The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure, Action • 2h 37m
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Rivera, Viola Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Burn Gorman, Dexter Sol Ansell, Rosa Gotzler, Clemens Schick, Ashley Liao, Athena Strates, Joshua Kantara, Amélie Hoeferle, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Florian Burgkart, Ayomide Adegun, Aaron Finn Schultz, Max Raphael, Mekyas Mulugeta, Emma Frieda Brüggler, Yalany Marschner, Serena Oexle, Anni Baumann, Flora Thiemann, Zoë Renee, Seyna Sylla, Lilly Cooper, Aamer Husain, Aminata Lucia Yade Toscano, Daniela Grubert, Michael Greco, Levi Strasser, Chieloka Jairus, Tim Torok, Varvara Kanellakopoulou, Jerome Lance, Mackenzie Lansing, Cooper Dillon, Hiroki Berrecloth, Irene Böhm, Knox Gibson, Sofia Sanchez, Luna Kuse, Kjell Brutscheidt, Dimitri Abold, Luna Steeples, Nick Benson, Marc Aden Gray, Isobel Jesper Jones, Dakota Shapiro, Vaughan Reilly, Honor Gillies, Eike Onyambu, Cameron MacConomy, Ghaith Saleh, Riley Chung, Denise Hansen, Scott Folan, Raphael Zari, Mona Vojacek Koper, Carl Spencer, Konstantin Taffet, George Somner, Steven McMichael, Jonas Martens, Kittipong Ace Cunjanagan, Kyra Reinert, Samia Hofmann
About the film
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
- Alternative Titles
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Director: Gary Ross
Italy WB 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (better compression on Italy 4K Blu-ray)
Italy WB 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (better compression on Italy 4K Blu-ray)
Italy WB 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (better compression on the Italy 4K Blu-ray)
Italy WB 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (better compression on the Italy 4K Blu-ray)
Director: Taika Waititi
2D: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D: International Disney 3D Blu-ray
Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Director: James Cameron
Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version
35mm scan for original theatrical cut
4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled
The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
4K Blu-ray has DNR, see caps https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11748&d2=11747&s1=115760&s2=115776&i=0&l=0
Best Buy Blu-ray has a bonus disc
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray > WB US 4K Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Christopher Nolan
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · hdnumerique.com (opens in a new tab)
The TrueHD 5.1 from the old WB Blu-ray. The Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray is compressed. (also can be seen here in 7.1.4)
Director: Francis Lawrence
3 disc Blu-ray collector's edition has more extras
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