Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) - March 27, 2018

[Scottie]

[thinredline]

I hadn't noticed that this didn't have a bluray release already!

[BagheeraMcGee]

Am I correct in assuming that this, along with the others announced just now (For Whom The Bell Tolls, Something New, etc.), is part of the next batch of "Universal Archive" (MOD, pressed Blus with a higher price point), just like they did with The Paper and a few others not too long ago?

[rdodolak]

Wow, about time.

[movieman1979]

Was actually just thinking about this movie the other day. Always thought it was massively underrated. John Hurt, in particular, does some great work here. Easy day 1 purchase. Great Stephen Warbeck score, as well.

[Scottie]

[Thomas Veil]

Ugh with the still terrible cover.

[thinredline]

Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

Ugh with the still terrible cover.

We should be thankful that it's not this!

[blankford]

Holy shit this cover is so bad it's offensive. They look like haunted wax figures of themselves.

[rdodolak]

Not too surprising since it's the same cover that was used for the DVD.

[McCrutchy]

BDInfo scan:

First of all, for the benefit of people like me who obsess over this, I can confirm the disc is pressed.

The Dolby Digital track is the audio commentary with director John Madden.

An English SDH subtitle track is provided for the main feature only.

There is no main menu, only a pop-up menu that works with the remote.

The music video extra from the DVD has also been included, but the image has been incorrectly stretched to a 16:9 ratio (this one is not exactly 1.78:1, I assume the black bars were for overscan on old TVs, or something like that), and somewhat oddly for Universal, has an LPCM audio track (which happens on a couple of these April-released MOD titles). Despite being encoded in 1080i and with a very high bitrate, the image is very poor, with rampant aliasing.

In fact, of the six titles I received today, all of the extras are upscaled to 1080i, several extras seem improperly blown up to 16:9, and all of the extras have some amount of aliasing, even if they are in the proper 4:3 aspect ratio. This isn't really a huge issue, but hopefully, it's something that Universal can improve down the line, especially in terms of making sure the proper aspect ratio is used.

I have included the BDInfo scan of the music video to provide an idea of how the extras were authored (at least for the six discs I received today), although note that most (but not all) of the other discs have extras with standard Dolby Digital 2.0 audio at 192 kbps.

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
01003.MPLS                                                      AVC     2:08:56 37,035,159,552  38,145,256,158  38.30   33.64   DTS-HD Master 5.1 2486Kbps (48kHz/24-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     Captain Corellis Mandolin
Disc Size:      38,145,256,158 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        Yes
BDInfo:         0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   01003.MPLS
Length:                 2:08:56.812 (h:m:s.ms)
Size:                   37,035,159,552 bytes
Total Bitrate:          38.30 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        33640 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             English         2486 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 2486 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio             English         192 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           English         25.406 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00003.M2TS      0:00:00.000     2:08:56.812     37,035,159,552  38,295          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:10:00.600     31,401 kbps     48,326 kbps     00:00:48.631    37,260 kbps     00:02:03.081    35,931 kbps     00:06:21.089    163,697 bytes   787,637 bytes   00:03:23.661    
2               0:10:00.600     0:10:00.600     34,844 kbps     48,168 kbps     00:18:06.543    37,097 kbps     00:18:06.460    36,047 kbps     00:19:14.069    181,660 bytes   746,402 bytes   00:11:00.076    
3               0:20:01.200     0:10:00.600     34,888 kbps     48,252 kbps     00:28:03.014    37,355 kbps     00:28:03.014    35,879 kbps     00:28:03.014    181,890 bytes   682,666 bytes   00:24:25.213    
4               0:30:01.800     0:10:00.599     34,710 kbps     46,289 kbps     00:37:58.943    37,017 kbps     00:35:58.865    36,038 kbps     00:36:53.669    180,961 bytes   851,387 bytes   00:33:22.333    
5               0:40:02.400     0:10:00.599     35,012 kbps     46,112 kbps     00:45:41.363    37,432 kbps     00:45:16.046    35,988 kbps     00:45:32.229    182,537 bytes   751,500 bytes   00:42:44.937    
6               0:50:03.000     0:10:00.599     34,833 kbps     47,374 kbps     00:54:37.315    37,251 kbps     00:54:37.107    36,228 kbps     00:54:37.357    181,605 bytes   704,407 bytes   00:57:28.361    
7               1:00:03.600     0:10:00.599     34,964 kbps     46,951 kbps     01:01:58.256    37,570 kbps     01:01:49.706    36,257 kbps     01:01:58.172    182,288 bytes   815,708 bytes   01:06:03.668    
8               1:10:04.200     0:10:00.600     35,018 kbps     45,040 kbps     01:15:45.624    36,736 kbps     01:14:37.681    35,817 kbps     01:18:54.896    182,570 bytes   621,746 bytes   01:14:46.899    
9               1:20:04.800     0:10:00.600     34,892 kbps     46,415 kbps     01:25:23.493    37,424 kbps     01:28:37.270    36,225 kbps     01:28:31.764    181,909 bytes   830,880 bytes   01:21:17.414    
10              1:30:05.400     0:10:00.599     34,881 kbps     45,427 kbps     01:32:07.772    37,132 kbps     01:30:47.733    36,010 kbps     01:32:17.740    181,855 bytes   821,090 bytes   01:37:47.736    
11              1:40:06.000     0:10:00.600     34,723 kbps     46,220 kbps     01:40:21.807    37,318 kbps     01:40:21.765    36,167 kbps     01:40:21.765    181,028 bytes   636,378 bytes   01:45:24.318    
12              1:50:06.600     0:10:00.599     34,928 kbps     45,023 kbps     01:58:57.421    37,156 kbps     01:58:56.212    36,136 kbps     01:51:35.230    182,100 bytes   747,477 bytes   01:51:54.124    
13              2:00:07.200     0:08:48.528     20,741 kbps     43,555 kbps     02:01:43.296    36,461 kbps     02:01:18.521    35,644 kbps     02:00:47.490    108,133 bytes   584,123 bytes   02:08:54.351    
14              2:08:55.728     0:00:01.084     49 kbps         52 kbps         02:08:55.769    0 kbps          00:00:00.000    0 kbps          00:00:00.000    265 bytes       679 bytes       02:08:56.353    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00003.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     7736.729                33,641                  32,533,464,912  176,920,684     
00003.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       eng (English)           7736.729                2,486                   2,404,555,008   14,277,687      
00003.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x81            AC3             eng (English)           7736.729                192                     185,683,200     1,208,875       
00003.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           7736.729                25                      24,570,400      140,407

Music Video: "Ricordo Ancor" ("Pelagia's Song") by Russell Watson

QUICK SUMMARY:

Disc Title: Captain Corellis Mandolin
Disc Size: 38,145,256,158 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 01004.MPLS
Size: 969,105,408 bytes
Length: 0:03:47.327
Total Bitrate: 34.10 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30826 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit

[sa5150]

wow , this ended up with millcreek , So much for a 4K , lots of beautiful scenery filmed in my dads old village on a Greek Island . Both my parents are from Kefalonia .