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===Home media and restoration=== The American home media company [[The Criterion Collection]] released ''The Red Shoes'' on [[laserdisc]] in 1994, and on [[DVD]] in 1999.<ref name=dvdtalk>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/43354/red-shoes/|work=[[DVD Talk]]|title=The Red Shoes (Blu-ray)|date=19 July 2010|author=Galbraith, Stuart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329101442/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/43354/red-shoes/|archive-date=29 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Red Shoes restoration.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Before-and-after comparison of the film illustrating its restoration]] Efforts to restore ''The Red Shoes'' began in the early 2000s.<ref name=turan/> With fundraising spearheaded by [[Martin Scorsese]] and his longtime editor (and Powell's widow), [[Thelma Schoonmaker]], Robert Gitt and Barbara Whitehead formally began the restoration in the fall of 2006 at the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]], along with the help of the United States [[The Film Foundation|Film Foundation]].<ref name="turan">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-17-ca-redshoes17-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014004356/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/17/entertainment/ca-redshoes17|archive-date=14 October 2018|title= 'The Red Shoes' shines anew|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California | first=Kenneth | last=Turan |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=17 May 2009}}</ref> Gitt, the chief preservation officer of the UCLA Archive, supervised the restoration, assisting Whitehead in reviewing each individual frame of the filmβ192,960 in the print, 578,880 in the tripartite negative.<ref name=turan/> The original negatives had suffered extensive harm, including shrinkage and [[Mold (fungus)|mould]] damage.<ref name=turan/> Because the damage to the negatives was so significant, [[Film preservation#Digital Film Preservation|digital restoration]] was the only viable method of rehabilitating the film.<ref name=restored>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/RedShoesBooklet.pdf|title=Dancing to the Music of Time: ''The Red Shoes'' Restored|author1=Scorsese, Martin|author1-link=Martin Scorsese|author2=Christie, Ian|author3=Gitt, Robert|year=2009|work=[[UCLA Film and Television Archive]]|publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901161922/https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/RedShoesBooklet.pdf|archive-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> The [[4K resolution|4K]] digital restoration was completed with the help of the [[Prasad Corporation]] and [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging]] to remove dirt, scratches, and other flaws.<ref name=restored/> Digital methods were also used to remove pops, crackles and background hiss from the film's original [[optical sound]]track.<ref name=restored/> The newly restored version of ''The Red Shoes'' had its world premiere at the [[2009 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=turan/> Several months later, in October 2009, ITV Films released the restored version on [[Blu-ray]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|work=Blu-ray.com|title=The Red Shoes Blu-ray: United Kingdom Special Restoration Edition|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814012132/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Red-Shoes-Blu-ray/5554/|archive-date=14 August 2018|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Red-Shoes-Blu-ray/5554/}}</ref> On 20 July 2010, the Criterion Collection again reissued the film in its restored state on DVD and Blu-ray.<ref name=dvdtalk/> Reviewing the Criterion Blu-ray, which includes an illustrative demonstration of the film's restoration, Stuart Galbraith of [[DVD Talk]] referred to the "before and after" comparisons as "shocking and heartening at once."<ref name=dvdtalk/> On 14 December 2021, Criterion released the 2009 restoration of ''The Red Shoes'' in 4K, as part of their first six-film slate of [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K UHD disc]] releases.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Machkovech |first1=Sam |title=Criterion announces support for 4K UHD Blu-ray, beginning with Citizen Kane |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/08/criterion-announces-support-for-4k-uhd-blu-ray-beginning-with-citizen-kane/ |access-date=12 August 2021 |work=Ars Technica |date=11 August 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
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