Mr. Holland's Opus (out now)

[IndyMLVC]

Any more info on this?

[g12345567]

Madman Entertainment

Audio tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen

Special Features

• Theatrical Trailer
• Featurette

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by g12345567

Madman Entertainment

Audio tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen

Special Features

• Theatrical Trailer
• Featurette

No lossless audio? That certainly sucks.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Does Madman region lock?

[craigbarr2003]

I think this one is region free.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by craigbarr2003

I think this one is region free.

Yeah, I took a chance and ordered a copy floating around already. It's from ViaVision, not Madman. It's an Australian release, though. And it is region free, even though there's a little "B" on the back.

Oh, and that release is in its proper 2.35:1 aspect ratio, not the 1.85 listed on the case and in the post above.

The transfer is the usual DVD era one, most likely. No major cleanup or anything, but it's definitely better than the old DVD.

Oh,, and audio is DTS 5.1 or 2 channel stereo.

[hdgfs]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

No lossless audio? That certainly sucks.

It is lossless, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, BD25, no subs.

[Monkeker]

Am I correct that this release is better than the German release?

[Moviefan2k4]

I'm surprised this hasn't been given a US release yet. Sadly, Richard Dreyfuss is the only main cast member still alive; Glenn Headley and Jay Thomas have both passed away. It would be nice to have current interviews though, with Dreyfuss, Olympia Dukakis, and William H. Macy.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Mr. Holland's Opus is MGM outside of the US, and I suspect that Umbrella licences it from them. Disney in the US, and as they had put it out on DVD there's no chance of it coming from Kino Lorber.

[brtracker2023]

The audio quality is terrible. Perhaps terrible is a bit of an exaggeration but it sounds, I don't know exactly how to describe it, tinny? It sounds like it's coming out of a single tiny speaker or something. The picture quality looks great but it's a shame it sounds as bad as it does considering this is the only release we're likely to ever see. I also own it digitally and it sounds much better there so that's the way I'll watch it instead of the blu-ray.

I compared it to the DVD and the DVD audio is much better than this blu-ray is.

[LMFAObros]

Originally Posted by brtracker2023

The audio quality is terrible. Perhaps terrible is a bit of an exaggeration but it sounds, I don't know exactly how to describe it, tinny? It sounds like it's coming out of a single tiny speaker or something. The picture quality looks great but it's a shame it sounds as bad as it does considering this is the only release we're likely to ever see. I also own it digitally and it sounds much better there so that's the way I'll watch it instead of the blu-ray.

Maybe your setup is not great, I found the audio to be decent on this, there was not much rear activity but the dialog sounded fine when I watched it