Man of Steel (2013)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction • 2h 23m
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Richard Schiff, Antje Traue, Jadin Gould, Harry Lennix, Dylan Sprayberry, Cooper Timberline, Richard Cetrone, Mackenzie Gray, Julian Richings, Mary Black, Samantha Win, Michael Kelly, Rebecca Buller, Christina Wren, David James Lewis, Tahmoh Penikett, Doug Abrahams, Brad Kelly, David Paetkau, Elizabeth Thai, Ian Rozylo, Alessandro Juliani, Kwesi Ameyaw, Mike Dopud, Jack Foley, Robert Gerdisch, Ryan Mitchell, Alexa Gengelbach, Stephanie Kraft Song, Caroline Thomas, Coburn Goss, Lesley Bevan, Chad Krowchuk, Ian Tracey, Carmen Lavigne, Howard Siegel, Heidi Kettering, Justin Butler, Jacqueline Scislowski, Danny Coonley, Sally Elling, Joseph Cranford, Clint Carleton, Mark Gibbon, Stuart Ambrose, Tom Nagel, Jackson Berlin, George Canyon, Kyle Riefsnyder, Aaron Smolinski, Carla Gugino, Bruce Bohne, Rowen Kahn, Robert Moloney, Sean Campbell, Aaron Pearl, Rebecca Spence, Joe Miñoso, Madison Moran, Gabe Darley, Bridgett Newton, Revard Dufresne, Apollonia Vanova, Dan Aho, Ronald W. Gibbs, Chris Palermo, Edmundo Raul Sanchez, Nicholas W. von Zill, Allison Crowe, Nick Touchie, Eileen Touchie, Malcolm Scott, Rondel Reynoldson, Johnny Otto, Autumn Snyder
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Overview
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Regular AR: 2016 WB 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Version: 2021 WB 4K Blu-ray
WB 4K Blu-ray
Caveat: No Dolby Vision metadata
Director: Zack Snyder
The Complete Experience Blu-ray has more extras
Director: Zack Snyder
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored for US Cut; both US and International Cuts are 4K.
US Cut: 1999 WB DVD/Criterion 4K Blu-ray
No Blu-ray or DVD release until the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has presented the US in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The International Cut has never been presented in it's OAR of 1.66:1 in any home video releases.
The packaging on the back of the WB 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)/1999 WB R1 DVD
5.1 remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.
5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
Director: Martin Rosen
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
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