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MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE I n 1983, one of the greatest movies of all time was DISC OF THE MONTH

you accept just one little wafer thin after-dinner mint after a rather sizeable repast? Now all the craziness of this quest for knowledge has had its original film negative plucked from the bosom of storage in order to give it a full 4K restoration, which comes to us neatly pressed onto a 4K Ultra HD disc, with HDR doing its boosting thing to the darker and lighter elements so that it will look quite splendid. Sound, too, will be rather nice, with a new DTS:X multi dimensional audio track having

released. That movie was Scarface , but we’re talking about something completely different here. By this time, comedy collective Monty Python had released two original movies in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian, plus two others – And Now for Something Completely Different , which was just a collection of clips from the TV series, and Live at the Hollywood Bowl , which was much the same, but done live. Rather than taking on another historical epic, the Python crew – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – went bigger and bolder and tackled the subject of life itself, in what was rather aptly titled The Meaning of Life . What’s it all about? What does religion have to do with it? Why does the machine go “Ping”? Should

1 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2 Everything Everywhere All at Once 3 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore 4 Dune (2021) 5 The Batman 6 The Lost City 7 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8 Morbius 9 Spider-Man: No Way Home 10 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

been created especially for the occasion. You want extras, too? Good, because there are a bunch of them, including a two-Terry commentary track, an hour long reunion documentary, all manner of featurettes, nearly 20 minutes of snipped bits, singing and, naturally, fish. Out Sept 14

COMING SOON

October is shaping up to be another exciting month

DONNIE DARKO Yes, it’s finally here! The long-awaited local release

STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER/ STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

for Aussie collectors of classic movies on the 4K Ultra HD format, with four big

new releases on their way. Name-wise at least, they don’t come any bigger than Giant , the Texas-set final movie of the all-too short career of James Dean. Also starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, the 1956 epic has been given a brand new native 4K restoration. Also on their way are a trio of very different favourites from the 1980s, with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction , the Brat Pack fabulousness of The Lost Boys , and Tobe Hooper’s spooky Poltergeist also all receiving 4K restorations.

of the 20th anniversary edition of 2001’s trip into the life of a young guy who’s plagued by visions of a giant rabbit with bad intentions features two

This time last year, we were treated to the first four Star Trek movies in a 4K collection. Great news for fans is that not only are individual editions arriving this month, but the two classic Trek movies that were missing from that set – The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country – are also being made available in 4K Ultra HD for the first time, along with the Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Much like their counterparts, these have received new 4K scans from the original negatives, and come to us natively at that ratio with Dolby Vision enhancement, plus 7.1 audio. Out Sept 14

4K discs, plus a DVD of bonus stuff. Two 4K discs? Yep, because as well as the slick restoration in 4K made from the camera negative of the original cut, which has been supervised and approved by director Richard Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster, there’s also the 20-minute longer director’s cut to enjoy. Bonus bunny! Out Sept 7

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