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It sounds like they are using the Hugo Riesenfeld score...bravo

Hmmm...

Love that score - but it's not nearly long enough for this version...?

According to the booklet that came with the French package, the score for the 1927 version consists of "musical slections and compositions by Hugo Riesenfeld, adapted, arranged and conducted by Robert Israel." Well played and recorded as well. Looks great and I'm very happy with the restoration.

And the 1928 version sound and image are much improved from the Criterion edition.

Thanks!

Two weeks into Lent, 31 days until Easter, and still no word of a US release?

Somebody should be made to visit, Yourmarketingsucks.com.

I watched the DVD last night: it's gorgeous! The two-strip Technicolor at the end looks crisp and pristine. No wonder! It's from the original negative. I enjoyed the film far more than I thought I would. It was fun to see the Schildkrauts father & son as the High Priest and Judas, Ernest Torrence as Peter, Victor Varconi as Pontius Pilate and of course H.B. Warner in a halo from start to end. I felt that Robert Israel did a great job with the score and it helps the film immensely. I don't know how much of the original score he used, but I recognised numerous classical quotes: Wagner with Parsifal & Lohengrin, Berlioz's March to the scaffold from Symphonie fantastique, Haendel's Messiah, etc. Everything is perfectly chosen to fit the atmosphere and characters. A great restoration.

Two weeks into Lent, 31 days until Easter, and still no word of a US release?

Somebody should be made to visit, Yourmarketingsucks.com.

If you have a multi region dvd player, do not hesitate. It is stunning and was not at all expensive for what you are getting. It is terrific. I am so happy I ordered via Amazon FR

The Lobster Films website lists this release as region free.

Two weeks into Lent, 31 days until Easter, and still no word of a US release?

Somebody should be made to visit, Yourmarketingsucks.com.

Not necessarily. Considering that Lobster released KING OF KINGS at Christmas time last year, maybe the US distributor is planning a Christmas 2018 release. If it's Criterion, I would bet money on it -- they released their present version in December of 2004. Flicker Alley would probably do the same.

I watched the DVD last night: it's gorgeous! The two-strip Technicolor at the end looks crisp and pristine. No wonder! It's from the original negative. I enjoyed the film far more than I thought I would. It was fun to see the Schildkrauts father & son as the High Priest and Judas, Ernest Torrence as Peter, Victor Varconi as Pontius Pilate and of course H.B. Warner in a halo from start to end. I felt that Robert Israel did a great job with the score and it helps the film immensely. I don't know how much of the original score he used, but I recognised numerous classical quotes: Wagner with Parsifal & Lohengrin, Berlioz's March to the scaffold from Symphonie fantastique, Haendel's Messiah, etc. Everything is perfectly chosen to fit the atmosphere and characters. A great restoration.

I agree wholeheartedly. I have always loved this film but this restoration is a true revelation. Which is as it should be.

Two weeks into Lent, 31 days until Easter, and still no word of a US release?

Somebody should be made to visit, Yourmarketingsucks.com.

Not necessarily. Considering that Lobster released KING OF KINGS at Christmas time last year, maybe the US distributor is planning a Christmas 2018 release. If it's Criterion, I would bet money on it -- they released their present version in December of 2004. Flicker Alley would probably do the same.

Yes, ya got me there. People don't buy Easter presents, they buy Christmas presents.