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A BRAND NEW RESTORATION - COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL WWII RAID
A much-loved British classic, Michael Anderson's 1955 drama captures the tension and bravery of an audacious raid on the center of Nazi Germany's industrial complex and the quintessentially English combination of inventiveness and dogged determination. Split into two distinct sections, the film deals first with the fraught, but the ultimately successful development of a new bomb, by Dr. Barnes N. Wallis (Michael Redgrave). The second deals with the mission itself during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams, and its associated costs for the enemy and for the British airmen. Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Paul Brickhill's book "Enemy Coast Ahead" and featuring superlative special effects photography by Gilbert Taylor (to say nothing of Eric Coates' stirring theme tune), The Dam Busters was Britain's biggest box office the success of 1955.
Collector's Edition - Includes a 64-page booklet with brand new essays, and photographs, plus a rare print of an ariel photograph of the Mohne dam post raid, signed by the original 617 squadron
Features:
- RAF poster of the Chastise Lancaster's
- StudioCanal
- 199 mins approx
- Michael Anderson
- PG
- Richard Todd
- Michael Redgrave
- Ursula Jeans
- Basil Sydney
- Patrick Barr
- Ernest Clark
- Derek Farr
- Charles Carson
- Stanley Van Beers
- Colin Tapley
- 1.71:1
- 1.37:1
- English SDH
- 1995
- English
- 5
- 2
- B
- Vintage Classics
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The Dam Busters - Collectors Edition
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RRP: £29.99
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A BRAND NEW RESTORATION - COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL WWII RAID
A much-loved British classic, Michael Anderson's 1955 drama captures the tension and bravery of an audacious raid on the center of Nazi Germany's industrial complex and the quintessentially English combination of inventiveness and dogged determination. Split into two distinct sections, the film deals first with the fraught, but the ultimately successful development of a new bomb, by Dr. Barnes N. Wallis (Michael Redgrave). The second deals with the mission itself during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams, and its associated costs for the enemy and for the British airmen. Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Paul Brickhill's book "Enemy Coast Ahead" and featuring superlative special effects photography by Gilbert Taylor (to say nothing of Eric Coates' stirring theme tune), The Dam Busters was Britain's biggest box office the success of 1955.
Collector's Edition - Includes a 64-page booklet with brand new essays, and photographs, plus a rare print of an ariel photograph of the Mohne dam post raid, signed by the original 617 squadron
Features:
- RAF poster of the Chastise Lancaster's
- StudioCanal
- 199 mins approx
- Michael Anderson
- PG
- Richard Todd
- Michael Redgrave
- Ursula Jeans
- Basil Sydney
- Patrick Barr
- Ernest Clark
- Derek Farr
- Charles Carson
- Stanley Van Beers
- Colin Tapley
- 1.71:1
- 1.37:1
- English SDH
- 1995
- English
- 5
- 2
- B
- Vintage Classics
Frequently Bought Together
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Total Price: £43.98
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Dam(good)busters
Arrived beautifully packaged and still sealed in its cellophane . The presentation was excellent . Five discs restored superbly and with plenty of quality extras on top of the film itself which of course is a classic. We now know of course that certain aspects of the film is inaccurate but that in know way detracts from this excellent product. It comes complete with a 64 page booklet a set of postcards and two food out posters. This cannot be faulted
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The Dam Busters 4K
Here is the FULL Technical specifications for this special release for collectors out there enjoy.For the 2018 restoration of the film, Studio canal went back to the original 1954 camera negative and sound negative. The camera negative was scanned at 4K resolution in 16bit and the ACES work flow was applied to the restoration process which resulted in the creation of a 4K DCP, UHD version and a new HD version which were produced with the same high technological standards as today’s biggest international film releases. ----- Blu-ray and DVD features ----- Main feature in 1.37:1 and 1.75:1 (Blu-ray and Collector's Edition only) NEW: The Making of The Dam Busters documentary (39 mins) NEW: Restoration featurette (5 mins 57) 617 Squadron Remembers – 2010 documentary (56 mins) Sir Barnes Wallis – 1972 documentary (28 mins) Footage of the bomb tests (6 mins 42) Dam Busters Royal Premiere (1955) (3 mins 09) Dam Busters Reunion (1955) 2 mins 55) Behind-the-scenes stills gallery Additional features in the Collector's Edition: 64-page booklet with foreword by Dan Snow 5 Art Cards RAF Chastise Lancaster Bombers poster Reproduction photograph of the Möhne Dam after the raid signed by the original 617 Squadron.This is Classic Cinema at its best Directed by Michael Anderson the same Director who gave us ''Around The World In 80 Days''in Todd-AO 70mm, ''Logans Run'', ''Operation Crossbow'', ''The Quiller Memorandum'' and sadly to have to say Michael Anderson passed away April 25, 2018 (age 98) in British Columbia, Canada. Another Giant of the Cinema has passed.
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