A Trip to the Moon (Blu-ray SteelBook) [USA]

[justintime2k]

G2 USA Exclusive

Limited to 4000

Release date of April 10,2012.

WINNER! 2011 National Society of Film Critics - "Best Film Restoration" Award

Flicker Alley is pleased to bring the original hand-painted color version of Georges Méliès' masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon (1902), to home video 110 years after its first release.

Packaged in a limited-edition, SteelBook case, A Trip to the Moon also features The Extraordinary Voyage, a fascinating documentary directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange about the life of Georges Méliès and the magic of film history and preservation.

Order link - http://www.flickeralley.com/fat_trip_01.html

Info regarding missing Audio Track at Flicker Alley site and Disc Replacement Form:

*Confirmed: No need to send back the original disc*

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Dear Flicker Alley Customer: Please note that one of the bonus feature audio options on the Blu-ray disc of our limited SteelBook edition -- A Trip to the Moon in B&W Audio Option 1, featuring Robert Israel's orchestral score and the original English narration written by Georges Melies -- is currently missing its narration track and only features Robert Israel's orchestral score. As such, all Blu-ray discs shipped at this time will be with this orchestral score only configuration.

This only affects the Blu-ray disc of this set. The DVD disc in this publication contains the correct audio for this bonus feature.

We are currently in the process of remastering and remanufacturing a Blu-ray disc which will have the correct audio option for this particular bonus feature, and will make it available by request to customers who fill out our on-line Disc Replacement Form below.

Please complete the following form with as much of your original order information as possible (to verify your purchase) and we will contact you once the replacement discs have been manufactured and are ready for shipment.

Disc Replacement Form

Or A Trip to the Moon (Amazon)

Thanks Wreck!

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[digitalbabe]

Who cares. Its a U.S. steel.

LOL, for this one I have to agree, haha!

 

[Wreck]

The documentary that is included is over an hour. So combining it all you will have a very cool looking g2 with some classic content and the colorized version restoration.

Artwork is very close to what you see. (Ben) I'll post the final artwork .... soon.

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The cover is nice but why didn't they use the frame from the movie.Much,much better in my opinion.

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What makes you think they didn't use both.

 

[vinnyt007]

Some more info for this BD/DVD release can be revealed when clicking on "Title Description" towards the right side on their website:

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A Trip to the Moon (1902)

The material for A Trip to the Moon is sourced from a restored color version that had been considered lost for several decades and is presented with an original soundtrack by the French band, AIR.

In 2010, three experts in worldwide film restoration - a private collection Lobster Films, and two non-profit entities, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage - launched the most complex and ambitious restoration in the history of cinema, over 12 years, using advanced digital technologies to reassemble and restore the fragments of the 13, 375 frames.

The restoration print premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and made a worldwide tour of international festivals including Telluride, Pordenone, Rotterdam, and the MoMA Festival of Film Preservation.

Now, one of the most technically sophisticated and expensive restorations in film history, A Trip to the Moon can thrill home video audiences in its original 1902 colors.

The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)

The Extraordinary Voyage chronicles the journey of A Trip to the Moon from the fantastical Méliès' production in 1902 to the astonishing rediscovery of a nitrate print in color in 1993, to the premiere of the new restoration on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.

The story of Moon's restoration to its original 1902 colors unfolds as Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange acquire a severely damaged color print from the Filmoteca de Catalunya in 1999 and then begin the tedious task of peeling off and unrolling the nitrate prints to be able to digitize them. It took two years to discover the images on those fragments, which were then stored on a hard drive for 8 years as the technology available at the time did not allow Lobster Films to continue the landmark restoration.

The documentary includes interviews with contemporary filmmakers, including Costa Gavras, Michel Gondry, Michel Hazanavicius, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Méliès' enduring significance to cinema.

Bonus Features

This limited-edition 2-Disc BD/DVD SteelBook Edition also contains A Trip to the Moon in a beautifully restored black and white edition from original 35 mm elements with two separate audio tracks of music: An orchestral score by Robert Israel with the original English narration written by Melies; and a second track produced by Russell Merritt consisting of a troupe of actors voicing the various characters as performed in the U.S. in 1903, with piano music by Frederick Hodges. There is also an interview with the group AIR on the restored soundtrack, and two lunar-related shorts by Méliès - The Eclipse and The Astronomer's Dream.

 

[mllNY]

I just went to place an order for 2 and noticed that there was a box for "enter discount code". I PM'd Wreck to see if maybe he could get a code for us, where we will be ordering so many.

I agree with that. I want two but don't want to order if there is a code, but then if I wait and it sells out I'll be upset. Oh Boy what do I do, What do I do... :eek:

Help us oh mihty Wreck

 

[blu-steel]

This movie is Iconic. Over 100 years old as well. Can't wait. This is the kind of steelbooks we need exclusive comming out in the U.S. These are the classics. I am excited as hell!!!

The best thing is its only going to be released in steelbook!!! :movie:

 

[will519]

If anyone saw the recent Martin Scorsese film Hugo, this film A Trip to the Moon was featured in it. Ben Kingsley played Georges Melies. A very good movie.

That being said, ordered

 

[Leshita]

Pleasantly surprised by this, especially after having watched Hugo recently. I am tempted to get 2 to save on shipping but I am super low on funds. :/

 

[Wreck]

I agree with that. I want two but don't want to order if there is a code, but then if I wait and it sells out I'll be upset. Oh Boy what do I do, What do I do... :eek:

Help us oh mihty Wreck

I doubt I will be able to get any discount code on this. There is even chance the price will rise after street date. fyi.

 

[spawnshop]

Nice! Ordered!
Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Angelc5]

Should I order 1 or 2 ?

 

[fariz]

wow, we're able to see, to own a piece of film history

count on it

anyone in us can form a group buy maybe?

planning to order 2, but the custom is killing me

 

[Angelc5]

Done placing my order for 2 copies.

 

[biscuitnoir]

Aw man another one and on such short nice! Can't a collector take a break from time to time! Sorry I'm gonna have to pass, I'm broke

 

[MayFlower]

just saw the trailer, pass LOL...

 

[Ricker]

I doubt I will be able to get any discount code on this. There is even chance the price will rise after street date. fyi.

It was worth a shot.

 

[terry44]

I am tempted with this one. Remember those people who did not buy Metropolis,Its now going for crazy money on ebay for an old silent movie thats not bad going

 

[DJHilalo]

just saw the trailer, pass LOL...

 

[pmartin252]

With all the digibooks I´ve ordered recently, I can´t really afford this, but I´ve got to have it. I love these old silent movies, already have Kino´s the Black Pirate (early Technicolor) and Masters of Cinema´s City Girl, Sunrise, Iron Horse and the fantastic Metropolis steelbook.

We really are in a "Golden Age" for Classic and Golden Oldie film releases!

 

[Blayze17]

I just watched Hugo, where this film is almost a primary source in the film itself.
I am very tempted to get it

 

[spawnshop]

I assume this is just a prelude to a Hugo Steelbook release? Maybe US G2? (Fingers crossed...)