Walter Murch

...his mind (after working on the reconstruction of Orson Welles' Touch of Evil). Coppola and Murch then examined several of the rough prints and dailies for the film. It was decided early on the editing of the film would be like editing a new...

In this article: Willard, Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Now Redux, Touch of Evil, Mango, and Love Theme

...the two characters. As Murch explains, "by trying to make the film simpler, [Universal] complicated things, because the audience was led to believe the film was about Heston," when the reality was more complex. Comparing the versions is...

In this article: Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, Charlton Heston, DVD, Universal Studios, Janet Leigh, New York Post, and US

The ''restored'' cut of Touch of Evil presented here -- the first time it's been available on home video -- incorporates all of Welles' suggestions as best as restoration producer Rick Schmidlin and editor Walter Murch could manage.

In this article: Touch of Evil, Orson Welles, DVD, Psycho, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, Don Quixote, Universal, and Tina Fey

This is the reedited version of the classic, cut together by Apocalypse Now editor Walter Murch to hew more closely to Mr. Welles' original vision of the film, which Universal foolishly trashed and pushed to the side on the original release.

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...Welles had approved of their inclusion). In addition, some of Welles's complaints were concerned with subtle sound and editing choices, and Murch was able to re-edit the material accordingly. Notable changes include the removal of the...

In this article: Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, Universal International, Charlton Heston, and Janet Leigh

...of the director's changes and still included Keller's scenes. In 1998, the film was re-edited by the esteemed Walter Murch based on Welles' memo and working from available materials. The Murch version adhered as closely as possible to Welles'...

In this article: Orson Welles, DVD, Touch of Evil, Universal Studios, Janet Leigh, Charlton Heston, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, NBC Universal, and Rick Schmidlin

...friends using his dad's home-movie camera. It was not until 1979 and the release of "Apocalypse Now" that the term "sound designer" was coined by Walter Murch, who created sound for the film. Prior to then, and with the exception of the...

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...soundtrack with the film element, producer and restoration specialist Rick Schmidlin suggested that award-winning film editor Walter Murch be enlisted on the project (the two had worked together on the 1998 restoration of Orson Welles's...

In this article: Dickson Experimental Sound Film, Touch of Evil, William Dickson, Vito Russo, Les cloches de Corneville, Library of Congress, and Thomas Edison