Bean (1997)

[Alfred E. Neumann]

I got the old Universal Blu-ray (region free) a few years ago.
Is the new one better? The screenshots of the review look better if I am not mistaken, the old release is DNR'd.

[Petey Parker]

Originally Posted by mediocre

The same situation is currently going on with The Lonely Guy, also from Universal.

It probably should be a sticky at this point but the Universal MOD movies are always unavailable everywhere until 1-2 weeks after the listed release date. You won't get them on release date.

[EHuffy]

Yikes, I'd just go with the region free version folks. At least you get a deleted scenes feature with it.

[meremortal]

This one's definitely grown on me over the years. Was a big fan of the show and watched it on HBO all the time as a kid. It was physical comedy at its finest. But when the movie came out it kind of seemed like a dumbed down version for people new to the character. There were a lot of recycled gags and it just didn't seem very fresh at the time. However, when I re-watched it again twenty or so years later I was laughing quite a bit and thought it was a lot of fun. For anyone who loves the Bean character, I'd highly recommend Rowan Atkinson Live where he performs a stage show with a mix of physical and spoken sketches.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by EHuffy

Yikes, I'd just go with the region free version folks. At least you get a deleted scenes feature with it.

But for completists, they're different cuts of the movie, right? So some people will want both discs, it seems.

[jceperley]

Originally Posted by Alfred E. Neumann

I got the old Universal Blu-ray (region free) a few years ago.
Is the new one better? The screenshots of the review look better if I am not mistaken, the old release is DNR'd.

Yeah, I’m wondering the same thing. Got the UK version. My big question is does this version have the US cut or the UK? I would have assumed it’ll be US but I watched it on Netflix just a few days ago and it was the UK.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by jceperley

Yeah, I’m wondering the same thing. Got the UK version. My big question is does this version have the US cut or the UK? I would have assumed it’ll be US but I watched it on Netflix just a few days ago and it was the UK.

Universal might very well have been lazy and used the UK cut for the US BD because they already had a master.

Universal's first US BD of another Richard Curtis film, Love Actually, mistakenly used the UK cut of that film, they only corrected it for the later 10th anniversary edition BD.

Can someone confirm which cut of Bean is on the US BD?

[cyborgLIS]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Universal might very well have been lazy and used the UK cut for the US BD because they already had a master.

Universal's first US BD of another Richard Curtis film, Love Actually, mistakenly used the UK cut of that film, they only corrected it for the later 10th anniversary edition BD.

Can someone confirm which cut of Bean is on the US BD?

According to DVDCompare, they all use the same cut.

http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=29900

[MifuneFan]

It looks like Shout! Factory are putting out a 2-film set.

https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35210608

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It looks like Shout! Factory are putting out a 2-film set.

https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35210608

Not a bad pre-order price either.

[MifuneFan]

I should state that I'm predicting it's Shout based on the UPC numbers being the same that SF uses. They've been putting out no-frills re-releases of Universal titles, so this is probably just that.

[cyborgLIS]

Is that real? Release date 2025. Better lock in that pre-order price.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by cyborgLIS

Is that real? Release date 2025. Better lock in that pre-order price.

It's just their placeholder date until an official date has been added.

[DasRetroKid]

As much as I enjoy this movie, I never picked up the Universal release due to the terrible PQ. Here's hoping the Shout release gives us something better.

[dalemcmxciii]

Bean is hands down one of my all-time favorite movies. Has Bean for the last 20+ years. I know it's wishful thinking but I would love to see Shout Factory do the movie justice with a new transfer on 4K. I've been watching my Universal Blu-ray at least 3 times a year since I bought it. And I don't think the PQ is as bad as everyone is saying. Definitely beats watching the DVD. Mr. Beans Holiday I used to like when it was first released, but I gave my Blu-ray to my sister cause I don't enjoy it anymore. I can't wait to see what Shout Factory has to offer, and hopefully Bean will get an individual release, otherwise I'm once again owning the Holiday movie, haha.

[MrHT]

I'm surprised that the US BD release would not include the US cut. In that case, I'm so happy I bought the UK version from Amazon UK. It has BD menus and the turkey scene as an Extra on the deleted scenes.

I'm surprised for the US release, they didn't just make an exact copy of the UK BD if they were going to use the same movie version. The UK BD is 100% region-free. Instead, they just copied over the movie with no menus or extras! Makes no sense.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by DasRetroKid

As much as I enjoy this movie, I never picked up the Universal release due to the terrible PQ. Here's hoping the Shout release gives us something better.

The picture quality I can deal with but the sound is out of whack. Dialogue is sooo low and the music is overpowering. And if that isn't enough, once you get to the part where the turkey explodes in the microwave... holy hell, I actually thought there was an explosion in my apartment!

[ANewHope23]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It looks like Shout! Factory are putting out a 2-film set.

https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35210608

Hi. Any news about this? This Bean really need a 4k!

[LMFAObros]

The universal release is one of their better transfers and still looks decent. Hopefully shout tho do a 4K remaster

[ANewHope23]

Originally Posted by LMFAObros

The universal release is one of their better transfers and still looks decent. Hopefully shout tho do a 4K remaster

Shout is the only hope. They did release Endless love on bluray. It's also Polygram studio movie.