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10 best films of the 70s is now available on Blu-ray


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Many people have called 1970 the second golden age of cinema, has produced films on par with the end of 1920 until the end of 1950. With new directors like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese enters the scene, it is very difficult to argue that fact. The 70s were certainly a time of great narrative driven production of high quality film from the characters rather than action. Great films that still hold today.

Here are some ofThese 70 films now available on Blu-ray. Everyone is very successful in cinema and importance, would someone at the library of films. One of the biggest advantages of owning a Blu-ray is the fact that do to straighten all those wonderful movies that you enjoyed in the past preserve, as if they were observed for the first time a look at the top films of the 70s and enjoy new .

M * A * S * H (Director: Robert Altman, 1970)

During one ofbest-known comedies of all time is M * A * S * H is also one of the iconic anti-war films ever made. Director: Robert Altman, is based on the novel MASH: A Novel on three Army doctors by Richard Hooker. Adapted for the screen by Ring pantry, Jr., tells the story of a group of doctors and nurses in Korea during the Korean War stationed. Without concrete action is the film for the arrival of two surgeons, captains "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Duke" Forrest and their interaction withsurgical staff. They use a series of humorous Hi-Jinks on their mental health in all the horrors that keep the war brings.

Video Quality: M * A * S * H has never been a film that seemed clear and sharp, or particularly brilliant. This was the deliberate intention of the original cameraman. They used filters and light brown hues give the film a unique look. Although this remains in their appearance with 1080p AVC encoded transfer, it still gives the best image quality, the film has neverhad.

Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2:35.1
Original aspect ratio: 2.40:1

Audio quality: The film was a new lossless audio in the form of a DTS-HD Master 5.1 audio track date.

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
German: DTS 5.1
English: Dolby Digital Mono

Special Features:
– "TheComplete interactive guide to M * A * S * H "
– "Background AMC: M * A * S * H"
– "Enlisted: The Story of M * A * S * H"
– "M * A * S * H: History Through the Lens"
– "Memories of M * A * S * H: 30th Annual Reunion Cast & Crew
– Two Trailers
– Stills Gallery

A Clockwork Orange (directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

A controversial film to date. His portrayal of sex and violence are some of the graphics on the screen always together. In short, Stanley Kubrick's A ClockworkOrange is a cinematic masterpiece. Adapted from the novel by Anthony Burgress with the same name, the film about a man, Alex DeLarge, who is a criminal psychopath. Among its many pleasures is Beethoven, rapes and ultra-violence. He is the leader of a group of young criminals who spend their nights stealing cars, burglary follow in nursing homes and malicious attacks on their people. Alex was taken by the government and is used as guinea pigs in an experiment to make criminalswell-educated citizens. With this film, Kubrick asked us to consider the greater evil. to destroy the monstrous deeds of Alex in the film or our desire to be a person of their own moral decisions necessary to maintain social order.

Video Quality: The movie is encoded on Blu-ray 1080p VC-1 and presented an aspect ratio of 1.66:1. His many brilliant colors, and crude oil have been a huge upgrade.
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

AudioQuality: The audio has been remixed for the movie to an uncompressed PCM 5.1 track and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. You can now Beethoven's symphonies in all its glory enjoy synthesized.
English: PCM 5.1 (48kHz, 24 bit)
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
German: Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features:
– Audio Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and film historian Nick Redman
– Tickin 'Still': The Return of A Clockwork Orange "
-Yarblockos bolshy Great: The Making of A Clockwork Orange "
– "O Lucky Malcolm"
– Theatrical Trailer

The Godfather I and II (directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1972/1974)

Generally regarded as two of the best American films of all time and places of world cinema. Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather and The Godfather II is a multi-generational family saga crime. Staring Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone and Al Pacino plays when his son Michael, the story of New YorkEnd of 1940. The Corlones are a mafia family, and is the Godfather or Don Vito. Michael is at first a stranger in the family. The decision to stay out of the family. Through a series of unfortunate events, Michael is soon drawn into a life of crime and finally raises the position of absolute power. With both films to be shown, we make every aspect of their lives, births, marriages, dealing with friends and allies dead. What remains is essentially a largeFamily Drama.

Video Quality: Outstanding made better than their DVD counterparts, the film The Godfather Blu-ray 1080p MPEG-4 AVC encoding with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. It offers great variety and sharp images.
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio quality: Presented in Dolby 5.1 Surround for all films TruHD offers great clarity and sound better than ever for The GodfatherFilms.
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (48kHz/24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

Young Frankenstein (directed by Mel Brooks, 1974)

Do not come any funnier than Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. A parody of classic horror films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. With the same rates as the original, the story revolves around Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), and its impact goes live againDead. With the help of a clumsy assistant Igor (Marty Feldman) and the lovely Inga (Teri Garr) can create the life for him, the monster (Peter Boyle). With scene after scene of the comedy highlights, Mel Brooks brings the best in his cast, which includes: Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Gene Hackman in a classic and Cameo. Unlike many comedy films, has no age and his jokes were always funny how 30 years ago.

