Here at PAN we love our classics so when film and TV production company STUDIOCANAL released details of the newly restored Ealing Classic The Man In The White Suit we wanted the technical details ….
Here’s how they did it: The Man in the White Suit was restored in 4K from a second-generation nitrate duplication positive acquired by the BFI in 1955, very likely made from the original negative, which is sadly lost to time. The restoration by Silver Salt involved extensive stabilisation, deflicker, correction of kicks and warps as best as possible and finally extensive manual and semi-automated clean-up to fix scratches and dirt. Reels 1 and 8 especially had scratching to the base of the film that required fixing. The feature was graded in Ultra High Definition in HDR with Dolby Vision. The restoration was managed by Studiocanal’s Jahanzeb Hayat and Mariana Ledesma.
Ealing Studios’ output from the 1940s and 1950s helped define what was arguably the golden age for British cinema. It fostered great directors such as Alexander Mackendrick and Robert Hamer, while giving stars such as Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers the chance to shine. This new restoration of THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT is a testament to the studio’s exceptional output during that era.
The first showing of this 4K restoration of the classic BAFTA and Oscar nominated comedy was at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. The screening took place on Tuesday 19 August at the Edinburgh Filmhouse. …but you can now get your own copy as below.
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