The movie was released numerous times on Blu-ray and also on 4K Blu-ray. But the full trailer never got a proper treatment. Up to this day the trailer is only available in SD Letterboxed. The best version of it can be found on the DVD. The version used on the Blu-ray releases is unwatchable.

So I ventured out and try to restore it and it worked without flaws. A 100% re-creation of the full trailer

As usual the titles and credit cards have been re-created from scratched and matched the original. The opening Cannon logo wasn't included in any of the HD/4K releases. I borrowed it from the 1986 movie "Invaders from Mars" as it's also in scope.

Enjoy

So last night I was thinking about a theoretical project idea involving Michael Mann's Last Of The Mohicans and I was trying to tally up in my head exactly how many different documented cuts are there to the movie out there?

As far as I'm aware of, people generally seem to agree with the main consensus of there being at least three primary cuts: Theatrical (French / ViaVision BD), Expanded (1999 DVD) & Definitive (Any current BD).

However, I randomly stumbled across a YouTube channel by an Eduardo Martín that managed to somehow document the existence of an International cut as well as the possibility of another home media cut exclusive to LD (though from what I've seen of the videos regarding this specifically, the changes seemed to be a result of either a wonky LD capture or differing hard-subs).

I did want to post all the videos he made though because I wanted to inquire if anyone has any further details regarding this situation, or if anyone here has these SD rips—or are in possession of these releases that could be possibly ripped.

https://www.in70mm.com/presents/1963_blo.../index.htm Wrote:

For the release of “The Last of the Mohicans,” Fox employed the services of Lucasfilm’s Theatre Alignment Program (TAP) to evaluate and approve the cinemas selected to book a 70mm print.

The 70mm prints of “The Last of the Mohicans” featured full-frame imagery blown up from anamorphic 35mm and Six-Track Dolby Stereo (SR-encoded Baby Boom format).

19 years ago I've made the fan-remaster of this trailer for movie-list.com. You can find it on YouTube. Though the person who uploaded never gave me any credit. Shame, as it reached over 1 million views.
Anyway... The project wasn't perfect. I wasn't happy with the titles, it was only in SD and the newer Blu-rays look so much better. So I finally got back to the editing bay and restored the trailer to it's closed to the original it will ever look. Btw, the 1st version from back in the day had the Universal logo attached by me. The logo was never part of the trailer. Back then I've thought it was a nice touch to include it. Here I've left it out, to honor the original intend.

Edit notes:

• Scene at 1:01 replaced with a similar, as it's not in the final cut of the movie
  
• Scene at 2:16 replaced with a similar, as it's not in the final cut of the movie
  
• Titles and MPAA cards have been created from scratch and matched the originals
  

Hey,
I've been lurking here for a while, as I take great interest in audio quality. As is the case with probably many, Moshrom's blog (blah-ray) opened my eyes to the problem. I'm looking forward to my time here

I'm a huge fan of fan preservations & hybrid releases. Looking forward to what I discover here.

Hi,

I am a big fan of fan edits and 35mm grindhouse, and I am looking forward to learn from your all great work!

So in lieu of a bunch of projects that I have lost on a dead HDD, I've been considering trying a big project that I have been planning and researching for a while.

Like a lot of people here I'm a big fan of James Cameron's films. I grew up loving them and even as an adult they are some of my favorite films to revisit. But of course like a lot movies transferred to home video, Cameron's films have never been totally accurate to the 35mm prints seen in theaters. Originally a lot of those transfers were too warm, graded to be played on a CRT TV or white balance to remove any extreme color timing. Lately, Cameron himself has ruined his own films by giving them a heavy green/yellow tone which you can see in Aliens, T2 and the HDTV of The Abyss. Now a fair amount of green should be there but these remasters seem to have gone too far and have destroyed the blues of the films. The 35mm examples I have seen are full of "Cameron blues" ranging from powder blue to a deep purplish blues. That look has been striped from the home video releases of his films.

So the goal of this project is to regrade each of Cameron's films to the 35mm examples I have and then add every bit of audio I possibly can fit. No small feat and one I'm not sure I can complete but I want to try and see how far I can get. The starting focus is on T2, TL and Abyss with Aliens and T1 coming later. If anyone has an ideas or audio they would like to share please let me know.

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Theatrical Cut)

T2 TC is first out of the gate. As of right now I think the base of this project will be an "enhanced" version of the Lionsgate 2015 BD opposed to the 4K remaster. While the 4K is overall sharper, the near constant DNR removes a lot of details. If I process and upscale (to 4K) the 2015 BD I can tease out a lot more detail then the base transfer. Maybe not as much as the 4K but hopefully within spitting distance. Here are some test pics:

Lionsgate 2015 BD/Processed and regraded


As little closer look at the first pics:

Lionsgate 2015 BD/Processed and regraded x200


More pics from a rough first pass color test:

(still need to work on the skin tones)

For audio I have a pretty good selection which includes off the top of my head:

PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the US widescreen LD 68952-2WS)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the US widescreen LD 68952-2DD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the US OM LD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the analog VHS tracks)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Japanese widescreen LD PILF-0001)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Japanese SQZ widescreen LD PILF-2187)
PCM 2.0 Mono (from the Japanese SQZ widescreen LD PILF-2187)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the US widescreen LD 68952-2DD) - thanks B&D
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the US Live DVD)
DTS 5.1 (from the JPN DVD)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Chew's remix of the JPN DVD)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the US UE DVD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (from the US UE DVD)
DTS-ES 5.1 (from the US UE DVD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (from the US EE DVD)
DTS 5.1 (from the LG 2015 BD)
DTS-HD MA 5.1(from the LG 2015 BD)

Also have the US and JPN SE LD's PCM 2.0 which I might cut down to fit the TC since they should be a different mix from the original TC LDs. Don't know yet. There might be more added audio from the 4k release.

I'm hoping to use some of my stand alone Dolby and non-Dolby Surround matrix decoders (Shure, Involve, Fosgate, Lexicon) to decode the original LD's PCM into a discrete PCM/DTS-HD MA 5.1/4.1 and include it here. We shall see if the comes true.
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True Lies

I started working regrading True Lies to 35mm examples using the DVHS transfer but I need to start over. Thanks to maksnew, I now have access to a few Web-DLs of TL with better PQ then what I had. I still will go through  processing and upscaling the transfer to 4K similar to what I am doing to T2. Here is one pic from the previous work:

Original DVHS/Regrade


And the audio so far:

DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS discs)
DTS 5.1 (from the DTS LD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the US WS LD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the analog VHS tracks)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the DVHS tape)
DTS 5.1 (from the DVHS tape)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the DVHS tape)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the US DVD)
DTS 5.1 (from the Japanese DVD)
Dolby Digital+ 5.1 (from the original Web-DL/HDTV)
Dolby Digital+ 5.1 (from the Hulu Web-DL/HDTV)

I'm hoping at some point to acquire the 5.1 (AC-3 or DTS) from one or both of the LDs but that seems unlikely.
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The Abyss: Special Edition

For the Abyss I think I'm going with the SE  opposed to the TC. The goal for this is to take Random.next's OM project and re-framed every shot back to 2.39 to roughly match the old SE DVD. I'm about 2/3 of the way done on that. I was originally going to color graded it back to the old European HDTV OM broadcast but with a CRT LUT applied but might have access to more 35mm examples to work off of. The SE parts need a lot of work both in upscaling and some dirt removal.

Here are some pics from the previous work:

Reframed 2.39/Reframed 2.39 Regraded (European HDTV OM w/ CRT LUT)


PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the OAR SE LD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the OM SE LD)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the OM DVD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the OM DVD)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the OAR DVD) - Thanks NeonBible
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the OAR DVD) - Thanks NeonBible
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the Chinese DVD)
DTS-ES 5.1 (from the Chinese DVD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the EU OM HDTV)

Also have the US TC LD PCM 2.0 which might splice with the SE LD and add to the project. Not sure.

Much like T2 I'm hoping to use some of my stand alone Dolby and non-Dolby Surround matrix decoders (Shure, Involve, Fosgate, Lexicon) to decode the original LD's PCM into a discrete PCM/DTS-HD MA 5.1/4.1 and include it here.
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Aliens (Theatrical Cut) and The Terminator

Both of these will be in the second batch of work after the initial 3 films. At that time I should have a fair amount of 35mm examples for Aliens and hopefully more for T1.  Here is the current audio selections I have:

Aliens
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the P&S LD)
PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the THX LD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the THX LD)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the Quad DVD)
Dolby Digital 4.1 (from the BD)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the BD)

The Terminator
PCM 2.0 Mono (from the Image LD)
PCM 2.0 Mono (from the JPN LD)
DTS-HD MA 2.1 Mono Remix (from the Image DVD's DD 2.1)
DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono (from the MGM SE DVD's DD 2.0)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Remix (from the US BD)

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Titanic and Avatar

Not sure about working on Titanic. There are 35mm examples out there and even though I like the film, I have to see how I feel after finishing everything else. If I do work on it, I'm likely to use the HDTV broadcast over the BD but that is just me thinking out loud.

I don't think there is anything to do with Avatar. I don't know if the color varies greatly from theatrical presentation. Also I hate that film so there is no incentive for me.
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Thanks

A lot of people have given me bits and pieces of these projects over the years, so thank you to all them in no particular order.

MrBrown
Chewtobacco
Jonno
Tservo
Bigrob
Zoidberg
Williarob
Stamper
Maksnew
Random.next
X5gb
BusterD
Doombot
NeonBible
borisanddoris
Kreeep

Can someone try to add hdr to the upcoming the night of the living dead uhd?

Hi One Of My Friends Got A Hold Of A Cinema DTS disc. Didn't do much research ahead of time because it wasn't gonna be up for much longer. But I'm curious what are some programs I can use to decode this? He copied the files off the discs and the only way I got them to be read was in audacity. But the noise is so high because it's not decoded. Excuse me for my ignorance. Just curious if there is anything I can download