Link below to some work that was taking place in 2014, so hopefully we should see something soon.
I love this film and it has kept with me my whole life (I'm 223 ! only kidding).
I just hope in an age where computer colour and image stabilisation and particle restoration is way better than in 1998 then we could see something closer to the original vision.
Here's hoping! Enjoy
http://www.parkcircus.com/latest/915_lost_horizon_unseen_footage
Australia is releasing it on Blu-ray September 7 2016 supposedly with a minute of new found footage. Anyone know what footage was found? I imagine this is using the new 4K master
shareApparently it is some of the first meeting with the High Lama.
If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.
I just watched it this evening (it's been released on Blu-ray here in Australia), and I suspect it's almost all you could hope for, Buckster.
There are a few sequences (such as the opening riot at the airport in China) where the restorers clearly did their best, but were hampered by limitations in the source material available to them, but those are rare. For almost all of the film, the image is completely stable -- both physically and in tone/contrast -- with fine grain that hasn't been scrubbed away and no ugly edge enhancement. Signs of damage and dirt are rare. They've kept the audio in its original mono, but it's clear and free of noise.
It's not perfect, but given the well-documented deterioration of known copies before anyone attempted to preserve this film, they've done a lovely job.
It's like the previous special edition DVD, in using the full-length audio track and filling the missing footage in with production stills. But it includes the new footage they've found and restored -- the meetings between Conway and the High Lama are now complete, and we get more of one of the early conversations in Shangri-La between Barnard and Lovett.
For this film, it's another leap forward.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
I just started comparing the DVD and the new Blu-ray I'm not sure what that early scene is restored with Barnard and Lovett can you be more specific? I did enjoy finally seeing the full Highi Lama scene
shareThe movie was released on blu-ray in the US in October 2017.
I will definitely add this to my collection. There are certain scenes that I really want to see in high definition!