Quo Vadis Announced for Blu-ray Release

Warner Home Video has revealed that they will bring the 1951 Mervyn LeRoy religious epic film 'Quo Vadis' to Blu-ray during Spring 2009. The film, which featured a cast list that numbers in the tens of thousands and was filmed on location in Rome, has gone through a special photochemical restoration in order to present the film in a way not seen since its original release over fifty years ago. No technical specs or special features have been announced at this time, but you can expect that this Blu-ray will at least receive all the extras from the two-disc DVD release (November 11th, 2008). These extras include a documentary tracing the roots of the film from its start as a bestseller, and a commentary by filmmaker/writer F.X. Feeney on the details of the lavish and complicated production.
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Shanester  » Jul 21, 2008
Thank you Warner!! Keep bringing those classics to BR!

yspkrk  » Jul 21, 2008
This is a great news. I've seen this movie on TV when I was a little kid. I'll definitley get this to see how better it looks now on blu.

jk1138  » Jul 21, 2008
Love the classics

mntwister  » Jul 21, 2008
Very glad to see this, but why are titles like this and Gigi and American in Paris all scheduled on blu-ray months after the dvd comes out? Not sure about anyone else, but I am hungry for these classics and looks like 2009 is going to be a much better year.

eChopper  » Jul 21, 2008
i can't believe it

Heart&Soul  » Jul 21, 2008
Is Warner trying to get back in the good graces of blu-ray.com members? If so, it's working.

Sonny  » Jul 21, 2008
I can't wait to see this photochemical restoration!!!

Russell_L  » Jul 21, 2008
Great news! (As long as no DNR is used, that is.)

NoQuestion  » Jul 21, 2008
As long as WB/New Line stays clear of DNR usage than I will be very happy. Glad to see they keep announcing titles. Hopefully this week at Comic-Con we get a release date for the Batman anthology as well as The Matrix.

Kirsty_Mc  » Jul 21, 2008
I'll pre-order when it's up :-)

pro-bassoonist  » Jul 22, 2008
I saw the European release announced a few weeks ago and knew this one was coming. Great news. Pro-B

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