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Films' Indicator label in the UK have just released a special edition Region B Blu-ray of Universal's
1976 WWII movie Midway on their
Indicator label, and when they say special
they really mean it!
Limited
to just 3000 copies, and with a booklet that includes the text from the Cinema
Retro 'Film in Focus' in issue #49 (2021) written by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave
Worrall, this amazing disc includes the following:
- High Definition remaster;
original mono and 2.1 Sensurround audio tracks
- Alternative two-part television version (101 mins and 92 mins)
- the
rarely seen extended television cut
containing unique scenes, reframed to 4:3 and presented in standard definition,
as originally broadcast
- Audio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell
and Steven Jay Rubin (2021)
- The Guardian
interview with Robert Wagner (1983, 71 mins): archival audio recording of
the film and TV star in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film
Theatre, London
- They Were There!
(1976, 7 mins): Charlton Heston presents this archival documentary featuring
interviews with three combatants who survived the battle
- The Making of Midway (2001, 39 mins): documentary looking at the
film's production
- Sensurround: The
Sounds of Midway (2001, 5 mins: a look at the film's use of the Sensurround
audio system
- The Super 8mm consumer movie version of highlights from the film
- The Battle of Midway (1942, 18 minutes): award-winning documentary
directed by John Ford relaying the battle with footage shot by Navy cameramen
-
Original theatrical trailer, TV spots, radio spots, image gallery, promotional
and publicity materia
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and
hard-of-hearing
- A limited edition 36-page booklet featuring archival articles
on the film and the event that inspired its screenplay, an overview of critical
responses, and film credits.
An excellent release, and one that won't be around
for long! (Please note: this release is in Region 2/B format. If you are not in the appropriate geographic region, you will need a region-free Blu-ray player.)
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