Tickets for the much anticipated Barry Gray Centenary Concert are now available. The event will be held in London at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday, 8th November 2008. Guest of honour will be Gerry Anderson, ably assisted by the ever low-key Brian Blessed who will compere the event. Full details are in the complete press release, after the jump.
A remastered version of the 1969 movie 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun' (aka Doppleganger) was released on June 24 2008 in the US. Contrary to original reports, this DVD is Region 1 encoded. According to reports, the movie itself is remastered, or at least cleaned up from the prior release. However, no additional features of extras are included on the disc. There is nothing extra on the disc with the exception of subtitles. No commentary or trailers.
A Region 2 disc should be coming out later this year.As there is a likelyhood this was remastered, perhaps we can look forward to a high-def Blu-Ray DVD release sometime in the future...
This DVD is widescreen 1.85:1 and runs 102 minutes, NTSC.
A drink company by the name of "Drench" just did a TV advert for the UK featuring a very animated Brains puppet. Its quite fun to watch and certainly shows some of Brains' hidden talents.
After languishing as a ropey, hard-to-find and ultimately deleted DVD release, the US Theatrical release of "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" is being reissued in the US. The NTSC Region-free release hits shelves June 24 2008.
The scant information on the Amazon page indicates it is a widescreen version (1.85:1) with Dolby sound (oooh). The packaging and contents can only be an improvement over the original US release which had a cardboard cover and I don't think it even had a menu, just went straight to the movie!
This release has subtitles and shows a running time of 102 minutes. It would be really nice if there was commentary, or maybe a little background feature, but at least its getting a proper release.
As if to draw a line between the UK fans and the rest of the world, we now have this. People lucky enough to be in the London area on November 8 2008 will be able to attend the "Barry Gray Centenary Concert" at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank in London.
It will certainly be a major event for Anderson fans.
Full details after the jump. Lucky gits.
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his came out early February in an Australian newspaper. There is a large airship apparently capable of going around the world.
The Anderson tie-in is that they claim it looks like Thunderbird 2. It does, but as many will be aware this also bears more than a passing resemblance the SKYSHIP from the Thunderbird 6 movie.
This airship is apparently a hotel, so that should be fun. I don't see an old biplane anywhere though...
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If you live in the UK and can get BBC 4, make sure you tune in to Anderson-night on January 2 2008! BBC will be screening a number of Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds episodes in addition to a new documentary and a brand new Stingray episode put together from promotional footage that was never used.
The evening's breakdown will be as follows:
All About Thunderbirds is the new documentary. Mastermind is a long-running quiz show where a contestant who claims to know a specific subject has to answer very tough questions.
After a multi-year (?) hiatus, there is finally an Anderson-themed Calendar out for 2008. Once again, its from Slow Dazzle in the UK. This should be available fairly easily in the UK. Will report on availability in other countries as I get the info. Price is 10 pounds.
FYI, they are also doing calendars for The Prisoner and The Avengers. I mention this as many Anderson fans are also fans of these shows. Seeing as I'm discussing non-Anderson fare, its worth knowing that a complete CD of music from The Avengers has finally been released in the UK. Available on its own or as part of a 3 disc set. The set is the way to go as its about 10 pounds as well. The potentially confusing thing about the Avengers CD is that it says "DISC 1" on it, leading some to speculate on additional volumes in the future. However, the set has the other 2 discs. Its a bit of a mixed bag, but contains Avengers music you cannot hear any other way (except watching the shows of course.
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