The Wizard of Oz 4K UHD 80th Anniversary (1 Viewer)

Release date is July 16 for now. Posted on Bluray.com ….. I hope WB also releases 4K UHD versions of… Gone With The Wind,Ben-Hur, and The Wild Bunch. All Anniversaries this 2019 year !

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We knew it was only a matter of time.

Ah - the years just fly by, don't they? One of the first laserdiscs I bought was Criterion's 50th anniversary Wizard Of Oz. It doesn't feel that long ago!

titch said:

Ah - the years just fly by, don't they? One of the first laserdiscs I bought was Criterion's 50th anniversary Wizard Of Oz. It doesn't feel that long ago!

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That's because it wasn't.
Very exciting news, especially since its been my understanding that not all films are capable candidates for the 4K/UHD format.
With that in mind - along with 1957 and Kwai being the oldest 4K offering - I never thought we'd get anywhere near 1939.
But believe me big time, I'm all in.

titch said:

Ah - the years just fly by, don't they? One of the first laserdiscs I bought was Criterion's 50th anniversary Wizard Of Oz. It doesn't feel that long ago!

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Criterion? The 50th was by MGM/UA.

darkrock17 said:

Criterion? The 50th was by MGM/UA.

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Here is mine and I do play it once in awhile.

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I never saw that one, I only know of MGM's. I wish I owned the 50th, but I was only 1 in 1989 and by the time I had my first copy on VHS, the 50th was either out of print or my parent's weren't going to pay the price for it.

This film has had more anniversaries than a family of polygamists.

Can Gone with the Wind be far behind? 80th anniversary as well.

It will be very interesting to see what additional detail (if any) can be gleaned from a 1939 Technicolor film in UHD 4K. At least the colors in HDR should be very nice.

bujaki said:

Can Gone with the Wind be far behind? 80th anniversary as well.

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I'll be shocked if that doesn't come out in this year.

One film that needs to have a 80th anniversary release is Gunga Din. The dvd I have is from 2004 and from a old print of the film.

Rob W said:

This film has had more anniversaries than a family of polygamists.

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50th - 1989 THE BIG ONE
55th - 1994 Nothing
60th - 1999 Nothing in the US, did have a limited run in the UK though.
65th - 2004 Nothing
70th - 2009 First time on Blu
75th - 2014 IMAX 3D release
80th - 2019 UHD

I wrote when I bought, watched and LOVED the 3D edition of The Wizard of Oz that it would be the last time I would be buying it, and I meant it! I just can't bring myself to buy it yet another time, even if the HDR makes it fly off the screen! I cannot tell you how many editions of this masterpiece I've purchased, but no more!

Aw, come on Matt! After all of those purchases, what's *one* more gonna hurt???

Matt Hough said:

I wrote when I bought, watched and LOVED the 3D edition of The Wizard of Oz that it would be the last time I would be buying it, and I meant it! I just can't bring myself to buy it yet another time, even if the HDR makes it fly off the screen! I cannot tell you how many editions of this masterpiece I've purchased, but no more!

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I could very easily post every edition of this film I have on VHS, DVD and Blu, heck I could post my entire Oz collection, but I won't (unless maybe you asked me).

dpippel said:

Aw, come on Matt! After all of those purchases, what's *one* more gonna hurt???

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Yeah, I know. When I bought The Ultimate Oz laserdisc set, I figured THAT would be the last one I'd ever buy, but Warners keeps finding new ways to separate me from my money.

dpippel said:

Aw, come on Matt! After all of those purchases, what's *one* more gonna hurt???

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Remember what happened to Mr. Creosote and his just one more.

Matt Hough said:

I wrote when I bought, watched and LOVED the 3D edition of The Wizard of Oz that it would be the last time I would be buying it, and I meant it! I just can't bring myself to buy it yet another time, even if the HDR makes it fly off the screen! I cannot tell you how many editions of this masterpiece I've purchased, but no more!

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I'm in the same boat - I'm really satisfied with how cool that 3D version is and I think I'm all set with that as my go-to.