4K-UK Invaders From Mars (1953) (4K UHD) (BFI) [UK]
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The newly restored 4K UHD Blu-ray of Invaders from Mars will be released by Ignite Films worldwide in Fall 2022. Arrow Video will release in the UK
www.ignite-films.com
Ignite Films to release sensational new 4k restoration of the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars.
Ignite Films to release sensational new 4k restoration of the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars. Pre-orders launched in conjunction with the inaugural screening of the restored film on April 23 at the TCM Festival in Hollywood.
www.ignite-films.com
UK release is still happening just waiting on Arrow to announce
Might be one of the July releases TBC
Will know on April 28th when arrow announce July releases
Might be one of the July releases TBC
Will know on April 28th when arrow announce July releases
Slightly off topic. Would love to know what happened to the Ignite restoration of Day of the Triffids, that's been up in the air for years.
BFI are doing the UK release not arrow
- Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation (HDR10 compatible)
- Newly recorded audio commentary by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
- Not Just A Dream: Designing Hope in Invaders From Mars (2026): filmmaker Nic Wassell explores how legendary production designer and director William Cameron Menzies infuses the paranoia of atomic age science fiction with hope for the future
- William Cameron Menzies: Architect of Dreams (16 mins): interview with William Cameron Menzies’ biographer James Curtis and his eldest granddaughter Pamela Lauesen
- Jimmy Hunt Saves the Planet (11 mins): interview with the actor
- Terror From Above (22 mins): featurette with acclaimed filmmakers John Landis and Joe Dante, editor Mark Goldblatt, special visual effects artist and two-time Oscar winner Robert Skotak and film preservationist Scott MacQueen
- Restoring the Invasion (7 mins): before and after clips of the restoration with film restoration supervisor Scott MacQueen
- TCM Festival Introduction (2022, 7 mins): John Sayles’ introduction at the Turner Classic Movie Festival in Hollywood
- European Observatory Sequence (9 mins): shot well after the rest of film was in the can, this sequence, inserted to extend the running time, was included in European release prints of Invaders From Mars
- European ending (3 mins): the alternative ending to the film, seen in European release prints
- Original theatrical trailer
- Rerelease trailer
- Image gallery: featuring original press book pages and behind-the-scenes photos from the restoration process
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by Dr Deborah Allison and Barry Forshaw
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