Thief 4K UHD (1981) (Criterion Collection)

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Michael Mann's Thief coming to 4K from Criterion in March!

Thief 4K UHD

https://www.criterion.com/films/28024-thief

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

• New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Michael Mann, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan
• Interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film’s soundtrack
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James

Cover by Fred Davis

For anyone wondering about the audio being listed as 5.0 now (also listed for Godzilla vs Biollante and Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring). I reached out to Criterion to ask if it's an error, and they provided this response:

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your interest in our upcoming 4K UHD releases.

There are no errors in these descriptions. As an example, the audio for THIEF on the 4K UHD is the same as the Blu-ray, approved by Director Michael Mann, but we have recently decided to list a film's actual channel status rather than the codec's channel status.

It's common practice in the industry to call all types of surround sound 5.1 but this is not accurate. A 5.1 codec can contain many different audio channel configurations - 5.1, 5.0, 4.0, LCRS, even 1.0 for example - and we've decided to list those on packaging to better represent the film's audio content.

In this case, 5.0 simply means that the LFE channel is silent, as it has always been, but is now conveyed more accurately in our product description.
When you select the Blu-ray, it still says 5.1 because that's how it's listed in our previously produced packaging, but you will continue to see this more precise formatting for disc audio information going forward.

I hope this helps,
Jon Mulvaney