of the film were improved as much as possible using Flame and there was extensive manual cleaning involved in addition to the automatic clean. The digitally restored audio was synched to the vision at Spectrum Films and a final 2K Digital Cinema Package (DCP) was quality controlled by all involved.
