Resolution: 480p (for the Movie) and 1080p (for the TV and Mini-Series). The webpage listed above is for television syndication. Its quality was just okay but the disc finally let us see what the picture looked like in CinemaScope. The story is established in the public imagination and shows it's influence in new millenium features like 28 DAYS LATER (2002, Danny Boyle),  THE HAPPENING (2008, M. Night Shyamalan) and BLINDNESS (2008, Fernando Meirelles). Thestory of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS is set in motion by a mysterious meteorite shower that blinds everyone who watches. Aspect ratio 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, colour. One of the UK DVD releases of the DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS movie was released by the BBC, so I'd assume that it was an official release. It will enter the public domain in every country that has the "rule of shorter term" and an underlying rights in expired motion pictures exemption. 3,564 103. His version of The Day of the Triffids is something of a fascinating … Perfect? The monsters aren't used very well. If I wasn't so technologically challenged, I would post a screen cap. Bob Furmanek wrote: The entire feature has been scanned in 4K from the 35mm camera original negative and Mike is doing his frame-by-frame clean-up. To provide a conventionally dramatic ending, Moore discovers at the last possible moment that sea water dissolves the Triffids into green soup. Although rarely acknowledged, cataclysmic survival stories like The Day of the Triffids offer their audience an egocentric morbid fantasy based on survival. The BBC’s 1981 6-part adaptation of The Day of the Triffids is easily the best visual adaptation of John Wyndham’s classic science fiction novel. Thus, my bogus cut of The Day of the Triffids ends like The Birds. Yes! Fans have been clamoring after a quality print version of this film for years and now it has finally arrived. The Day of The Triffids (2009) - … As the days progress, they find more and more sighted people and together they make plans to build a future. Movies From The Madhouse presents "Day Of The Triffids" (1962) In a world suddenly gone blind, almost anything could be a deadly menace - wild dogs ... anything. Bill cannot help the people he finds staggering in the street. The picture was a pretty soft, but OK, and the color was a significant improvement over any previous version I've ever had. The plane was shot down by competitors, releasing the spores into the stratosphere. Not connected to any grapevine. The last section of the film is very bitty. If they're going to do a new HD transfer, you kind of have to make sure the film is restored. I was pleasantly surprised by it. Many of the films Yordon made for Allied Artists, like "God's Little Acre", "Krakatoa: East of Java", have been, for PD for the same reasons, while others. The Triffid monsters attacking the lighthouse matured on the rocks outside, which are constantly being soaked in sea spray. I've avoided every DVD of this film, believing that most of them probably accessed the old, flat letterbox laserdisc from Image Entertainment. The man loves the film SO much, he's invested more time (many years) and funds into preserving and restoring it than he will ever make back. Ignite Films is proud to announce the restoration of Sci Fi classic THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, directed by Steve Sekely (UK, 1962). The Day Of The Triffids (1963) - Region 2 PAL, Restored Anamorphic Widescreen Print, plays in original English audio without subtitles: Official Sinister Film Italian Region 2 PAL DVD release as pictured. So does this mean it will only be available in Region 2? A potential epic is sidetracked by poor writing, as if Yordan just didn't have the energy or time to do it right -- blacklisted screenwriter Bernard Gordon apparently wrote a final screenplay that the tatty production couldn't fully get on film. Bill's hospital stay makes him one of the fortunate people still able to see. It was in a 1:85.1 aspect ratio, and region-free. Not by a long shot. Rip Type (Sources): 1962 Movie -> "The Day Of The Triffids 1962 PAL DVD5 DD 2.0-New-Team" 1981 Series -> "The Day Of The Triffids 1981 1080p GBR Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 2.0" 2009 Miniseries -> "The Day of the Triffids 2009 1080p GBR Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-CultFilms™" Codec Type: x264. Savant edited a version of the movie that omitted the entire added lighthouse subplot and bypassed the pitiful "jump off a rock, get picked up by a rowboat" ending. Ignite Films is proud to announce the restoration of Sci Fi classic. dinost. Category Type: Movie and TV Series. The Triffids are a side threat that becomes untenable as they increase in number. Barely mentioned is the origin of the Triffids, which Bill reveals near the end of the book. I was pleasantly surprised by it. QC at a lot of TV stations is more stringent now than it has ever been. John Wyndham's novel has remained one of the most widely read science fiction books for generations of readers, permanently in print since publication in 1951.