The World's End (2013)
Comedy, Action, Science Fiction • 1h 49m
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, David Bradley, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Smiley, Darren Boyd, Steve Oram, Reece Shearsmith, Nicholas Burns, Bill Nighy, Thomas Law, Zachary Bailess, Jasper Levine, James Tarpey, Luke Bromley, Sophie Evans, Samantha White, Rose Reynolds, Richard Hadfield, Flora Slorach, Francesca Reidie, Charlotte Reidie, Alex Austin, Jonathan Aris, Jenny Bede, Angie Wallis, Paul Bentall, Richard Graham, Alice Lowe, Rafe Spall, Leo Thompson, Julia Deakin, Greg Townley, Sebastian Zaniesienko, Luke Scott, Tyler Dobbs, Samuel Mak, Teddy Kempner, Mark Kempner, Nick Holder, Paul Kennington, Michael Sarne, Mark Heap, Kelly Franklin, Stacey Franklin, James Granstrom, Gabe Cronnelly, Patricia Franklin, Mark Donovan, Ricky Champ, Ken Bones, Edgar Wright, Peter Serafinowicz, Garth Jennings, Nicola Cunningham, Paul Blackwell
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 year ago
Best colors of the Cornetto Trilogy on 4K Blu-ray, very good detail, blacks are crushed if not as much as on Shaun and Hot Fuzz
UHD tiers
best colors of the Cornetto Trilogy on UHD, very good detail, blacks are crushed if not as much as on Shaun and Hot Fuzz
Overview
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Director: Edgar Wright
Director: Edgar Wright
Sony 4K Blu-ray has reference Atmos track
Director: Edgar Wright
2024 remastered Universal 4K Blu-ray
20th Anniversary UHDs
Better than the original 2019 4K Blu-ray, but there are a few shots with heavy DNR that look worse than the old 4K Blu-ray. The 2024 France StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a better encode than the 2024 Universal 4K Blu-ray (but forced France subs)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Box Set coming on October 20th with FiM encode
DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
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: James Whale
Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026
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Director: James Whale
Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026
1993 CIC Video LaserDisc
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Terry Jones
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE
Director: Paul Leni
Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray
European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927
See caps for comparison
In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.
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