New release of The Silence of the Lambs
Source: DVD TimesSony Pictures Home Entertainment (who are now in charge of releasing MGM's catalogue since Sony acquired the studio last year) have announced a 2-disc "Ultimate Edition" of The Silence of the Lambs for release in the UK on February 20th. The exact contents of this new version remain to be seen, but "state of the art picture and sound" are being boasted prominently on the cover art. Who knows - perhaps this time the transfer will be faithful to director Jonathan Demme and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto's intended colour scheme rather than the blown-out, normalised look of the previous MGM release (the Criterion had the correct colour values, but was non-anamorphic). Personally, I don't think they can call this an "Ultimate Edition" unless they've managed to acquire the rights to the audio commentary from the now out of print Criterion release.
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Thank God, I look forward to it. As you stated with the Criterion Collection copy being out of print, I was stuck with a shitty little barebones MGM copy of Silence of The Lambs as well, all I could find of Hannibal was something to the same effect. Look forward to a copy which doesn't seem as low in value as pretty much a VHS with the movie having being taped on while airing prime time.
By Todd S. Gallows, at 22:35
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