The Ipcress File (headed to blu-ray)

This is great news for Michael Caine fans. This early spy movie was originally released in 1965, and it is undergoing a 2K restoration and being released with a host of special features: Kino Lorber: The Ipcress File Detailed for Blu-ray

 

one movie I've never seen. apparently there were four sequels?

 

Thanks for sharing, will order a copy this Fall.

 

I'm not sure there were 4 but their are other Harry Palmer movies. I don't know the order but I think The Icpress File is the best of them all. The Billion Dollar Brain is kinda stupid but has a few good moments. Funeral in Berlin is better than Billion Dollar Brain and it has the beautiful Eva Renzi.

 

Great Soundtrack by John Barry, too.

 

There were three Harry Palmer movies starring Michael Caine: this one, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain. Funeral in Berlin is my favorite of the three.

 

There were two others starring Michael Caine which were made-for-television:
Bullet to Beijing
&
Midnight in Saint Petersburg

 

It has been available on BD since 2008:

The Ipcress File Blu-ray Release Date November 10, 2008

 

Much inferior to the original novel, but then we get Michael Caine.

 

Deighton didn’t write these books.

 

Wonderful film. Harry Palmer, the kitchen sink spy.

 

On my list--thanks!!

 

There’s a Harry Palmer Collection available.

What about the 2014 bd of The Ipcress File ?

 

It’s excellent, but Funeral is best

 

I have the 2014 Network release, and that will do for me.

 

Saw it in the theater when it came out. Electrifying. Made a star out of Michael Caine. Also made metal machine music possible.

 

⭐️
Thought it was Alfie?
Even John Wayne was aware of Alfie.

 

Hey I was a kid. I didnt watch Alfie.

 

What’s it all about ..

 

What were the dates on these films release? IMDB says Ipcress File was 65 while Alfie was 66.


From IMDB: Zulu (1964), the epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu warriors, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a low-ranking Cockney soldier, he played a snobbish, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) and the title role in Alfie (1966) that made Caine a star of the first magnitude.

Mr Bass often maligned but mostly right.

 

I have the Network 2014 BD and the film looks OK'ish, but nothing impressive. There's plenty of extra stuff on that disc though.
It is shot in Techniscope, so I assume not much can be done when it comes to transfer. But as I understood it is not undergoing restoration, they will use the source from ITV.

 

So the 202o version will just be padded out with extra stuff?

 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 2K RESTORATION BY ITV STUDIOS
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Troy Howarth and Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer
• NEW remastered original theatrical trailer for the film
• Audio Commentary by Director Sidney J. Furie and Editor Peter Hunt
• Interview with Star Michael Caine
• Interview with Production Designer Ken Adam
• Trailers From Hell with Howard Rodman
• Vintage Theatrical Trailer
• 4 Radio Spots
• Reversible cover art
• Optional English SDH subtiltes for the main feature

It's the same as on the Network release + what is marked as "NEW".