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Sony will be releasing "MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL" on 4K Ultra HD on August 26.
(images.blu-ray.com)
Once in a lifetime there comes a motion picture that changes the whole history of motion pictures. A picture so stunning in its effect, so vast in its impact that it profoundly affects the lives of those who see it. That picture might well be MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL, featuring the entire Python gang in this hilarious retelling of the Knights of King Arthur and their quest for the Holy Grail.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Disc One (4K Blu-ray):
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS TRACK + English 5.1 + English Mono
- Near-Theatrical Version of the Film (in HD resolution) – Experience a slightly shorter version of the film, as seen on VHS!
- 'Tis But A Tribute – 50 Years of Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Over 25 comedy luminaries share their memories of, affection for, and continued fascination with the film
Disc Two (Blu-ray):
- Feature presented in HD resolution
- English 5.1 and Mono
- Audio Commentary with Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
- Audio Commentary with John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin
- 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with Terry, Terry, Mike, John and Eric!
- Outtakes and Extended Scenes with Introduction by Terry Jones
- Lost Animations with Introduction by Terry Gilliam
- Quest for the Holy Grail Locations with Michael Palin and Terry Jones
- Lego Knights: The Knights of the Round Table in LEGO
- Special Japanese Version
- How to Use Your Coconuts (An Educational Film)
- BBC Film Night on Location
- Three Songs to Sing-Along -Photo Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Pre-orders are not live yet.
Because i doubt you can extract nice 4K image data from the physical film strips from 1975 without heavy post processing.
You can, its been done before. 35mm film with a sufficiently small grain size can reach resolutions over 5k, close to 6k.
A few years ago there was the 4k77 project which took cinematic reels of A New Hope and scanned them in at 4k. At that resolution, film grain was beginning to become visible, but given the high degradation of those specific film reels it isn't surprising there were artifacts after the scans. With properly preserved film negatives you could do significantly better.
Edit: autocorrupt added a word 😅
Wasn’t it filmed in 35mm?