Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K UHD (1978) Arrow Video

[BarnDoor]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K Blu-ray

Coming in February (the date on Amazon must be wrong):

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original uncompressed stereo 2.0 and 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio sound
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Philip Kaufman
Discussing the Pod, a panel conversation about Invasion of the Body Snatchers and invasion cinema featuring critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Ben Wheatley (Kill List) and Norman J. Warren (Satan’s Slave)
Writing the Pod, an interview with Jack Seabrook, author of Stealing Through Time: On the Writings of Jack Finney about Finney’s original novel The Body Snatchers
Re-Visitors from Outer Space: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod, a documentary on the making of the film featuring Philip Kaufman, Donald Sutherland, writer W.D. Richter and more
The Man Behind the Scream: The Sound Effects Pod, a look at the film’s pioneering sound effects
The Invasion Will Be Televised: The Cinematography Pod, cinematographer Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) discusses the look of and influences on the visual style of the film
Practical Magic: The Special Effects Pod, a look at the creation of the special effects from the opening space sequence
Original theatrical trailer
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
Six postcard-sized artcards
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by David Cairns and Charles Freund, and archival interviews with director Philip Kaufman and writer W.D. Richter
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

[Geoff D]

Are MGM finally letting us Britishers in on the act? Huzzah!

Definitely offloading my Kino to get this one

[HippieDalek]

Oh thank funk!

I've been really struggling to put off importing the flawed Kino release and was thinking about getting the new German one. Glad I held off! Really hoping Arrow does this classic justice.

[MifuneFan]

https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/invasi.../15022831.html



Original Artwork Edition

https://www.arrowfilms.com/invasion-.../15022832.html

[ste71]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/invasi.../15022831.html



Original Artwork Edition


https://www.arrowfilms.com/invasion-.../15022832.html

Oooo very nice!!

[MifuneFan]

Release date is Feb. 12th.

[By_His_Strypes]

The Kino version is outstanding so I'm not going to get this. But, glad it's coming out for those that still were waiting on it.

[BigDmo531]

Yeah I've got the Kino as well so won't be grabbing this but the artwork for both boxes is great. That original art one is so sick

[spawningblue]

Looks like you gain this:

Discussing the Pod, a panel conversation about Invasion of the Body Snatchers and invasion cinema featuring critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Ben Wheatley (Kill List) and Norman J. Warren (Satan’s Slave)

But lose these from the Kino release:

Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman (2016)
"Star-Crossed in the Invasion" 2016 interview with actress Brooke Adams (9:06)
"Re-Creating the Invasion" 2016 interview with screenwriter W.D. Richter (15:43)
"Scoring the Invasion" 2016 interview with composer Denny Zeitlin (15:34)
"Leading the Invasion: 2016 interview with actor Art Hindle (25:04)

[HippieDalek]

Hopefully we'll also gain better compression and fixed audio!

[Spooked]

For some reason those links aren't working for me. Can I not order from within the US?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Spooked

For some reason those links aren't working for me. Can I not order from within the US?

No, you'll need to switch your country to UK (top of the page) as they're UK exclusive releases. Arrow UK does ship to the US.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by HippieDalek

Hopefully we'll also gain better compression and fixed audio!

This. Hopefully they get FiM to handle the encode.

That OAE looks sweet! I just hope Arrow UK are better with their shipping protection now, it's been a while since I ordered direct from them.

[Spooked]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

No, you'll need to switch your country to UK (top of the page) as they're UK exclusive releases. Arrow UK does ship to the US.

Thank you! (And I actually prefer the new art. How weird is that?)

[ste71]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

This. Hopefully they get FiM to handle the encode.

That OAE looks sweet! I just hope Arrow UK are better with their shipping protection now, it's been a while since I ordered direct from them.

The last two I received from them came in bomb-proof packaging.

[Braktastic]

If anyone from Arrow Films ever dips in here, please note: Here is a film already released in the US that I will import from the UK because there is an Original Artwork Edition.

I would've imported your Carrie release too, but alas there wasn't an Original Artwork Edition. Le sigh.

[Filmmaker]

Uh oh, is the Arrow store exclusive only available from their UK storefront, not their U.S. one?

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by Braktastic

If anyone from Arrow Films ever dips in here, please note: Here is a film already released in the US that I will import from the UK because there is an Original Artwork Edition.

I would've imported your Carrie release too, but alas there wasn't an Original Artwork Edition. Le sigh.

Well, the case insertfor Carrie is reversible.


I ordered this but not Carrie. Primairly because of the bit of missing audio.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Uh oh, is the Arrow store exclusive only available from their UK storefront, not their U.S. one?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Uh oh, is the Arrow store exclusive only available from their UK storefront, not their U.S. one?

It's a UK-only release, since Kino already has it in the US. So yeah, at the UK store only.

[Matt89]

Yeah don't really care about the missing extras tbh, I want the Arrow for the superior encode and (likely) corrected audio.

But probably the biggest thing for me is that this won't have those weird brightness shifts in Dolby Vision when I watch it on my Panny. This is one of my absolute favourite films from the '70s and the Kino disc always drove me absolutely NUTS in that regard. I have yet to receive a DV Arrow UHD with that problem.