Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gérard Blain, Bruce Cabot
With its incredible Technicolor location scenes in Africa — such as John Wayne strapped to the front of a truck actually trying to catch a rhinoceros, Howard Hawks’ Hatari! (1962) is the kind of film you’d think Blu-Ray was made for.
But when it was released on Blu-Ray a few years ago, word quickly spread that it looked terrible — and many of us decided to stick with our old DVDs and hope something better would come along. Well, it looks like some better has come along — Kino Lorber has announced an upcoming 4K release. The announcement does not mention a Blu-Ray disc being included.
Hatari! is a cool movie, Hawks’ usual “group of people doing a difficult job thing.” Recommending it comes down to transfer and format, not the film itself.
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