Quo Vadis Announced for Blu-ray Release

Posted November 24, 2008 12:15 PM by Josh Dreuth


Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring the epic film 'Quo Vadis' to Blu-ray on March 17th. This title has already been released on Blu-ray by Warner in both Japan and Korea, and it is widely assumed that the US release will share their technical specs of coming on a BD-50 and utilizing 1080p VC-1 video accompanied by a Dolby Digital mono soundtrack. Confirmed extras for this release include: Commentary by F. X. Feeney -Filmmaker/Writer Feeney explores the genesis of one of MGM's most glorious, grand-scale productions, a movie that took nearly twenty years to make and the one that helped launch the age of the 50's Hollywood epic blockbusters. In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic - Although filmmakers have always found inspiration in the Bible, no one ever quite made a movie like Quo Vadis, the definitive Roman spectacle and the production that launched the 50's into an arena of mega-blockbuster epics. This documentary walks the road as long and complex as the film itself, from its roots as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning bestseller to its various ground-breaking adaptations to its place as the most daring and lavish film that MGM, and Louis B. Mayer, dared to undertake. Theatrical Trailer Teaser Trailer
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rock-ranger

Nov 24, 2008

It has been released in Germany as well. I got my copy last week. Great Picture for a movie this old.

It seems that there were no surviving elements to remix the audio to multichannel...

Anyway, a solid release. The only thing I would have been pleased a bit more is if they would have
removed a couple of specks here and there, but overall a pleasant presentation.

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dobyblue

Nov 24, 2008

Even if the elements don't exist, a lossless Mono track should have been used.

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rock-ranger

Nov 24, 2008

Yes, I agree with you. We germans are, unfortunately, used to get only compressed or non-
multichannel audio tracks. Most studios (Warner, Paramount, Dreamworks, Universal, Disney, Fox)
deliver dubs mostly in DD 5.1 at 640k or if we are lucky (Disney and Universal titles) we get a 1,5MBit
DTS Track.
What is really sad is that in some cases (e.g. Disney) we get an uncompressed or TrueHD/DTS MA
Track, but only at 16Bit instead of 24Bit which is on your domestic release.
This really sucks!

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Russell_L

Nov 24, 2008

The Japanese release has already been reviewed by DVD Beaver:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews43/quo_vadis_blu-ray.htm

Looks great, and will be a likely purchase for me...

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Dubstar

Nov 24, 2008

now come on Warners, release "An American in Paris" so I don't have the order the import edition.

Edo

Nov 24, 2008

WOW LEGENDARY MOVIE

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donaldheil

Nov 24, 2008

Mmmm... I thought this was widescreen. The Japanese Blu Ray review posted by Rusell L confirms that it's not (because 1:37:1 is the original aspect ratio of the movie, so it's not a disc's flaw).

It's a shame, I thought I was going to rediscover a classic that I've watched on full screen TV over the years.

But no matter. To watch it on Blu Ray will be a worthy upgrade.