Warner Archive - The Miracle (1959)???? (1 Viewer)

[Joe Caps]

the Miracle (1959) was supposed to be restored and released a long time ago. I have not heard anything about this in a long time. What Gives???

 

[RolandL]

the Miracle (1959) was supposed to be restored and released a long time ago. I have not heard anything about this in a long time. What Gives???

Was planned as the next Cinemiracle film title but shot in Technirama instead.

I'm guessing too much work is needed to restore it.

 

[JPCinema]

I'd be happy with with a widescreen DVD mod of THE MIRACLE.

 

[philip*eric]

Warner Archives has been working on getting this film released for a t least a decade - currently the film is in limbo.

It is a beautiful looking film shot in Technirama & Technicolor and has a magnificent score by Elmer Bernstein.

It stars a fine cast headed by Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Katina Paxinou & Vittorio Gassmann ..

 

[Bob Cashill]

The transfer that TCM has of THE MIRACLE is an absolutely travesty. I couldn't make it through it when it aired earlier this year.

 

[philip*eric]

The transfer that TCM has of THE MIRACLE is an absolutely travesty. I couldn't make it through it when it aired earlier this year.

I know - it comes from 1994 - in the dreaded pan and scan process. It is a real injustice to show cropped widescreen films anywhere, especially TCM. The same is true with THE BIG FISHERMAN from the same year - a horrible copy originally shown on the Disney channel in the 1980s!

 

[john a hunter]

I remember seeing it when it was released and even as a 10 year old, I found it heard to sit through.
Perhaps now I would appreciate the technical aspects as well as the score.
So unless it was an excellent transfer, it would be a miss.
It was apparently a bomb everywhere.

 

[Robin9]

I remember seeing it when it was released and even as a 10 year old, I found it heard to sit through.
Perhaps now I would appreciate the technical aspects as well as the score.
So unless it was an excellent transfer, it would be a miss.
It was apparently a bomb everywhere.

I also saw it when it was first released and I too was still quite young. I don't remember much about the film but I do remember enjoying it. I'd love to see it again.

 

[DVBRD]

I know - it comes from 1994 - in the dreaded pan and scan process. It is a real injustice to show cropped widescreen films anywhere, especially TCM. The same is true with THE BIG FISHERMAN from the same year - a horrible copy originally shown on the Disney channel in the 1980s!

Yeah, you know your film's in trouble when even TCM can't show the film properly! I remember when they used to play Around the World in 80 Days (1956) before WB restored it; it was also panned-and-scanned and so muddled it was nearly unwatchable.

I've seen part of that Miracle print, too. It looks like an old 16mm print transferred to SD video.

 

[bujaki]

I saw The Miracle in the full splendor of its first release. I thought it a dreadful film. I'd love to see it again to see whether I'd still feel the same. The TCM print is unwatchable so I turned it off right away.

 

[john a hunter]

Apparently I wasn't 10 when I saw it in the UK but 12
Discovered yesterday that it was so bad the UK release was held up to Boxing Day 1960 and I would have seen it in 1961 during the school holidays.
I seem to remember the posters screaming "See the battle of Waterloo" and then wondering why this famous battle was only fought between about a dozen soldiers!

 

[Douglas R]

Apparently I wasn't 10 when I saw it in the UK but 12
Discovered yesterday that it was so bad the UK release was held up to Boxing Day 1960 and I would have seen it in 1961 during the school holidays.
I seem to remember the posters screaming "See the battle of Waterloo" and then wondering why this famous battle was only fought between about a dozen soldiers!

I was a few years older and remember it quite well. I thoroughly enjoyed it - but there’s no accounting for taste!

 

[john a hunter]

But I'm sure your tastes have greatly improved Doug.