‘The Leopard’ Wins Top Blu-ray Prize from DEG: Japan

16 Feb, 2012 By: Chris Tribbey

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Luchino Visconti’s 1963 The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) has taken home grand prize honors from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group Japan following its fourth Blu-ray Disc awards.

The Blu-ray was chosen among the winners of other categories a panel of judges voted on for the best of the best in high-def in 2011.

“The extensive visual expression is nothing less than impressive: The authentic texture of the count’s house that Visconti explored is portrayed brilliantly with tremendous impact through the golden curtains, crimson carpets and antique-looking walls,” the judges wrote in their comments for The Leopard.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon won the grand prize from consumers, who voted on the Web.

The complete list of winners:
Grand Prize: The Leopard
Blu-ray 3D: Tangled
Best Picture Quality (Foreign): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1
Best Picture Quality (Japanese): Aibo Theatrical Movie II — Keishicho Senkyo!
Best Picture Quality (Animation): Cars 2
Best Picture Quality (TV/Music/Documentary): Healing Islands Owinawa 3 — Okinawa Main Island
Best Sound Quality (Music): “From me flows what you call time” by Toru Takemitsu, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Yutaka Sado
Best Sound Quality (Movie): Burlesque
Best Restoration: The Leopard
Best Interactivity: Ayumi Hamasaki/Five
Judge’s Special Awards: The Social Network, Verdi: Opera “La Traviata,” the Royal Opera House 2009, Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Users’ Grand Prize: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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