[captainarchive]

At last, one of my favourite titles from my favourite genre:

"This summer, Olive Films will bring High Noon to Blu-ray. Director Fred Zinnemann's classic 1952 Western stars Gary Cooper (Design for Living) as Will Kane, a small town Hadleyville sheriff who learns - on the day of both his retirement as well as his marriage to the beautiful Amy Kane (Grace Kelly, To Catch a Thief) - that vicious outlaw Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald, Johnny Guitar) is out of prison and gunning for him.

Much to Amy's chagrin, Kane decides to stay in Hadleyville and bring Miller to justice. As the minutes pass - and Miller's train draws ever closer - Kane finds the townspeople increasingly unwilling to stand beside him, and he finds himself wrestling with the notion that he alone might have to face Miller and his gang.

Written by Carl Foreman (The Guns of Navarone), High Noon features an impressive ensemble that includes Thomas Mitchell (It's a Wonderful Life), Lloyd Bridges (Airplane!), Katy Jurado (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid), Otto Kruger (Saboteur), Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man), Harry Morgan (Dragnet), and Lee Van Cleef (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly).

The film, which unfolds in real time, was a huge success at the 1953 Academy Awards Ceremony, winning the following Oscars:

Best Actor: Gary Cooper
Best Film Editing: Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad
Best Original Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington
Best Score: Dimitri Tiomkin

In addition, the picture received further nominations for:

Best Picture: Stanley Kramer
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann
Best Screenplay: Carl Foreman

Olive's 60th Anniversary Edition presents High Noon in a new transfer, restored in HD from the original negative. The disc also contains the following supplements:

The Making Of High Noon behind-the-scenes featurette, narrated by Leonard Maltin
Theatrical trailer

High Noon streets on July 17th."

And as with Invasion of the Body Snatchers looks like they're using the original negative for this HD incarnation.

High Noon Blu-ray

[John Hodson]

They got that wrong; not from the OCN but from a finegrain. And most of the extras from the last Lionsgate 2-discer (likely the source of this release, despite that use of the word 'new') have gone AWOL.

[captainarchive]

Originally Posted by John Hodson

They got that wrong; not from the OCN but from a finegrain. And most of the extras from the last Lionsgate 2-discer (likely the source of this release, despite that use of the word 'new') have gone AWOL.

That's a bit worrying, what's 'finegrain'?

[John Hodson]

This explains the term in detail better than I can - it shouldn't be a problem in the slightest given just how good Paramount's restoration from that finegrain for the last Lionsgate DVD was.

The omission of the extras - particularly the excellent John Mulholland produced documentary - is irritating.

BTW, Olive have also admitted no OCN use for 'Body Snatchers' either; personally, I don't think the end result will be half as good as High Noon but we'll see.

[captainarchive]

I've got the first Artisan release of High Noon and expect the Blu Ray will be a massive improvement over that seeing what Lionsgate did with their release. If Olive Films aren't adding any extras with their release I'll get the Lionsgate release as well.

The Republic release of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is far from perfect and a blu ray release should improve upon that.

[MarkusThatch]

Looking forward to this immensely. There's certain films I see as essential to my collection and this is one for sure.

[captainarchive]

beaver's review:

High Noon Blu-ray - Grace Kelly

[HummerUK]

It is on Chn 4HD in two weeks time and it claims in HD.

FILM: High Noon
On: Channel 4 HD (126)
Date: Monday 4th February 2013 (starting in 16 days)
Time: 13:00 to 14:40 (1 hour and 40 minutes long)

Fred Zinnemann's classic Oscar-laden western stars Gary Cooper, newly married to Quaker Grace Kelly, as a small town marshal forced to face his destiny when a vengeful killer he put behind bars arrives back on the noon train.
(Black and White, Premiere, High Definition, 1952, U, 4 Star)

Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger

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Marked By: 'Premiere Films' marker
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Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

HummerUK

[Mr Lime]

Should be arriving for me sometime next week. One of my favourite westerns.