The Beach (2000) Danny Boyle

[Daffy_Duck]

Hey folks,

I'm new to the forum, my English is a bit rusted but I hope you welcome me  

I'm a huge, huge fan of Danny Boyle's "The Beach" and since there's no HD release
in any sight, I'm curious what to do. The VOD releases are OK, the spanish bootleg
(using the same data) is OK, but somehow this movie feels completely lost and the
beautiful images by Darius Khondji deserve a proper release.

One time someone sold a never-used 35mm copy of the movie on ebay, but it
ended above my price limit.
I'm a filmmaker myself, so I know what I had to do with the material, but costs are endless...

Hope you're as much frustrated as me  
Chris

[Hitcher]

It's been released on BluRay.

[dvdmike]

Not legally it hasn't

[stwd4nder2]

alleycat has a pretty great project for The Beach
https://fanrestore.com/thread-4940.html

[Hitcher]

Not legally it hasn't

Didn't know that.

[Daffy_Duck]

It's been in my head for a while and i got a good offer, so
my "The Beach" trailer version E/flat is out to get a 4k wetscan.

I'm not sure about the overall quality of the trailer, but my plans
are to work on it and let it look as good as possible ;-)

[Daffy_Duck]

Multiple problems so far.
First scan was a catastrophe. i'm still discussing to get my money back.
Second one was really good, but the trailer is in no good condition.
I was told it was probably a cheap copy of a copy and theres zero information in the darker areas.
After some hours of work here is what it looks like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7AUgIL3n0

Right now I'm waiting for another 35mm version from France. I'm not finished, yet ;-)

[maksnew]

It became interesting for a moment, and then I read that this was only a trailer...

[Daffy_Duck]

Feel free to finance scanning the whole movie ;-)

[SHM]

@maksnew maybe you can do a complexity overlay between D+, bootleg bluray and alleycat's restoration? Maybe that'll be a good source for topaz's upscaling.