Sleepy Hollow (1999)

[Socko]

Specifications:
Disc size: 34.8GB
Movie size: 25.9GB
Video: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio: English DTS-HD HR 5.1 (2046kbps), German DTS-HD HR 5.1 (2046kbps)
Subtitles: German
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes and 19 seconds
Region: B locked

Bonus features:
Audio commentary by director Tim Burton
Sleepy Hollow - Behind the Legend (SD, 22:23)
Interviews: (SD, 30:34)
- Johnny Depp (SD, 5:59)
- Christina Ricci (SD, 1:30)
- Miranda Richardson (SD, 4:49)
- Michael Gambon (SD, 1:52)
- Casper van Dien (SD, 3:28)
- Christopher Walken (SD, 3:58)
- Tim Burton (SD, 9:01)
Behind the Scenes (SD, 12:27)
Reflections on Sleepy Hollow (SD, 11:26)
Cast & Crew info (text in German)

Trailers, dubbed in German
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- Sixth Sense (HD, 2:14)
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- War (HD, 1:32)
- Equilibrium (SD, 2:15)
- Lucky #Slevin (HD, 2:19)
- The Grudge 2 (HD, 1:50)
- Resident Evil: Extinction (HD, 2:28)

[mredman]

Is this a new release ?

[tob]

Could it be a new transfer.

[CouncilSpectre]

Should we read anything into how old those trailers are....?

[Socko]

It's definitely not a new release.
I always posts specs when I have a new Blu-ray, so other people can make their choices easier.

I have the UK version on order.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Socko

It's definitely not a new release.
I always posts specs when I have a new Blu-ray, so other people can make their choices easier.

I have the UK version on order.

Thanks for your info, Socko.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Socko

It's definitely not a new release.
I always posts specs when I have a new Blu-ray, so other people can make their choices easier.

I have the UK version on order.

oh i see thanks. I heard the US release has the best transfer for this though

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by mredman

oh i see thanks. I heard the US release has the best transfer for this though

No, the Japanese release, then the UK. The US release has an MPEG-2 encode, and lossy DD audio.

The UK features and AVC codec and a lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

No, the Japanese release, then the UK. The US release has an MPEG-2 encode, and lossy DD audio.

The UK features and AVC codec and a lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track.

The US looks the best according to this:

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ess=#vergleich

the japanese is out of focus in his face and blurry i n this shot and all the other comparison shots its the same. I might say when looking at that comparision its the worst one

[Dickieduvet]

The US is filled with noise and is vertically stretched, horrible. I owned it and swapped it for the UK edition.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

The US is filled with noise and is vertically stretched, horrible. I owned it and swapped it for the UK edition.

ok i think i will get the UK edition if its better. it just sucks there is no comparision shots you can see how big the difference is though

[Daniel Peree]

These are pictures of Constantin disc from 2008. It is high time that the film gets a complete new scan. I have the Blu-ray then sold directly back and keep my old DVD.

[Patsfan123]

Has anyone watched this yet? I assume its the same Paramount transfer with a new encode.

[PatrynXX]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

Has anyone watched this yet? I assume its the same Paramount transfer with a new encode.

well seems to have better audio. the HDDVD version was forced to have Dolby Digital Plus so it was actually slightly bigger in size compared to normal DD 5.1. I only got HDDVD after it was dead... and the movies were nearly free. But this one has Master audio so coming from Germany I wouldn't be surprised. it's an upgrade from Mpeg 2 to Mpeg 4

[DMRI2006]

The reviews are awful, state it's the same bad transfer as before. Not wasting my $$ on one of these imports, I still have the old Japanese disc which isn't great but is at least better than the US release.

Paramount needs to remaster this for 4K and it's likely just a matter of time before they will. They've done THE HAUNTING already and that wasn't as much of a hit as SLEEPY HOLLOW.

[Patsfan123]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

The reviews are awful, state it's the same bad transfer as before. Not wasting my $$ on one of these imports, I still have the old Japanese disc which isn't great but is at least better than the US release.

Paramount needs to remaster this for 4K and it's likely just a matter of time before they will. They've done THE HAUNTING already and that wasn't as much of a hit as SLEEPY HOLLOW.

True but lets not hope they wait until next Halloween.

[calmblueocean81]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

Has anyone watched this yet? I assume its the same Paramount transfer with a new encode.

Could anyone comment on the picture quality of this release? Is it the same as all the previous editions and is the picture really as awful as they say?

[Patsfan123]

Originally Posted by calmblueocean81

Could anyone comment on the picture quality of this release? Is it the same as all the previous editions and is the picture really as awful as they say?

It's the same. Basically every release worldwide looks the same except the JP version. They look sharper than a DVD and have better color but thats all you can really say.

That JP is contrast boosted to the point of being blown out so it looks brighter but not better in my opinion. It also is vertically squeezed to 1.85 when the other releases are 1.78

https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5491

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

That JP is contrast boosted to the point of being blown out so it looks brighter but not better in my opinion. It also is vertically squeezed to 1.85 when the other releases are 1.78

It looks better to me:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...144406&i=3&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...144408&i=5&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...44415&i=12&l=0

And if anything, the non-JP releases look more blown-out.

[Patsfan123]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

It looks better to me:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...144406&i=3&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...144408&i=5&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...44415&i=12&l=0

And if anything, the non-JP releases look more blown-out.

The whites are clipping in the JP release which is why I said blown out. That last shot illustrates that. The other releases have way less contrast. They both look bad. The JP release was OOP for a long time but it looks like they repressed it. I still wouldn't get it since its also 1080i.