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Army of One 1993 (Joshua Tree) DVD Artisan |
Posted by: DeafYakuza - 2023-11-08, 06:00 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help
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Hi guys,
I am looking for a DVD of Army of One (Joshua Tree) from 1993 unrated version released by Artisan. All the late versions are edited for R-rated (DC), self the director preferred his Rated version.
Just I am editing on my project for unrated version in HD (SD materials are upscaled by AI) but I need a original and unedited English track (Surround).
If someone have this DVD in his collection, please contact me by PN.
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Hello |
Posted by: dagscott - 2023-11-06, 09:03 PM - Forum: Presentation
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Long-time hobbyist in terms of digital fancuts/restorations, mostly associated with The Good The Bad and the Ugly.
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Excited about projects here |
Posted by: keenyoness - 2023-11-06, 05:29 AM - Forum: Presentation
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Hi everyone, I found my way here from a Star Wars fan restoration galaxy not too far away. I'm excited to learn more about the work being done here
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A Garfield Christmas - Extended Edit |
Posted by: stwd4nder2 - 2023-11-03, 03:38 PM - Forum: Released
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There are two versions of the Garfield Christmas special. The original 1989 broadcast version, and a different edit broadcast in 1991. From imdb:
Quote:In addition to different animation when Grandma talks to Garfield about Grandpa, the original 1987 version features some slightly extended scenes that were removed in 1991 to make room for the "O Christmas Tree" scene. These scenes include: · An extended sequence of Jon, Odie, and Garfield leaving their home for the farm (showing the car start, pull out of the driveway, and travel down a street before leaving the city limits). · Grandma feeds Garfield and Odie potatoes from the table before feeding them ham. · Dad's reaction to Grandma's comment about eating for two is slightly longer. · Dad looks dazed as the family leaves for bed after he finishes reading "Binky: the Clown Who Saved Christmas", whereas in the 1991 version, he looks mildly annoyed. · The music and sequence of the family going to bed for the night is slightly longer, showing the lights in the house going off. · The musical intro to "You Can Never Find an Elf When You Need One" is longer.
The 1991 version is what's on the DVD and VHS release, while the 1989 version is what got restored in HD. The biggest problem with the '89 version is the missing scene of Grandma playing piano. Not only is it an iconic scene for anyone who grew up with '91 version, but the way the '89 version is presented it's a very hard edit that clearly gives the impression that something is missing. I'd assume the scene was cut last minute for some unknown reason (probably time or unfinished animation).
Anyways, what I've done is take the HD master of the '89 version, and insert the "O Christmas Tree" scene from the DVD. I didn't make any other edits or changes, so this is more of a fanedit then a restoration of the '91 version. The DVD isn't the best quality, it's clearly sourced from a tape, but I haven't seen anything better. The color grading is very different in the HD master, so I color corrected the DVD footage to match.
The audio on the DVD is much better then the HD stream. The '91 version uses a new mix from stems, it's not just an edit of the '89 mix. I took the (very long and painful) process of creating a custom mix using the DVD as much as possible. The patching from the HD stream is very noticeable, but there's only so much I can do. The only other source that would exist of the '89 edit would be an off-air recording, which would come with it's own issues.
Now available via PM
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Tears Of The Sun Director's Cut |
Posted by: alleycat - 2023-11-03, 02:48 PM - Forum: Released
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![[Image: tZANogvl.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/tZANogvl.jpg)
Tears Of The Sun had a longer Director's Cut released on DVD but this has been absent from the Blu Ray. I used the US DVD, took the extra footage and went through a process of de-haloing, cleaning, upscaling and sharpening. I used both avisynth and topaz for this. Then I regrained the footage in After Effects using a section of the blu ray grain. Thankfully the color grading was the same so no additional colour grading was necessary.
The blu ray is not the best looking, this also had edge enhancement so I applied de-haloing to this as well. I then rebuilt the movie using both sources and matched it frame for frame to the DVD. The audio is the 5.1 AC3 from the DVD untouched. In terms of the extras everything is ported from the DVD.
The final result is not perfect and I found that some of the extra footage, even in the DVD, looked lower quality then the rest of the footage. However I did the best I could.
- BD25 with a menu, background video, pop up menu and resume function
- 1080P taken from the Blu Ray
- English 5.1 AC3
- English SDH Subtitles
- Journey to Safety: The Making of Tears of the Sun
- Voices of Africa featurettes
- Trailer
PM me for the links, contributing/long term members only please. Contributing means active members of the forum who post and/or make their own projects.
High Resolution cover and disc art available from @Pineapples101 Here.
Here is an example using the same shot from the DVD and Blu Ray.
DVD post processing:
![[Image: AwnNOO0.png]](https://i.imgur.com/AwnNOO0.png)
DVD post grain/additional processing:
![[Image: aZCc5KW.png]](https://i.imgur.com/aZCc5KW.png)
Blu Ray:
![[Image: dPDn7BP.png]](https://i.imgur.com/dPDn7BP.png)
Menu:
![[Image: 4xCImz9l.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4xCImz9l.png)
![[Image: 9WvTGLWl.png]](https://i.imgur.com/9WvTGLWl.png)
![[Image: 509Cj9El.png]](https://i.imgur.com/509Cj9El.png)
Just to clarify this is a project that I have made for myself which I am choosing to share. If you don't like the project, if you think it should have been done differently then feel free to keep that to yourself and consider doing your own project.
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Cinema nutter |
Posted by: dr_treves - 2023-10-29, 11:48 AM - Forum: Presentation
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I have been into movies and cinema sound since my first visit to what was the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. The THX sound system there blew me away! I now install high end home cinema for a living.
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