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‘Blu’ to the Future: Bob Gale hints at ‘Back to the Future’ Blu-ray release at recent screening
Celebration, Florida — Back to the Future on Blu-ray was hinted at multiple times this past Saturday by Writer/Producer Bob Gale to a crowd of more than 350 fans who traveled from all across the nation to attend a rare Back to the Future screening and cast reunion near Orlando.
Gale was in town over this past weekend participating in the 5th Annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and North Florida. On Saturday, April 19, he joined actors Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells and Jeffrey Weissman on stage in a 50-minute “Inside the Actors Studio”-type discussion and audience Q&A session preceding a special screening of Back to the Future which was sponsored by BTTF.com.
Saturday's unsuspecting audience was taken by surprise when Gale announced at the onset that they would not be watching the movie on 35mm film, but rather would reviewing the digital master from which the Blu-ray transfer will be taken from — the first time the classic movie had ever been digitally projected on the big screen.
"What you're going to be seeing today is the digital master for the upcoming High Definition Blu-ray version of Back to the Future," declared Gale. "I dont' know when it's coming out yet, but I was involved in the mastering of this tape, so I can tell you that it looks absolutely beautiful!"