Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet' stars Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting called 2023 Blu-Ray release 'child pornography' due to alleged enhancement
was dismissed in a California courtroom Monday after a judge said she found no difference between a Criterion re-release of the film issued on Blu-ray in 2023 and older versions of the movie that were the subject of a prior lawsuit
“Plaintiffs’ attempt to distinguish the 2023 release from the prior releases holds no water,” Judge Fujie wrote in her Monday ruling. “A comparison of the 2023 release with the prior versions shows no significant visible improvement in the film, particularly in the bedroom scene, to the naked eye. The lack of noticeable distinction defeats plaintiffs’ assertion.”
“The Criterion release is, in reality, a lower picture quality of the film than the 1968 theatrical release; a lower resolution than the digitally-restored 4K film that plaintiffs watched and applauded at a public film festival in 2016; and the same resolution as the film that has been in wide television and digital distribution since 2007 or earlier,” the lawyers wrote.
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