The Exorcist (1973): Theatrical Cut Reconstruction

[xwmario]

Is this project still available, would love to get my hands on it.

Regards

[therobotdreamer]

I recon you should wait, the 4k UHD is coming with both cut.
Wait & see

[pipefan413]

It would appear that the most pertinent details of the new iteration of the "theatrical cut" on the UHD/4K release are as follows:

• The stupid digital morph at the end from "The Version You've Never Seen" is reverted back to the original jump cut
  
• It has the original mono soundtrack, for the first time since LaserDisc (which I intend to compare to the LaserDisc mono if I can get hold of a rip of the disc; my BD drive cannot be flashed to support UHD and I can't really afford to buy another one)
  
• They still haven't restored the Saul Bass Warner logo at the start
  
• The blue tint that was also added to The Version You've Never Seen is, alas, still there
  

I need to work out a solution for transferring UHD so I can do half-decent tone-mapping (e.g. to fix the weird magenta push on stuff like Hellboy) and indulge in my usual audio examinations, but I'm bloody skint.

[WXM]

... but I'm bloody skint.

I have a recommendation: You should become a multi billionaire, I think that would solve your problem above. Last week I was skint too, but two days ago my entire life cash holdings went from $33.47 to $979,254,369,390.47 and I have to admit, yesterday and today have been turbo-cool as a result. In fact, today I paid for a huge underwater volcano at the equator to be erupted to create my own personal island; 'twill be done cooling in about a week to build the secret WXM Airport for my personal fleet of luxury A380s, as well as my secret port for my five (non military-variant) Gerald R Ford-sized aircraft carriers to be covered with all my new (non military-variant) F-35Bs.

So yeah, for you, by Monday I'd recommend you try to be a multi-billionaire so you can really get into UHD (ripping and related).

[pipefan413]

I have a recommendation: You should become a multi billionaire, I think that would solve your problem above. Last week I was skint too, but two days ago my entire life cash holdings went from $33.47 to $979,254,369,390.47 and I have to admit, yesterday and today have been turbo-cool as a result. In fact, today I paid for a huge underwater volcano at the equator to be erupted to create my own personal island; 'twill be done cooling in about a week to build the secret WXM Airport for my personal fleet of luxury A380s, as well as my secret port for my five (non military-variant) Gerald R Ford-sized aircraft carriers to be covered with all my new (non military-variant) F-35Bs.

So yeah, for you, by Monday I'd recommend you try to be a multi-billionaire so you can really get into UHD (ripping and related).

[Beber]

An open matte 35mm scan from a Rob has appeared on the Spleen, using a German print and a Spanish print for a couple of minutes taken from the director's cut re-release to fill some missing parts. The mention of the print being "quite faded" has me wondering how much liberty was taken to bring the colors back... Plus I don't really get how the subtitles are in English based on the description below since that moment looks like film and not taken from the Blu-ray:

[Plissken1138]

he overlayed part of the frame just enough to cover subtitles, the rest is scan

[Beber]

Then he did a very good overlaying job. I didn't notice anything on a quick watch on my monitor. Now that I know, maybe I'll see it on some instances when projected on a big screen.