Hidden Figures 4K UHD (2016)

[Viking61]

Hidden Figures 4K UHD Blu-ray


Hidden Figures (2016) 4K UHD available for pre-order at Amazon.

[brainofj72]

Awesome! I've been wanting to see this but now I'll skip the theater and just wait for this.

[imsounoriginal]

Looks like a good movie, I'll definitely check it out at some point.

[Adam_ME]

It's from Fox, so a UHD release was to be expected.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

If it's a good flick and not a watered down Disney-fied, after-school-special account of the extraordinary work these forgotten human "computers" did and more like Apollo 13 and other quality NASA inspired movies then I'll bite.

That Hollywood would wait until January to release a film with three African American leads that would make the Academy skip over their work for Oscar season is telling. Women and especially minorities are pushing back in the industry and the industry may be trying to punish some of them (not one minority nomination for an Academy Award either, even if there were deserving rolls). And no, the Golden Globes don't count since there is more graft and corruption behind those awards than anything else. Ricky Gervais was actually correct in chastising them.

[imsounoriginal]

^ it got a limited release in December to qualify for awards season. Just scored a WGA nod for Adapted Screenplay, too.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

If it's a good flick and not a watered down Disney-fied, after-school-special account of the extraordinary work these forgotten human "computers" did and more like Apollo 13 and other quality NASA inspired movies then I'll bite.

That Hollywood would wait until January to release a film with three African American leads that would make the Academy skip over their work for Oscar season is telling. Women and especially minorities are pushing back in the industry and the industry may be trying to punish some of them (not one minority nomination for an Academy Award either, even if there were deserving rolls). And no, the Golden Globes don't count since there is more graft and corruption behind those awards than anything else. Ricky Gervais was actually correct in chastising them.

They didn't wait til January. It played before the end of December to qualify for Oscar(and Golden Globe) consideration. And I wouldn't sweat minority nominees in the acting categories this year. Viola Davis is a lock for Best Supporting Actress in Fences. Mahershala Ali is a heavy favorite for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight. And Denzel is nipping at Casey Affleck's heels for Best Actor in Fences(and had he not already won 2 Oscars, he'd probably be a slight favorite).

[Resettito]

Shot on anamorphic 35mm.

[puddy77]

From the Jan. American Cinematographer:

EFilm scanned the project's material at 6K and down-rezzed to 4K using an Arriscan. Senior digital-intermediate colorist Natasha Leonnet performed final color grading in Autodesk Lustre at the EFilm theater at Fox Studios, mastering to 2K for a 2K DCP deliverable for theaters. Dailies were produced at Crawford Media on telecine, and graded by D.C. Cardinali with Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve.

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by puddy77

From the Jan. American Cinematographer:

Ugh. Disappointing.

[Resettito]

Yeah, I had read it in the Jan issue, and it's baffling. I saw another DP saying that even downrezzing from such a high resolution is still better when you end up with a 2K DCP, but why the f would you scan at 4K/6K only to end up with a 2K DCP.

2K is not enough for 35mm, especially anamorphic 35mm that has the highest resolution among 35mm formats (ie 2 perf, 3 perf, 3 perf anamorphic, 4 perf super 35, etc).

Considering the film takes place in the 70s though, it's entirely possible they felt a 4K DCP would be too sharp or something, I don't know.

[imsounoriginal]

Shot on film, no 3D release, and gets a 2K DI -- fail.

Happened to Magnificent 7 and Girl on the Train, too (off the top of my head). Very disappointing.

[Dubstar]

I simply hate 2K DI - it negates everything that was shot and captured at a higher resolution. It's like going to a restaurant and they ran out of A1 sauce for your burger and you have to make do with ketchup.

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Shot on film, no 3D release, and gets a 2K DI -- fail.

Happened to Magnificent 7 and Girl on the Train, too (off the top of my head). Very disappointing.

I think X-Men: First Class, Joy, and Keeping Up With the Jonses are other UHD releases with the same specs (Fox seems to do it a lot).

I saw this on Monday and its a predictable but solid film (and a crowd pleaser, good amount of applause and positive comments when it ended), though visually pretty bland.

[brainofj72]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I simply hate 2K DI - it negates everything that was shot and captured at a higher resolution. It's like going to a restaurant and they ran out of A1 sauce for your burger and you have to make do with ketchup.

Yep.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I simply hate 2K DI - it negates everything that was shot and captured at a higher resolution. It's like going to a restaurant and they ran out of A1 sauce for your burger and you have to make do with ketchup.

Why are studios still doing 2K DIs now that we're nearly a year into the UHD format?

[tenia]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I simply hate 2K DI - it negates everything that was shot and captured at a higher resolution. It's like going to a restaurant and they ran out of A1 sauce for your burger and you have to make do with ketchup.

Wouldn't a better comparison be that what was shot is pure truffe but you have to cope with a 1% truffe sauce because nobody can afford a pure truffe sauce ?

I mean, it's not as if full 4K workflow is an affordable reality in the industry (pretty much the opposite).

I'm not saying it's not a bad state of things. I'd love for full 4K workflow to be the norm, at least so that UHD BDs could, well, not be at least partial upscales all of the time.

But there also are some realities behind this state of things, and that your comparison takes out this very important background.

Just my 2 cents.

[ronboster]

Will the movie "Hidden Fences" be a bonus feature on this disc?

[brainofj72]

lol

[JG-havkroll]

Originally Posted by jaaguir

Not necessarily, look at "Shut in" (to name a newly announced one) and many others.
"Hidden figures" is not a blockbuster action type of movie and I'm quite surprised it's getting an UHD release. I don't Fox has released anything like this since "Wild" and "Joy" in the early days. Good box-office might have helped but it seems obvious the decision was made well before this last weekend.

...but the BIG difference here is that Shut in was a massive failure both critically and financially and Hidden Figures was the complete polar opposite.