Warner: New 4K Restoration of George Stevens' Giant Coming Soon to 4K Blu-ray
HomeWarner: New 4K Restoration of George Stevens' Giant Coming Soon to 4K Blu-ray
Posted April 21, 2022 02:30 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of George Stevens' classic film Giant (1956), starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Carroll Baker, and Jane Withers. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 21.
Synopsis: Wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) shakes things up at home when he returns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest, the refined Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor). Bick and Leslie get married, but she clashes with his sister, Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), and wins the admiration of the ambitious young Jett Rink (James Dean). Bick and Jett form a tense rivalry that continues to surface as the years pass and fortunes change in this sweeping drama.
Director George Stevens won an Academy Award for this film, one of the 10 Oscar nominations the film earned.
The upcoming 4K Blu-ray release will be sourced from a new 4K restoration completed by Warner Bros. with the cooperation of The Film Foundation.
"The new 4K restoration was completed sourcing both the original camera negatives and protection RGB separation master positives for the best possible image, and color corrected in high dynamic range for the latest picture display technology. The audio was sourced primarily from a 1995 protection copy of the Original Magnetic Mono soundtrack. The picture and audio restoration was completed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services: Motion Picture Imaging and Post Production Sound."
Synopsis: Wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) shakes things up at home when he returns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest, the refined Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor). Bick and Leslie get married, but she clashes with his sister, Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), and wins the admiration of the ambitious young Jett Rink (James Dean). Bick and Jett form a tense rivalry that continues to surface as the years pass and fortunes change in this sweeping drama.
Director George Stevens won an Academy Award for this film, one of the 10 Oscar nominations the film earned.
The upcoming 4K Blu-ray release will be sourced from a new 4K restoration completed by Warner Bros. with the cooperation of The Film Foundation.
"The new 4K restoration was completed sourcing both the original camera negatives and protection RGB separation master positives for the best possible image, and color corrected in high dynamic range for the latest picture display technology. The audio was sourced primarily from a 1995 protection copy of the Original Magnetic Mono soundtrack. The picture and audio restoration was completed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services: Motion Picture Imaging and Post Production Sound."