Restored ‘Godfather’ comes to Blu-ray

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Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather epic trilogy will be released on Blu-ray September 23. The newly-restored high-definition versions arrive 36 years after the original film was released in 1972.

The Godfather I and The Godfather, Part II took over a year to restore in a historical preservation effort. The collection also includes a newly remastered version of The Godfather Part III. The HD format of the restored films is 16:9 in Dolby Digital Surround 5.1.

“The Godfather, The Coppola Restoration Collection” will be available in a five-DVD collection or four-disc Blu-ray collection, which come with director commentaries, additional footage, trailers and other features. The films will also be available individually, but it appears only in the DVD format.

Retail price for “The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration” on Blu-ray will be $119.99, a small price to pay for the best film trilogy of all time. The standard-definition DVD collection will go for $72.99. And, the individual restored DVD films will sell for $19.99.

Source: The HD Report

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Well that is one I will have to buy. I have the set already and probably have all 3 memorized. To see it on blu-ray would be excellent

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The three films will be available in September.

Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2008) -- The Godfather and Godfather Part II, arguably the greatest films ever made, will be released on Blu-ray high-def disc on September 23.

In making the announcement yesterday, Paramount said Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola personally supervised a year-long frame-by-frame digital restoration of the first two movies in the trilogy.
The movies will be remastered for the Blu-ray high-def disc.

Additionally, the four-disc Godfather release will included a remastered version of The Godfather Part III, the final chapter in the series.

The studio says the four-disc collection will include five high-def documentaries and four shorts on the making of the films. The documentaries will include segments on the restoration work and interviews with cast members including Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan and Robert Duvall.

The remastered movies will also be available on standard-def DVD.

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