Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
Trois Places pour le 26
Music, Drama • 1h 46m
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry, Françoise Fabian, Antoine Bourseiller, Christophe Bourseiller, Geoffrey Carey, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Raoul Curet, Mathieu Demy, Danielle Durou, Paul Guers, Bertrand Lacy, Catriona MacColl, Pierre Maguelon, Christiane Minazzoli, Carlo Nell, Georges Neri, Jacques Nolot, Géraldine Pailhas, Jean-Louis Rolland, Hélène Surgère, Dominique Varda, Katy Varda, Jean-Benoît Terral
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Overview
Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid he once loved and also encounters young hopeful Marion, giving her the chance of a lifetime
Director: Jacques Demy
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Japan Blu-ray new 2K resto of 6K scan https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=334691 Screencaps look great https://www.mondo-digital.com/ladyoscar.html
For Blu-ray Criterion Demy Set > StudioCanal
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Director: Jacques Demy
Director: Jacques Demy
Director: Jacques Demy
Director: Jacques Demy
Director: Jacques Demy
Director: Sofia Coppola
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Director: Neil Marshall
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UK StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or FR Pathé 4K Blu-ray share the same disc (caps)
The StudioCanal UHD has a much better encode than the Lionsgate UHD with the same grade. The Vuelta UHD has a decent encode but it is in an incorrect color space and has German overlays.
UK disc includes only 5.1.
The 7.1 mix included on the Lionsgate UHD appears to be identical to the 2006 USA BD's LPCM 7.1 track and to be a straight transfer of the theatrical Dolby Digital Surround EX mix (originally matrixed 6.1, with the rear surrounds in the discrete 7.1 presentation being dual mono). The old GER BD has a 6.1 mix but it is a poor remix and the GER UHD has an Auro-3D remix of the 7.1 mix (mostly adjusted surround levels). All other discs offer a 5.1 mix, including the Studio Canal UHD
Director: Jacques Audiard
France Pathé 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Atmos audio
Director: Saul Dibb
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Director: Bruce Beresford
Director: René Clair
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
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Director: René Clair
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Marcel Carné
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> Criterion/Second Sight with old transfer heavy DNR https://slow.pics/c/z8p3fR0G
Director: René Clair
More Music on Blu-ray
Director: Miloš Forman
Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray
Extended: Warner Bros Blu-ray
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Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray: Huge improvement in colors and detail. The restoration was done by the Academy instead of WB MPI which explains that there’s no grain management or issues with colors. They also accessed the original credit optical and scanned that one instead of recreating them digitally
Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray, according to Saentz, the 5.0 is a recreation of the original and subsequently 70mm mix from original elements.
Director: Sidney Lumet
Criterion 4K Blu-ray replacement disc for fixed audio (there were some dialogues missing)
While the video on the replacement disc is exactly the same as the original release, the Atmos with missing lines has been corrected as it was also corrected on the Criterion commentary. Criterion also included the 6-track which is almost identical to the PAL track; It’s 4.0 in a 5.1 container. This 6-track is slightly better than the PAL DVD track as the PAL has some flutter on some parts that Criterion doesn’t have.
The Atmos on the replacement is identical to the Imprint AUS Blu-ray track which also has all the lines. The compatibility track is also the same,
It is worth mentioning the Imprint only has the Atmos and no 6-track. The 5.1 surround is with LFE and split surrounds and it’s just a downmix of the Atmos. Ditto for the LPCM 2.0 on said Blu-ray.
Director: George Cukor
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