“Mackintosh and T.J. marked Rogers’ return to the big screen after an absence of several decades,” Kauffman writes, “and the film was in fact expressly written for him as a kinda sorta comeback vehicle (he unfortunately never made another feature film).”
Kauffman on the actual movie restoration:
Mackintosh and T.J. is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of MVD Visual with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. The cover of this release touts a 4K restoration from “original film elements,” and as some of the supplemental features included on this release get into, this was something of a pet project for Steve Latshaw. For such a frankly little remembered film, the care afforded this transfer is evident, and this overall one of the nicest looking releases I’ve personally reviewed that has come from MVD Visual. The palette is really beautifully suffused throughout almost all of the presentation, and fine detail is frequently impressive on things like those great western hats Rogers and some of the other guys wear (or even the incredibly grimy baseball cap O'Brien wears). Outdoor location work provides some nice depth of field and good detail levels even in wide shots. There are a few rough looking moments, including some of the dark interior scenes, as in the bar where Mackintosh and T.J. meet up again, but on the whole this is a really organic and pleasing looking transfer.
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