
With this the new Blu-Ray release, I'm an even bigger fan. The filmmakers painstakingly scanned and restored every single one of its 150,000 65mm Todd-AO frames at a whopping 8k each, creating a digital master that far exceeds HD standards.
Quite literally, this is the most perfect HD release currently available for home viewing -- and the best digital media I think I've ever seen. Really.
The disc also has an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary, detailing the fascinating production and restoration. The film's small, dedicated crew of five built the cameras from scratch and hopped the globe schlepping sixty cases of equipment -- on a miniscule budget of about $4m. It's like the most impressive indie film you've ever seen.
If you have a Blu-Ray player, it's a required purchase -- even if you don't have one, check out the equally stunning (but technically not HD) standard DVD release, which uses the same remastered version.