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Warner Brothers restoration experts Miles Del Hoyo and George Feltenstein take us behind the scenes of the stunning 4K restoration of John Ford's classic western The Searchers, revealing the technical wizardry that brought new life to this cinematic masterpiece.

• Technical breakdown of the scanning process for VistaVision film at extraordinary 10K resolution
• Challenges of restoring proper colors from a faded negative, especially fixing the sky from yellow to proper blue
• How the team stitched together split 8-perf frames to create seamless images
• Frame-by-frame corrections of technical errors present in the original negative
• Audio restoration process maintaining the original mono sound while enhancing clarity
• Quality assurance process involving multiple stages of review and Film Foundation approval
• Preview that more 4K releases from Warner Archive will be announced in the coming month

If you haven't yet purchased your copy of The Searchers on 4K or Blu-ray, I highly encourage you to do so. The 4K combo pack includes the remastered Blu-ray with all extras. Please vote for The Searchers in the MediaPlay Home Entertainment Awards before March 31st for Best Restoration and Best Audio and Visual Quality categories.

Link to VOTE in the MediaPlay Home Ent Awards  Be sure to vote by March 31st.

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The Searchers Remastered Blu-ray

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