Yesterday I recorded this Italian movie (IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095940) from an HDTV channel; quality is not anywhere real HD, though...
The good thing is that it seems a direct film-to-video conversion, with grain, scratches etc... and, there is even no retail DVD, just VHS.
Bad thing, it misses the end credits, but they could be taken from the VHS; color grading is different from VHS - that is obviously messed up; still don't know if the HDTV is the *right* one...
Thoughts?
Found this unfinished project into one old HDD; it's almost complete, quality is not perfect, but still waaay better than the DVD of a analog broadcast; this HDTV is almost fullscreen - when stretched a bit, it seems to have the right aspect ratio - even if it was 2.35:1 in theaters, don't know if a home video with that AR exist; TV DVD, at the contrary, is 1.33:1 open matte, with more image on bottom and less on the sides; all in all, HDTV seems more right.
Colors: TV DVD looks like without color grading, while HDTV has a proper one IMHO - yes, the snow is blue, but only during the night! 
I leave it behind, as it will took weeks to render it with my actual PC at 0.07fps; it needs cleaning, delogo and grain plate; plus, credits from TV DVD are needed, and English track should be put in sync and replaced where missing. Maybe with the new PC...
I know nobody cares about this restoration project, but I think the movie is nice, story is not usual, and it's an Italian product with some English actors - I don't care about Vincent Spano, but Isabelle Pasco was/is a gorgeous woman! 
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/192189
I don't know if you know about this, but I found a different rip where the logo is placed differently.
![[Image: vlcsnap-2016-12-04-20h12m42s208.png]](http://116.imagebam.com/download/oFchP1quYATzx5QsV5kbmA/51854/518531667/vlcsnap-2016-12-04-20h12m42s208.png)
You could use this to mask out the logo.
Nice find, IcePrick! I was not aware about this version - that should be quite old; and obviously a letterboxed version; but this time, it works in our favor!
Please send me a PM with further info, it will be really useful!
Thanks!
Thanks to IcePrick; he has provided a source that not only will help to clear out logo, but it has also the english audio track!!!
Hey there, any news on this? I caught this movie on cable decades ago in the middle of the night and really enjoyed it.
I even once reached out to Umberto Caglini on Facebook about 7 years ago to say hi.
It would be great if a better copy of this movie existed. The copy I have is a pretty poor quality 4:3 transfer.
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I left it behind - along a lot other projects...
Maybe you would like to take it in charge and finish it? Let me know!
I would definitely be happy to take this over. I'm fairly handy with audio and video editing tools but not so experienced with color grading.
Other than clipping together the credits and syncing the audio, I'd also be interested in any educational resources you could point me to for other restoration tasks you believe this film should receive.
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