Kino: New 4K Restoration of Gambit Detailed for Blu-ray

Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Ronald Neame's film Gambit (1966), starring Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine, Herbert Lom, Roger C. Carmel, and Arnold Moss. The release will be available for purchase on January 11.

Description: Harry Dean (Michael Caine) is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar (Herbert Lom). With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang (Shirley MacLaine), he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM COMPLETED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES*
• NEW Audio Commentary by critics Howard S. Berger, Sergio Mims and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary by Director Ronald Neame
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles

*Gambit is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This 4K master, created from a 35mm original Techniscope negative, was commissioned by Universal Pictures, with restoration services provided by NBCUniversal StudioPost. Dirt, debris, scratches, splices, jitter, flicker, grain management film warps were removed using Resolve, MTI Nova and Algosoft. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm DME Stems and Mono Combine track. Edited and mixed through ProTools using various plugins and EQ tools, including iZotope RX and Cedar.