Apocalypse Now 4K UHD (1979)

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Is that normal, the 1080p stream on the bdinfo? I don't think I have ever seen that before.

The Dolby Vision layer? It's like that on every UHD BDinfo of a disc with DV to my knowledge.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Is that normal, the 1080p stream on the bdinfo? I don't think I have ever seen that before.

As said, the Dolby Vision layer is carried as a 10-bit 1920x1080 transport stream. This is true of every single Dolby Vision UHD disc.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by MattGuyOR

I’m sorry if this has been answered already, but do we know yet if all the cuts are of equal quality? I’m mostly interested in the theatrical cut.

Yes. All three cuts have been derived from the same base restoration. Ignore what you might've heard elsewhere.

[MattGuyOR]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yes. All three cuts have been derived from the same base restoration. Ignore what you might've heard elsewhere.

Excellent. Thanks!

[Johnzilla2179]

Originally Posted by jcs913

MY BBY store got in 7 copies of this the other day. We are a mid-level store, so the bigger stores will probably have 10+ copies on Tuesday. IMO, this is one of the nicest 4K 'packages' that I have seen since the format came out. On Tuesday, by all accounts on here, the transfer should also be fantastic. Looks to be a home-run..

Thanks, good to hear. Obviously the days of walking blindly into a department store and being able to find what you need on release date are LONG behind us, but I just couldn’t wrap my head around them not carrying this. After all, they tend to stock the regular Blu anyway.

Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Best Buy I don’t think usually lists their store availability until the release date from what I remember looking for previous releases. I think they’ll probably have it, but you may have to ask someone to go look for it in the back because they are usually bad at putting out catalog releases on release day

I was looking at the pages for Rocketman and Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, both of which I had planned on picking up with Apocalypse Now. Both of those releases had options for a store location, despite not appearing on shelves until Tuesday, while the latter film said “online only.” Obviously things can change, it just gave me cold feet. But as you say, it might have to do with it being a catalogue release. And I’ve had plenty of experience asking for someone to get crap out of the back, believe me

Originally Posted by BdoUK

Check Best Buy's website Tuesday morning. My guess is that the store inventory systems will update and you'll be able to order for in-store pickup at that time. That's what I usually do if I miss out on a steelbook preorder and don't want to risk it coming through the mail in one of their cardboard mailers.

I was going to, just curious if anybody had any info to share.

[birdztudio]

excuse my ignorance, been trying to read a few pages back but didn't get my answer, so i've got this Apocalypse Now DigiPack / Full Disclosure Edition few years back (white one)

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so what's the different between this white Digipack and this 4K 40th Anniversary? thank you guys

[DiamondDave]

Originally Posted by birdztudio

excuse my ignorance, been trying to read a few pages back but didn't get my answer, so i've got this Apocalypse Now DigiPack / Full Disclosure Edition few years back (white one)

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so what's the different between this white Digipack and this 4K 40th Anniversary? thank you guys

Try clicking the link in the very first post

[Desmond Wolfe]

Any feedback on how the new 1080 BD looks compared to the previous release? Sorry if I missed it earlier...

[Stefan1]

the cleaning lady stole the old deluxe bluray version of this, The Shining, Casino, and Sleepaway Camp blurays a few years ago...

so I cant wait to check this out on 4k, glad I waited to rebuy.

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Stefan1

the cleaning lady stole the old deluxe bluray version of this, The Shining, Casino, and Sleepaway Camp blurays a few years ago...

so I cant wait to check this out on 4k, glad I waited to rebuy.

[jonam]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Tell me more...


UHD '79/Redux disc: YES, Atmos for both cuts

BD '79/Redux disc: NO, TrueHD 5.1 for both cuts, with a restored theatrical mix in Dolby Digital 5.1 448kb/s for the theatrical cut only

Any tinkering with the original mix as far as you can tell aside from obviously the new re-mix?

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by Stefan1

the cleaning lady stole the old deluxe bluray version of this, The Shining, Casino, and Sleepaway Camp blurays a few years ago...

so I cant wait to check this out on 4k, glad I waited to rebuy.

At least she had good taste, but I hope you fired her

[DiamondDave]

Originally Posted by Desmond Wolfe

Any feedback on how the new 1080 BD looks compared to the previous release? Sorry if I missed it earlier...

Yes, it looks much better

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by jonam

Any tinkering with the original mix as far as you can tell aside from obviously the new re-mix?

I haven't compared them so I don't know. I don't watch movies in surround so am not the best person to aks anyway.

Originally Posted by DiamondDave

Yes, it looks much better

The new BD is much more filmic but the compression on the new '79 & Redux disc isn't great at times (one wonders if this was why the old transfer was filtered as much as it was, to level off the grain and make it easier to compress).

[ScottieBoysName]

Originally Posted by rawb1091

Received my copy today and was wondering why the digital code wasn't working too haha thanks for asking the question.

Still isn't working. Thought it might today - at least the day before. Try again tomorrow!

[DarthMarino]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

For those of you who've seen the final cut already...

What footage has been cut out that's in the redux cut?

In addition to what's already been stated, the French plantation scene runs almost four minutes shorter. The cuts are spread out. Some stuff right after they get off the boat. Some after they encounter the soldiers. During the dinner, Christian Marquand never goes to the window during his story about the mountain. The accordion player never plays the Star Spangled Banner, etc.

[King Crimson]

Lionsgate's best 4K release so far. FFC needs to do Godfather now! What a gorgeous transfer. Need to watch the final cut next.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by DarthMarino

In addition to what's already been stated, the French plantation scene runs almost four minutes shorter. The cuts are spread out. Some stuff right after they get off the boat. Some after they encounter the soldiers. During the dinner, Christian Marquand never goes to the window during his story about the mountain. The accordion player never plays the Star Spangled Banner, etc.

Was anything cut from when they leave the plantation? The way it transitions from the seduction scene back to everyone being on the boat in the mist is a bit jarring, but if it was that way before then fair enough. Damn, I feel like I gotta watch Redux next.

[DarthMarino]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Was anything cut from when they leave the plantation? The way it transitions from the seduction scene back to everyone being on the boat in the mist is a bit jarring, but if it was that way before then fair enough. Damn, I feel like I gotta watch Redux next.

No, that's all the same.

[Desmond Wolfe]

Originally Posted by DiamondDave

Yes, it looks much better

Thanks - good to know. Really looking forward to this