Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K UHD (Criterion Collection)

[MifuneFan]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K


Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) coming to 4K from Criterion in June.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K

https://www.criterion.com/films/215-...g-in-las-vegas

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terry Gilliam, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.39:1, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Three audio commentaries: one with Gilliam, one with actors Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro and producer Laila Nabulsi, and one with author Hunter S. Thompson
• Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Gilliam
• Selection of Thompson correspondence, read on camera by Depp
• Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary
• Program about the controversy over the screenwriting credit
• Profile of Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo
• Collection of artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman
• Excerpt from a 1996 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas audio recording featuring filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and actor Maury Chaykin
• Documentary from 1978 featuring Thompson and Steadman
• Storyboards, production designs, stills, and trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman and two pieces by Thompson

Cover illustration by Ralph Steadman

[bradnoyes]

Nice. Feels like every time I sell an old Criterion bluray we get a UHD announcement within a few months. Just sold some Kurosawa and Ozu, so hopefully won't be long!

[Geoff D]

Selling an Arrow for a Criterion? No fookin chance. But I've still got the old Crit Blu for the special features.

[trevorlj]

Dammit...just imported the Turbine version like 3 weeks ago.

[spiltmilk]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Selling an Arrow for a Criterion? No fookin chance. But I've still got the old Crit Blu for the special features.

That Hunter S. Thompson commentary track is not optional.

[Adam_ME]

The Criterion has more extras, but I'll stick with the Arrow import.

[trespoochies]

Arrow 4K + Criterion blu = I'm good.

[bradnoyes]

Just this morning I got a $50 gift card for doing some random energy assessment on my home so now I'm considering just importing the Arrow release. Saw that Arrow has a 2 for £40 deal on UHDs so it feels serendipitous. Might grab this and something else...maybe Naked Lunch or Battle Royale...maybe all three!

[SlimerJoel]

Don’t have the Arrow release, so I might upgrade my Criterion BD for this.

[StingingVelvet]

I have the Arrow so no dice here, but good they're finally releasing it for those allergic to imports.

[Winslow Leach]

Awesome! My favorite Gilliam film.

[SlimerJoel]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I have the Arrow so no dice here, but good they're finally releasing it for those allergic to imports.

I swear I was going to! I just never got around to it…

[roar]

Guess I can sell my Criterion DVD of this now. Probably worth a whole dollar.

[Sky_Captain]

Third place and no medal.

[aschaeffer9]

Well, as a person in Region A who thinks buying region-locked things is a waste of money I appreciate this release and will buy it.

It's not like this was a surprise after the last few criterion in the US, arrow for the UK rights terry gilliam UHDs. I'd rather wait and have the blu-ray portion not locked.

When they do it differently I reassess, nothing in the UK only hellraiser LE was region locked so it was an easy choice.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by aschaeffer9

Well, as a person in Region A who thinks buying region-locked things is a waste of money I appreciate this release and will buy it.

It's not like this was a surprise after the last few criterion in the US, arrow for the UK rights terry gilliam UHDs. I'd rather wait and have the blu-ray portion not locked.

When they do it differently I reassess, nothing in the UK only hellraiser LE was region locked so it was an easy choice.

Nothing in the UK Fear and Loathing LE is region locked either. There aren't any Blu-rays included.

[BNex99]

I know it's been covered on these boards, but I've never quite understood the audio situation on this movie.

The film lists Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS in the end credits, and was advertised at the time of release with at least SDDS and DTS, yet the 2.0 surround has usually been presented as the primary audio track, even going back to the Criterion DVD.

Was the 5.1 track not finished in time for the theatrical release or something?

[aschaeffer9]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

Nothing in the UK Fear and Loathing LE is region locked either. There aren't any Blu-rays included.

To be fair I did assume on this one without bothering to check that it was UHD + BD (region B) since 95% of what they do for UK release has that setup.. the hellraiser stuff being one of the outliers with no region locked BDs.

I still would have waited, I can get Criterion's twice a year at a 50% discount, UK arrow discs, not at all.

e: I might have oversimplified it too, there are other deciding factors..like "is this likely to have a domestic release or not" or "is the region A bad for some reason or has some sort of production issue"..stuff like hellraiser or super mario (1993) that are very unlikely to get a stateside release is a different case then stuff like this where I already own the criterion baron m and time bandits and it's clear they have the US 4k rights

[Telemachus]

The Arrow presentation is already 11/10. This will be a guaranteed downgrade. The Criterion special features can be had from any of their old discs or even a DVD.

Originally Posted by BNex99

I know it's been covered on these boards, but I've never quite understood the audio situation on this movie.

The film lists Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS in the end credits, and was advertised at the time of release with at least SDDS and DTS, yet the 2.0 surround has usually been presented as the primary audio track, even going back to the Criterion DVD.

Was the 5.1 track not finished in time for the theatrical release or something?

I went through this, the 2.0 on the old Criterion discs was the default track for compatability and I suppose it just stuck to Blu ray, even though that disc is also ancient at this point. The 5.1 is also a full native theater track.

[GaragePoet]

Originally Posted by roar

Guess I can sell my Criterion DVD of this now. Probably worth a whole dollar.

don't sell it, it has the great menu of Steadman creating the logo which is missing from the blu-ray and presumably the UHD