Co producer of Road, Movie Sopan Muller has just located an NTSC master made from the original negative of English, August. It’s been seen and checked by him and editor Antara Lahiri who both feel it’s in a good state. This means we are one step closer to a DVD. The sound is awful but that is something which we have backups for and can restore.
Which leaves me with one more thing… restoring the original negative. That’s a big one.
But for all those readers who just visit this blog for an update on English, August this is good news.
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good news indeed!
My hopes are being raised again and to quote Red, hope is a dangerous thing
Dev – English, August was a once in a lifetime experience. Watched it with a friend the weekend of its release in Bombay …and even now, 15 years later and in another continent, we bring up random dialogues from the movie and laugh silly! Forget DVD, I think the film deserves nothing less than a Blu-Ray treatment!!
… and with the soon-to-come success of “Road, Movie”, you could maybe release both films on BD as a double-bill
Best wishes for “Road, Movie”. The trailer is, simply put, beautiful!
Waiting for the DVD like anything since I read the book! Please mention the release date on the blog Dev.
Awesome! I AM one of those readers. The trailer for Road, Movie looks great – will catch it as soon as it comes out anywhere near Washington DC.
god bless Mr.Sopan Muller and you Dev
i know its too much to ask, but the release dates for the DVD?
waiting for ‘road’
Hi Dev- the wait has been very long! It’s a shame a movie like English, August had to wait this long to see the light of a DVD store!
Please please update us on when and where the DVD releases in India.
Thanks!
I’m not sure when the DVD will release. We are planning a schedule now but there’s a whole lot of work involved. But rest assured you’ll get to see it late 2010.
I visited to ask u to remake english august but instead u hav a good news plz do release the dvd ASAP……….& I hope u got ur msg from the misplaced master prints
‘In a strange place u hav to hold ur own’
Cheers & keep on making films (I luv ur kind of cinema)
What else I can say….Phew !!!
Hi Dev,
Truly, this is a great development! Had given up hope on the DVD and I’m visiting your blog after close to a year after wathcing ‘Road, Movie’…and what a pleasent suprprise on the ‘Engligh August’ update!
Please keep us posted on further developments. It’s been 12-15 years since most of us have been waiting for this!
Also, congratulating you on ‘Road, Movie’. It’s left me fascinated! The visual brillinace, the characterisation (inlcuding the truck!) you’ve surely succeeded in presenting the raw charm of the hinterlands and the journey to self-discovery while narrating a tale on the magic of cinema!
Regards,
Sid
Thats a great news dev sir. Now i feel like reading the book once again. what a fantastic book, i mean the way upamanyu chatterjee has succeeded in presenting the typical indian dialects and body language it is nothing less than an achievement and i really feel that agastya is hidden somewhere in all of us.
Dev, I am one of those people visiting this blog for an update on English August. I’ve just read the book again for the nth time and would love to see the movie again – I only have hazy memories of it.
Btw, English August was screened on television here many many years ago by one of the channels, SBS Television. Would that mean that they might have a copy of the film? It might be a shortcut to the DVD.
This is awesome news indeed! Now i am looking forward to a double bill DVD of English August and Split Wide Open since Road movie has already been released on DVD.
Dev! An update please! my friend is a big big fan of the movie and I have promised her I will get the DVD of it!
DB, whatever happened to English, August.. Now it’s been 5 years!!! yes 5!! I’ve been following up.. Let’s see some love from your side DB!!!