They Shall Not Grow Old: In Theaters Dec 27th Only

(Newser/Youtube) The director of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies has brought another world to lifeand this one is real. Peter Jacksons latest film They Shall Not Grow Old uses colorized World War I footage and old veterans interviews to tell the story of British soldiers on the Western Front the New York Times reports. Much of the media focus is on Jacksons incredible footage restoration: His team not only sped up frame rates and added frames to make the jerky hand-held film appeal to modern eyes they hired a company to colorize much of it and a historian to identify colors down to the uniform buttons. Then came forensic lip readers who spotted what soldiers were likely saying and helped Jacksons team reconstruct the audio. Read More