Video quality is the absolutemost of its 1080p AVC encoding. The remastering of the images in black and white look great.
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Audio quality: The film has a DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack and a remix of the original mono film.
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Mono
French: Mono
Spanish: Mono

Special Features:
– Inside the Lab: secret formulas for making "Young Frankenstein"
-Alive! Creating a Monster Classic
– Making Sense of the Franks Young Frankenstein
– Transylvanian Lullaby: The Music of John Morris
– The Franks ~ Track: A monstrous conglomerate of Trivia
– Interviews Mexican

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (directed by Milos Forman, 1975)

Mils Forman directed this film in 1975 to represent the patient's life in a mental institution. This film is considered one of the greatest films of American cinema in question. The main character inRandle Patrick McMurphy is history, played by Jack Nicholson perfection. Who is sentenced to 18 months in prison for statuary rape, but soon convinced the jailer, if he is crazy and needs psychiatric treatment. His rebellious nature soon moved to other patients. He gathers them soon to take Nurse Ratched, who runs the institution more like a dictator, a special health care givers. The resulting conflicts and struggles to give the public some ofstrong emotion ever felt during a movie. A masterpiece of cinema sound, is worth living again in Blu-ray.

Video Quality: This movie is encoded on Blu-ray 1080p VC-1. Definitely the best remastered product. With it, high image quality, 1080p resolution is a huge advantage over any other version we released earlier.
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Sound quality: the resolution of the soundDolby Digital 5.1.
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
German: Dolby Digital Mono
Italian: Dolby Digital Mono

Special Features:
– Audio commentary
– The Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
– Deleted Scenes
– Theatrical Trailer
– Collectible Booklet

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)

This film by Steven Spielberg in 1977, is one of morerevered science fiction films of all time. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr e. It 's the story of an electrical lineman whose life takes an unexpected turn when, one evening of unidentified flying lights in the sky. He will soon be obsessive and does not help even when they moved to a rural town in Wyoming. government agents are on this site keep the general public. More than a character driven film, this science fictionThe story is no less exciting and visually spectacular.

Video Quality: This film is visually impressive transfer to 1080p MPEG-4 AVC. The film is to keep the gritty tone, but you'll never see this film look as vibrant as it is not Blu-ray.
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Audio quality: two audio options, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby TrueHD will receive 5.1. Both offer high definition sound to make the soundtrackabsolutely brilliant as well.
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Spanish: Dolby TrueHD 5.1

Special Features:
– Steven Spielberg: 30 years of Close Encounters
– Storyboard Comparison Screen
– Photo Gallery
– Making of Documentary
– Watch the Skies "
– Deleted Scenes
– A view from above

Saturday Night Fever (directed by John Badham, 1977)

Most films come and go without muchNotice or impact on our daily lives. While others are all rare, can come along and impact in an example, and even change our culture. Saturday Night Fever is one of those films. After the release of 1977, the rules of the disco dance floors and Airwaves. It tells the story of a 19-year-old Italian-Americans living in Brooklyn with the name of Tony Manero (John Travolta). Works at the local paint store and lives with his family. At night, he visited a nightclub anddancing in the disco god. Director John Badham did a great job showing the mental connection between music and dance, and Tony sees this as a means to escape his limited life to something bigger.

Video Quality: High quality with Blu-ray 1080p MPEG-4 AVC. This version of Saturday Night Fever is the best film of all time, looked at, including the recovery stage.
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1

Audio quality: Remixed in Dolby 5.1 Surround TrueHA, the soundtrack is very impressive. You can enjoy all the classic tracks like never before.
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features:
– Commentary by director John Badham
– Pop-up Trivia
– Documentary: Catching the Fever
– Back to Bay Ridge (9 minutes) hosted by Joe Cali
– Dance like John Travolta and Cassese (9 minutes)
-Fever Challenge – Interactive Feature
– Deleted Scenes

Midnight (directed by Alan Parker, 1978)

Midnight Express Billy Hayes is and what happens when caught trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish in Istanbul, Turkey. Sentenced to four years in prison, punishment soon expanded, with Mr. Hayes has the experience terrifying and unbearable physical and psychological torture. While engaged in the prison of the asylum, where he managedto flee in 1975. Told with skill and detail, director Alan Parker and screenwriter Oliver Stone, have created a powerful film.

Video Quality: movies on Blu-ray with a 1080p AVC MPEG-4 delivered with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The picture quality is good and faithful to its source.
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Audio Quality: Audio is also true to the original source. Remixed in Dolby TrueHD 5.1, you receivevery good results.
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Portuguese Dolby TrueHD 5.1

Special Features:
– Producers
– Production
– The finished film
– The Making of 'Midnight Express'

Being There (directed by Hal Ashby, 1979)

Peter Sellers is an award-winning performance as Chance the gardener (Chauncey Gardiner), the truly classic comedy. Sounds asimple man who lived his entire life in isolation in a residence in Washington, DC. And the only thing he knows nothing of what he saw and heard on television. Just thrown into the world, meets a series of characters in the circle of political power, decision-makers and the resulting fallout makes this one of the best comedies of the '70s.

Video Quality: Remastered with a 1080p VC-1 with the image transfer is the best movie ever.
Video Codec:VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

The audio quality: the soundtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 1.0 or 2.0 lossless Dolby True Mono.
English: Dolby TrueHD 2.0
English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0
French: Dolby Digital 1.0

Special Features:
– Memories from Being There
– Deleted Scenes
– Alternate Ending
– Gag Reel
– Theatrical Trailer

Enjoy once more!

September 14, 2010 at 7:05 am


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