Restoration

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Being honored with a spot on the hand-picked restoration team for this classic film, MTI Film was tasked with repairing the damage on this film. Chemical stains, roller rubs and persistent scratches were present throughout and created an opportunity to "think outside of the box" and develop individualized techniques. Some of the issues were due to a 50 year old negative, but others were issues that were never seen until this was scanned in 8K. Our software engineers developed unique algorithms, specifically designed to deal with the issues without altering the desert landscape. The fully-restored Director's Cut premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, after winning the Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title at the 10th Annual FOCAL Awards in 2013.

A full restoration process from film scanning to clean-up in DRS™Nova V6.0 including use of SHINE, MTai FrameGen and multiple tools. Scanning, restoration clean-up and final color correction by MTI FILM. MTI FILM developed a process to scan the film in support of the Technorama format. Check out the 4K BluRay review here: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Pink-Panther-4K-Blu-ray/396369/

Restored for the Film Foundation with input from Christopher Nolan, MTI FILM used a range of tools including DRS™Nova software to clean-up the images, fixed jump cuts and replaced multiple missing frames using the MTai FrameGen toolset. Film scanning, restoration clean-up and image replacement, plus a color correction pass was applied by our senior colorist Tanner Buschman.

Restored in 2015, the digital version didn't require much work to restore it to original form except there were 14 missing frames that Paramount couldn't locate with any other sources. So they came to MTI FILM and used our MTai FrameGen where we were able to generate new frames to fix the jump cuts and to replace a 3 frame slug.

MTI Film was tasked with restoring the entire Married with Children catalog for all episodes. Ingest from Digital Betacam reassembly, clean-up and color correction.

MTI Film was tasked with restoring the entire Seinfeld catalog for all episodes. Film scanning of cut negative, reassembly, clean-up and color correction.

The entire seven seasons of this classic sitcom were scanned from uncut negative, restored using MTI Film's award winning DRS™Nova software.

A challenging job that actually drove new technology innovation at MTI FILM. Shot on film at 30fps. The client wanted a 23.9 delivery. Without simply dropping frames, MTAI Frame Convert was used to synthesize new frames and then they were QC and cleaned up in DRS Nova. A project that consumed the entire team but the results were amazing and years later, MTI FILM won an Emmy award for the AI tools used.

We all followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and who attended the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation. No Color Correction. Scanning, Matchback and Restoration by MTI Film.

"Are you talkin' to me?" The movie begins with the taxi slowly driving down the street and through steam coming up from a manhole as the credits fade in and out of the clouds of steam. This opening title sequence alone took approx. 120 hours to perfect due to the amount of dirt, scratches and warping. Usually we'll receive final approval on a restoration from the studio. But with this title, the pressure was turned up on MTI's Restoration Department. We were informed Mr. Scorsese, being a huge supporter of film restoration and preservation, was going to review the restoration and final approval would be coming from the director himself. One of Martin Scorsese's cinematic gems!

The Godfather II (1974) - The second installment of the Godfather trilogy. In the quintessential style of Francis Ford Coppola, this film consists of numerous dissolves. With hundreds of transitions, the scratches on these opticals were in the thousands. The scratch removal tool in MTI Nova was the most valuable tool in the restoration of this iconic film.

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral. Restoration and Color Correction over sight at MTI FILM by director Ed Harris.

Directed by William Wyler and needless to say, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. The restoration of this picture put every tool in our software to its test. Heavy flicker and color breathing, scratches, tears, stabilization and warping were throughout and all were addressed by the MTI restoration team. This was a very popular title with all of the artists in the department and it became our "passion project". That passion shone through in the end, resulting in an absolutely brilliant restoration that was the featured title at the opening of the TCM Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2013. Ms. Streisand, who was present at the screening, was so impressed by the restoration, she requested a copy of the film for her personal collection.

