The Bermuda Depths on Blu-Ray from Warner Archive

[MaxRebo320]

Warner Archive has announced the dream-like Rankin-Bass/Tsuburaya co-production The Bermuda Depths on Blu-Ray this coming March.
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=28091

The Bermuda Depths

Synopsis: What secret lurks 20,000 feet below the waves in the paranormal realm called the Bermuda Triangle? That's the question a scientist (Burl Ives), his student (Carl Weathers) and a young man (Leigh McCloskey) haunted by nightmarish memories of his Bermuda childhood ask themselves. The answer involves a beauty (Connie Sellecca) who has sold her soul for eternal youth and a giant sea turtle that leaves death in its wake. Eerie and hypnotic, The Bermuda Depths was produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass (The Year Without a Santa Claus), who meld their imaginative fantasy style with the live-action horror genre. Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
Includes Both the 1.33:1 US Broadcast Television Version and the 1.85:1 International Theatrical Version
New Audio Commentary by Author/ Film Historian Amanda Reyes (Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium: 1964-1999) and Kindertrauma co-founder Lance Vaughan
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

Hopefully this means The Last Dinosaur isn't too far behind! Not to mention any sort of release for The Ivory Ape.

[Angilasman]

Wow, new special features and 2 different presentations of the film? Warner Archive is absolutely killing it lately.

[Vakanai]

How good are the giant turtle scenes?

Wow, new special features and 2 different presentations of the film? Warner Archive is absolutely killing it lately.

What else have they released lately?

[Angilasman]

^ They release about a half dozen titles each month, old movies and (more recently) classic cartoons. They used to only port over existing extras from previous WB DVD releases, but have now started producing commentary tracks and supplemental features. The big one was Curse if Frankenstein last month: their old DVD was bare bones, but this release presented the film in three different aspect ratios, had a new commentary track, four new featurettes and the trailer.

They've always been good restoring their films, but now with newly produced extras they're becoming equal to any boutique label!

I'm very happy with this as a classic movie fan: WB owns a disproportionate amount of old Hollywood films because they own the classic MGM and RKO film libraries in addition to every WB film.

[mikelcho]

Now all that has to be released is The Ivory Ape and Warner Archive will have all three Rankin-Bass/Tsuburaya films!

[MaxRebo320]

I was actually wrong to call this a Tsuburaya film. While much of its Japanese crew had worked for Tsuburaya Productions, it wasn't actually a co-production between the two studios. Likewise The Ivory Ape.

[mikelcho]

Yes, I see, but The Ivory Ape needs to be released, and Warner Archive is just the company to do it (that is, if they still exist; I can't even find their website online anymore).

[MaxRebo320]

Not sure how my post seemed to indicate Ivory Ape doesn't deserve a release, but I agree it's overdue for one.

[mikelcho]

Not sure how my post seemed to indicate Ivory Ape doesn't deserve a release, but I agree it's overdue for one.

I was actually acknowledgng that The Ivory Ape wasn't made by Rankin-Bass/Tsuburaya, not that it didn't deserve a release.

Still, said release is long since overdue.