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First Man (2018)

History, Drama • 2h 21m

Director: Damien Chazelle

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Patrick Fugit, Christopher Abbott, Ciarán Hinds, Olivia Hamilton, Pablo Schreiber, Shea Whigham, Lukas Haas, Ethan Embry, Brian d'Arcy James, Cory Michael Smith, Kris Rey, Gavin Warren, Luke Winters, Connor Blodgett, Lucy Stafford, J.D. Evermore, Leon Bridges, Steve Coulter, Skyler Bible, William Gregory Lee, Choppy Guillotte, Braydyn Nash Helms, Edmund Grant, Callie Brown, Claire Smith, Brady Smith, John David Whalen, Matthew Glave, Rodney J. Hobbs, Kermit Rolison, Willie Repoley, Ben Owen, Jim Stearns, James H. Williams, Helen S. Jackson, Ambrit Millhouse, Mark Armstrong, Kevin Buttimer, Dustin Lewis, Robert Hatch, Anna Chazelle, Tyner Rushing, Myra Brown, Ronald Hicks, Lawrence Jonasson, Irina Labouz, Anthony Paolucci, Philip Boyd, Stephanie Turner, Timothy Batten, Aurelien Gaya, Todd Truley, Mark Kelly, Tim Olcott, Andrea Maria Hintermaier, Jamie Anne Allman, Charles Carroll, Brian Mahoney, Donald Watkins, Tess Oakland, Michael Lee Kimel, Ryan Clay Forbes, Joshua Powell, Thomas Clay Strickland, Brad Kitchen, Tim Harper, Andrew Armstrong, Kevin Johnson, Damian Lovello, Nelson Bonilla, Shawn Eric Jones, Andrew Stahl, Mark Kirkman, Brian David McCay, Mark Schlichting, Mark Yurgil, Andrew Buckman, Christopher Sgubin, Greg Puckett, Perry Zulu Jr., Katelyn Davis, George Linkenback, Milton Saul, Aaron J. Brooks, Robert Tinsley

Best English-friendly & video release

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Video notes:

IMAX scenes are reference quality, everything else is solid

UHD tiers

Solid
Universal:

IMAX scenes are reference quality, everything else is solid

Overview

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Release details

Length
141 mins
Type
Movie

Featured in Films containing scenes with IMAX expanded ratio

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Director: Taika Waititi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Disney 4K Blu-ray

3D: International Disney 3D Blu-ray

IMAX Version: Disney+ Streaming

Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray

IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Director: J.J. Abrams

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray

3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming

Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version

35mm scan for original theatrical cut

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.

Director: Joseph Kosinski

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Best Buy Blu-ray has a bonus disc

Director: Denis Villeneuve

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Global 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> WB US 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos

Director: Denis Villeneuve

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios

Best Audio:

Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Denis Villeneuve

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios

Best Audio:

Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray

Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.

Additional Info:

Best Buy exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray has the exclusive The Dark Knight Reborn Featurette

Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.

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Director: Damien Chazelle

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: Damien Chazelle

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Video Notes:

Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else

Director: Damien Chazelle

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: David Butler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Marion Gering

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Doug Liman

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Universal HD-DVD

International Cut: International Universal Blu-ray but slightly filtered and DNR'd

Video Notes:

The Universal Blu-ray is slightly filtered and DNR'd compared to the HD-DVD, and the Universal 4K Blu-ray, on top of being upscaled, adds additional DNR and is softer than both previous HD releases.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray DTS-HD 5.1

Additional Info:

Versions:
- The International version contains a short additional scene (part of the "Farmhouse" extended scene from the special features). See additional detail below.
- The US version does not contain this scene during the film. Director Doug Liman confirms in his audio commentary that the scene was cut from the original US theatrical release "for time".
- "The Explosive Extended Edition" found on some DVD releases is not an alternate cut of the film, simply an access mode that plays "The Bookend Scenes" features via non-seamless branching.

Deck the Halls scene:
The U.S. release is 118:17 while the European/Australian/Japanese releases are 118:36. There is no difference between the two running times from the start, but at 81:21, the U.S. version cuts from a kitchen scene of Marie and Eamon washing dishes, to a scene of Eamon bringing blankets to Jason and Marie. On the European/Australian releases, at the same point, there is a scene of Jason, Marie, Eamon and his children eating dinner while "Deck the Halls" plays in the background. There is no dialogue, the characters just each exchange uncomfortable glances. The scene goes to 81:40, then picks up the same scene of Eamon bringing blankets. This scene is included as an extra ("Farmhouse" extended scene) albeit sans the holiday themed music. Many thanks to Rewind user Mark Bowen for comparing these releases and letting us know the difference.

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Both come from a 4K scan of a 35mm film out which was made from the original 2K DI but the Lionsgate release has visible dust and damage marks while the Universal release is cleaned up more thoroughly. Both releases suffer from DNR which seems to have been baked into the DI. The colour grade is basically the same for both releases but the Lionsgate has Dolby Vision whereas the Universal is HDR10 only. The compression on the Lionsgate UHD base layer is apparently fine so the FEL doesn't make much of a difference.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray?

Audio Notes:

The Lionsgate UHD has Dolby Atmos whereas the Universal UHD has DTS:X. Kick-ass was originally released with a 5.1 track which may be on the Universal Blu-ray.

Additional Info:

The Lionsgate UHD is on a BD-100, the Universal UHD is on a BD-66.

The Universal UHD has no extras.

Director: Joel Coen

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)

Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

Upcoming Release:

Universal Blu-ray Nov 10th

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2005 Universal DVD

Director: John Carpenter

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:
Audio Notes:
  • the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.

Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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