Regarded as a masterpiece of British cinema, “Colonel Blimp” is praised for its dazzling Technicolor cinematography, the brilliant performances by the lead actors. Audio Mechanics restored this film for the Academy Film Archives.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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Alien
Audio Mechanics restored the audio for Ridley Scott’s breakthrough film for its 30th anniversary release on DVD / Blu-Ray. During the post-production of “Alien,” the filmmakers created several mixes conformed to different versions of the film during the months leading up to the national premiere. Thus, 20th Century Fox had 14 different original mag sources containing different versions of the film that had to be carefully evaluated, categorized, and preserved.
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All About Eve
20th Century Fox entrusted Audio Mechanics to perform a mono-to-5.1 surround upmix of this Academy Award winner for best picture and best sound from 1950. By combining original music cues from push/pull optical tracks, music and effects elements, and original composite prints, we were able to create a great-sounding 5.1 surround mix that you can hear on DVD and Blu-Ray today!
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The African Queen
Paramount Pictures selected Audio Mechanics to restore this classic film from 1951. Since it was filmed entirely on location in Africa, production audio quality was significantly worse than usual. The challenge with the restoration was to find a balance between enhancing the audio clarity without sacrificing the fidelity of the original audio source.
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The Comancheros
This John Wayne classic from 1961 was restored and upmixed by Audio Mechanics. Originally in 4-track, LCRS format, we cleaned up the audio and created a full 5.1 surround version for DVD and Blu-Ray.
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The Red Shoes Wins two prestigious restoration awards
Audio Mechanics’ restoration of the classic film from 1948, “The Red Shoes” won the Focal Archive Restoration Award and the Film Heritage Award from the National Society of Film Critics. ITV Studios, 30/04/10 Film legend Martin Scorsese has expressed his delight at ITV Global Entertainment winning a Focal International award for its restoration of Powell & Pressburger classic The Red Shoes. ITV Global Entertainment’s Operations Director Fiona Maxwell accepted the award on Tuesday night at the Lancaster London Hotel. (See her on stage with Martin here.) The restoration of the film, to which ITV owns the rights, happened in collaboration with the … [more]
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Rashomon wins Film Heritage Award
Audio Mechanics was selected to undertake the challenge of restoring one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved international films of all time. The restoration of “Rashomon” won the prestigious Film Heritage Award from the National Society of Film Critics. http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/ http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/04/entertainment/la-et-national-critics4-2010jan04
