Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction • 2h 19m
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, James Cromwell, Dylan Baker, Theresa Russell, Bill Nunn, Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Banks, Ted Raimi, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Ilya Baskin, Mageina Tovah, John Paxton, Becky Ann Baker, Stan Lee, Michael Papajohn, Joe Manganiello, Hal Fishman, Lucy Gordon, Steve Valentine, Tim Maculan, Marc Vann, Joe Bays, Gregg Daniel, Rogelio T. Ramos, Timothy Patrick Quill, Menachem Mendel Boymelgreen, Nasir Stewart, Austin Hendrickson, Taylor Hemhauser, Kathryn Bryding, Joe Virzi, Bill E. Rogers, Michael Alexander, April Parker Jones, Edward Padilla, Robert Curtis Brown, Paul Terrell Clayton, Carolyn Neff, Christina Cindrich, Sonya Maddox, Andre B. Blake, Derrick 'Phoenix' Thomas, Jessi Collins, Michael McLaughlin, Anne Gartlan, Emilio Rivera, Keith Woulard, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jim Coope, Dean Edwards, Margaret Laney, Toni Wynne, Aimee Miles, Tanya Bond, Mark Kubr, Emma Raimi, Lorne Raimi, Henry Raimi, Samantha Ressler, Alan Cohn, Dan Callahan, Daniel Cummings, Ron King, Carol Chaikin, Vance Hammond, Frank Anello, Anya Avaeva, David Backus, Tony Besson, Michael Ciesla, Irina Costa, John Crann, Crystal Marie Denha, Amy V. Dewhurst, Keith Fausnaught, Logan Fry, Tony Galtieri, Brian Hopson, Andrew James Jones, Natalie Jones, Christopher Jude, Brittany Krall, Pierangeli Llinas, Bernadette Lords, Natalie McNeil, Martha Millan, Michele-Nanette Miller, Claudia Katz Minnick, Jen Oda, Anjelia Pelay, Nick Poltoranin, Vanessa Reseland, La Rivers, Bria Roberts, Vanessa Ross, Brenna Roth, Shade Rupe, Abbey Skinner, Daniel Shafer, Kristin Somo, Jennifer Sparks, Christopher Stadulis, Aija Terauda, Evelyn Vaccaro, Nick Vlassopoulos, Sincerely A. Ward, Jennifer Weston, Ray Wineteer, Emily Eckes, Craig 'Radio Man' Castaldo
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Editor's Cut: Sony Blu-Ray
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Overview
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Director: Sam Raimi
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
2.1 Cut received a 4K remaster for a cinema release. No announced home video release yet.
Director: Sam Raimi
Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook
Unaltered version: 2007 Ultimate Edition DVD? Or 35mm scan
Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)
Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook
Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook, correct audio pitch and more bonus features
Confirmed to be a port of Sony's international 4K, encode different to Lionsgate's. Audio in the correct pitch and a cross-selection of archive extras where the Lionsgate had only one audio commentary. High Def reviewer thought the 2.0 was a mixdown of the 5.1 track.
Unaltered version: 2007 Ultimate Edition DVD? Or 35mm scan
LaserDisc has the original Mono
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray audio is in the wrong pitch while the Sony release is in the right pitch
All releases after 2010 have digital alterations to some scenes. https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=999332
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sam Raimi
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
(only the US Theatrical is in 4K)
US Theatrical: 1993 MCA/Universal Home Video LaserDisc [41603]
Director: Sam Raimi
> Lionsgate/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Lionsgate/StudioCanal has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
Director: Sam Raimi
> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.
Director: Sam Raimi
US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray
US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)
International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray
Director: Luc Besson
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray vs 2017 Sony 4K Blu-ray (20th annivesary) vs 2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray (Luc Besson Box Set). The first two have totally different texture.
StudioCanal: More natural looking. Better defined grain. The white balance is rather yellow/orange. Some say it is closer to the original theatrical release.
2017 Sony: More vibrant and impactful. The white balance is rather neutral. While color noise and grain can look busy because it had been sharpened and had micro-contrast boosted.
2025 Sony: Supposedly an improved version of the 2017 release? Shows around 20mbps-higher overall video bitrate. caps
2007 Sony Blu-ray or LaserDisc AC3? (TBC) https://fanrestore.com/thread-7303.html
The Atmos on the Sony release is reportedly better than StudioCanal's.
Disc info of the box set discs. This film have recieved multiple encode/versions in different regions over the years. The 2017 Germany4K Blu-ray is encoded differently than the 2017 Sony but not better. Also, the same can be said to 2024 France Gaumont 4K Blu-ray while comparing to the 2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray omits all the extras from previous releases, being barebones.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Frank Capra
Director: John Carpenter
Sony 4K Blu-ray or Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode)
Sony 4K Blu-ray and France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode) are similar
Director: Michael Arias
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
GKIDS 4K Blu-ray is a sharpened upscale. Caps
GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has a true lossless English dub and correct volume levels for the Japanese audio
Director: David Fincher
4K Blu-ray has exclusive “unrated” audio with a small change to one line under the request of David Fincher (removed the poor dub over of frickin’ in the line “Screw it, let’s gut the f**kin’ nerd.”).
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding
Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Michael Apted
Video format: HD Streaming
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