American Pie (1999)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 35m
Overview
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Natasha Lyonne, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Coolidge, Chris Owen, Eric Lively, Molly Cheek, Eli Marienthal, Tara Subkoff, Lawrence Pressman, Clyde Kusatsu, Christina Milian, Woody Schultz, Annika Hays, Eden Riegel, Justin Isfeld, John Cho, Alexandra Adi, Akuyoe Graham, Veronica Lauren, Monica McSwain, Fletcher Sheridan, Robyn Roth, Jamar Cargo, Sasha Barrese, Linda Gehringer, Ashton Dane, Katie Lansdale, Jay Rossi, James DeBello, Travis Cody Aimer, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Scott Raynor, Daniel Spink, Clementine Ford, Amber Phillips, Casey Erklin, Hilary Angelo, Jasmine Stocken, Jillian Bach, David Kuhn, Dan Coronel, Pete Pallad, J.D. Doyle, Lito Coronel, Markus Botnick, Robby Murakami, Addison Krantz, Alex Nies, Roger Sewell, Donald J. Collins, Ryan Bates, Joe Park, Walter Toole, Travis Petraglia, Richard Schoenberg, Amon Button, Steven Hopkins, Peter McPartlin, Sean Elder, Sean Whitacre, Jon Mark Fabiano, Ian Televik, Joshua Mele, Gian Caputo, Garret Kellenberger, Timothy Sovay, Steven McAfoose, Kevin Tidgewell, Jesse Patterson, Jeff Schwartz, Chris Loudos, Lyle Tomlinson, Sami Atayan, Kurt Zimmerman, Tom Christian, Dustan Beitey, Chris McGnie, Tri C. Nguyen, Kirk Lamitie, Todd Samuel Parker, Casey Affleck, Chris Weitz, Crystal the Monkey, Jim Henry, Travis Barker, Jennifer Austin, Ingrid K. Behrens, Sheypan Draus, Mark-Eugene Garcia, Jami Philbrick, Marek Probosz, Marilyn Staley
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: George Stevens
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has unusually strong encode but only a minimal upgrade over the excellent Eureka Blu-ray
Director: George Stevens
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has unusually strong encode but only a minimal upgrade over the excellent Eureka Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set
4K Blu-ray DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set
4K Blu-ray DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
The 1997 LaserDisc has more high end detail in the audio than the new restoration
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
The 1997 LaserDisc has more high end detail in the audio than the new restoration
Director: Karl Freund
Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray
Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray
1993 CIC Video LaserDisc
Director: Karl Freund
Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray
Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray
1993 CIC Video LaserDisc
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Director: Richard Rush
Director: Richard Rush
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Subjective, but the concertina score by Bernard Wrigley on the OOP MoC Blu-ray is generally regarded as very weak. For example, it frequently doesn't match the action. The Meg Morley score on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray is considered superior.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Subjective, but the concertina score by Bernard Wrigley on the OOP MoC Blu-ray is generally regarded as very weak. For example, it frequently doesn't match the action. The Meg Morley score on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray is considered superior.
Director: John Lasseter
The original November 1999 end credits start a second earlier on the theatrical versions (found on bootleg telesyncs) rather than the 2001 or 2005 DVDs.
Director: John Lasseter
The original November 1999 end credits start a second earlier on the theatrical versions (found on bootleg telesyncs) rather than the 2001 or 2005 DVDs.
Director: Jean Renoir
The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion.
As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"
That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.
The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.
The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.
Director: Jean Renoir
The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion.
As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"
That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.
The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.
The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.
Director: Jean Renoir
Director: Jean Renoir
Director: Lee Unkrich
2010 Disney Blu-ray for the original 7.1 mix
The UK version has different voice actors for one of the three army men and all three of the Peas-in-a-pod.
The South African version has Jeremy Mansfield (a famous radio personality) as the voice of Chatter Phone.
Director: Lee Unkrich
2010 Disney Blu-ray for the original 7.1 mix
The UK version has different voice actors for one of the three army men and all three of the Peas-in-a-pod.
The South African version has Jeremy Mansfield (a famous radio personality) as the voice of Chatter Phone.
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British 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23510498&postcount=102
- BD-100, uses 52 British
- Too dark, wrong colors
- based on 88 Films' (good) restoration
Must be some sort of error at Universal...
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UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
based on 88 Films' already good restoration,
BD-100, but 52GB was used
Too dark, wrong colors
From
British 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23510498&postcount=102
- BD-100, uses 52 British
- Too dark, wrong colors
- based on 88 Films' (good) restoration
Must be some sort of error at Universal...
To
UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
based on 88 Films' already good restoration,
BD-100, but 52GB was used
Too dark, wrong colors
12/18/2025
Best English-Friendly Release
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To
British 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23510498&postcount=102
- BD-100, uses 52 British
- Too dark, wrong colors
- based on 88 Films' (good) restoration
Must be some sort of error at Universal...
From
To
British 88 Films 4K Blu-ray > US Universal 4K Blu-ray
Universal 4K Blu-ray has these issues:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23510498&postcount=102
- BD-100, uses 52 British
- Too dark, wrong colors
- based on 88 Films' (good) restoration
Must be some sort of error at Universal...
10/21/2025
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88 Films UHD
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88 Films UHD
Best Video Release
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88 Films UHD
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