A classic film, directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Sir Alec Guinness. While the film was undergoing its first high resolution restoration, MTI Film discovered a production issue never before seen. A shutter problem with one of the cameras that created an intermittent ghosting effect that was now visible for the first time in 4K. The team of artists at MTI Film painstakingly went through each frame, repairing the issue using MTI Nova software.

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army. Restoration and Color by MTI FILM.

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. Film restoration and clean-up including color correction by MTI FILM.

A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love. Written and directed by Albert Brooks. Scanning, film restoration and color by MTI FILM.

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. Film restoration and clean-up with final color correction by MTI FILM.

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Richard III (1955) - There were multiple shots in the original camera negative where frames were so badly damaged, they were removed from the negative and a "slug" was inserted in their place. Using the paint, stabilization, dewarp and DRS tools in MTI Nova, we were able to flawlessly recreate frames that matched the adjacent frames in movement, color and density. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM. You can hear Martin Scorsese discuss the Richard III restoration here: https://youtu.be/mN49grFTKxY

In support of SONY's release of Richard Pryor - Live on Sunset Strip, MTI FILM was tasked with film scanning, restoration clean-up and restoration using DRS™Nova and final color correction.

Ray Harryhausen Collection: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), Mysterious Island (1961), Jason and the Argonauts (1963). These three films featured the revolutionary stop-action animation of the infamous Ray Harryhausen.

Ray Harryhausen Collection: Jason and the Argonauts (1963) including the The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Mysterious Island (1961). These three films featured the revolutionary stop-action animation of the infamous Ray Harryhausen brought back to life by SONY and MTI FILM.

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the classic stop-motion animated TV special, first aired on December 6, 1964, on NBC as part of the General Electric Fantasy Hour, becoming an instant holiday tradition that has aired every year since. Animation has it's own challenges with duplicate frames and skipped frames but stop-motion adds another challenge when replacing pixels from surrounds frames. Despite the challenges, MTI's team persevered and delivered a quality result. Project included the complete canning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

The series was produced by DIC Audiovisuel's American branch DIC Enterprises and aired on syndication a while after the theatrical release of the first movie in the series. With animation, MTI FILM developed tools that augmented the restoration fixes specifically to address animation, smoothing and grain. Project included complete scanning, restoration clean-up and final color correction by MTI FILM.

Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebels against the premise that every woman is destined for matrimony and motherhood and decides she has as much right as a man to play around. Restoration and Color by MTI Film.

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Majority of the restoration was spent repairing film tears, bad splices and thousands of scratches, and the end result was perfection and this classic comedy can continue to be enjoyed for years. Movie trivia: Skippy (the dog in the film), worked with William Powell in "The Kennel Murder Case" in 1933. After being cast as Asta in this film, went on to work with Powell in four of the six Thin Man movies. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War. Scanning, Restoration and Color by MTI FILM.

A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment and restored by MTI FILM. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped beneath the ocean and the other, a diver, is sent down on a rescue mission. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM. One of the 20 films restored for a Frank Capra box set released by SONY Pictures. https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/frankcapraatcolumbiacollection

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM. One of the 20 films restored for a Frank Capra box set released by SONY Pictures. https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/frankcapraatcolumbiacollection

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money. Scanning, restoration and final color by MTI FILM. One of the 20 films restored for a Frank Capra box set released by SONY Pictures. https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/frankcapraatcolumbiacollection

The Scarlet Lady is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film written by Bess Meredyth and directed by Alan Crosland. MTI FILM restored the film using a range of tools including DRS™Nova. The Intertitles and Narrative cards were initially in Italian. MTI FILM rebuilt them in English using a newly created font and replaced them in a new conform. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM

The 3rd film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Film historians tend to focus on this film because it introduces themes of murder and suspense that Hitchcock's name would later become synonymous with. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.
This was the first film restored by MTI Film in 2007.

To save the reputation of the hotel where they are employed, sisters try to cover up a murder. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM

Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives. Scanning, restoration clean-up and color correction by MTI FILM.

An inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene. Scanning, restoration clean-up by MTI FILM with Color Correction

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.