But besides selecting the best available material from multiple prints, sections of the film also had to be scanned in 4K resolution so all dirt and scratch marks could be digitally removed, frame by frame, from the final print.

Pandora Night Scene Restoration (Comparison)

 
The Burbank company Audio Mechanics was responsible for restoring the film's sound, using Martin Scorsese's personal dye transfer IB print as both reference and audio source.
 
For special features, Kino's PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN brings an alternate opening title sequence, three theatrical trailers, two galleries of documents, stills, and behind-the-scenes photos, an 18-minute documentary (El Torero de Cordoba) about the legendary Spanish bullfighter, as well as a comparison video of original vs. restored Technicolor footage.
 
Kino's Blu-ray and DVD versions of PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1951) have a prebook date of July 6, 2010, and a street date of August 2. The film's DVD version comes with a SRP $29.95, while the Blu-ray version will be available at $34.95.
 
In this timeless romantic fantasy from director Albert Lewin, Ava Gardner (Mogambo, Show Boat) stars as a nightclub singer vacationing in Spain, with whom all men fall hopelessly in love. But Pandora, never having known true love, is indifferent to her suitors' affections. Until, one evening, she swims out to a mysterious yacht and meets its captain - played by James Mason (Odd Man Out, North by Northwest).

 

Credits:
Restored by George Eastman House in cooperation with The Douris Corporation.

Restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation, Cinema per Roma Foundation, and the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America; Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique; the Motion Picture Association of America; and the Writers Guild of America, West.
 
PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
35mm TECHNICOLOR RESTORATION
Presented by The Film Foundation, George Eastman House &Douris UK