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There’s a good chance you missed Pink Floyd’s legendary Pompeii concert in person. After all, the band performed in the empty ruins of the excavated amphitheater, in front of only the film crew. But you can experience the concert in definition so high you’ll feel like you were there, because Pink Floyd released a 4K remaster of the film. Just want the tunes? There’s...

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii, the concert film from Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, has grossed an estimated $2.6 million in North America for a no. 9 spot. Digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage by Pink Floyd’s director of restoration, Lana Topham, and featuring newly enhanced audio mixed by Steven Wilson, this release presents the definitive version of the film from Sony Music’s Film and TV division.

Pink Floyd At Pompeii predates the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon and the film documents the band before they became giants on both sides of the Atlantic. Set in the...

"An exclusive theatrical event!" IMAX has revealed a new trailer for the 4K restoration + re-release of an awesome rock doc event titled Pink Floyd at Pompeii. Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, the film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert without an audience, filmed in October 1971. It was released for the first time in late 1972, and will return to cinemas again some 53 years later. The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from the original 35mm cut negative - discovered in five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd's own archives. This big breakthrough unearthed the very film that rolled through the cameras during those sweltering days amidst the ruins of Pompeii over 50 years ago. Led by Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd, the team's mission was to preserve the integrity & beauty of the original picture. The film was scanned in...

Pink Floyd have shared the new trailer for their remastered Live at Pompeii concert film, which is returning to the big screen — including IMAX — this April.

The minute-long look at Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii — “a rare and unique document of the band performing live in the period prior to The Dark Side Of The Moon,” drummer Nick Mason said in a statement — showcases the crisper visuals and audio for the 1972 film, courtesy of a recently unearthed negative.

“Since 1994, I have searched for the elusive film rushes of Pink Floyd At Pompeii,...

“Pink Floyd at Pompeii — McMlxxii,” the rock band’s 1972 concert film/documentary, will revisit theaters with a restored version that is coming to Imax and other cinema screens starting April 24, followed shortly by a first-time stand-alone release of the soundtrack as an official live album on May 2.

Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision are bringing the film back into theaters, to be seen in a 4K digital remaster created from the original 35mm footage. Steven Wilson, whose remixes are well known to fans of classic rock, was behind the board for a new Dolby mix of the movie’s audio.

The live album will come out just a week after the film’s reappearance in cinemas, with Legacy, Sony’s catalog division, issuing it on CD, vinyl, digital audio and Dolby Atmos formats. It’s the first time the music from the film has been commercially released as a stand-alone item.

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

The influential concert film, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, which featured the band performing in the empty, excavated remains of the titular Roman amphitheater, will get a new look this spring. Restored from the original 35mm prints and remastered in 4K with remixed audio by musician and recording engineer Steven Wilson, the film — newly retitled Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii — will return to movie theaters, including some IMAX screens, on April 24. Tickets for the picture will go on sale via PinkFloyd.film on March 5.

The band is releasing a six-minute clip of “Echoes,...

Pink Floyd fans rejoice because ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii,’ the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, will return to cinemas in Spring 2025.

The re-release has been digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson, the upcoming theatrical release presents the definitive version of this pioneering film.

‘Pink Floyd At Pompeii’ pre-dates the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon. The film documents what Pink Floyd did before they became giants of the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic – where their music remains celebrated to this day.

Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy, this unique and immersive film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert without an audience. Filmed in October 1971, the performance marked the very first live concert to take place at Pompeii, and features the vital ‘Echoes,’ ‘A Saucerful of Secrets,...