Angels & Demons (2009)
Thriller, Mystery • 2h 19m
Overview
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco, Victor Alfieri, Franklin Amobi, Curt Lowens, Bob Yerkes, Marc Fiorini, Carmen Argenziano, Howard Mungo, Rance Howard, Steve Franken, Gino Conforti, Ilya Baskin, Richard Rosetti, Silvano Marchetto, Thomas Morris, Jonas Fisch, August Wittgenstein, Ben Bela Böhm, Paul Schmitz, Jeffrey Boehm, Xavier J. Nathan, Steve Kehela, Ursula Brooks, Rashmi, Yan Cui, Fritz Michel, Maria Cristina Heller, Rafael Petardi, Yesenia Adame, Kristof Konrad, Masasa Moyo, Ed Francis Martin, Cheryl Howard, Endre Hules, Norbert Weisser, Shelby Zemanek, Vanna Salviati, Raffi Di Blasio, Todd Schneider, Roberto Donati, Rocco Passafaro, Emanuele Secci, Anna Katarina, James Ritz, Felipe Torres Urso, Jose David Acevedo, Roy Allen III, Tibor Ambra, Victor of Aquitaine, Michael Ark, John Jason Bailey, Jerred Berg, Sally Berman, Yuki Bird, Anthony Bonaventura, Robert Bradvica, Ciara Bravo, Michael Patrick Breen, Aidan Bristow, Cheryl BryantBruce, Raúl Cardona, Christopher Casa, Patrick Casa, Pasquale Cassalia, Farouk Chakwa, Bacha Chilaia, Jimmy Clabots, Mark E. Clason, Tammy Colbert, Austin Michael Coleman, Robert Corvin, Luca Costa, Gina D'Acciaro, John Dardenne, William "Will" Daubert, Shervin Davatgar, Blake Dawson, Vincent De Paul, David Dedinsky, Lea Deesing, Norman Deesing, Angelique Deuitch, Paul DiVito, Brant Dorman, Allen Dula, Liz Duran, Matthew Earnest, Peter Ettinger, Jonn Faircrest, Les Feltmate, William Ferguson, Amanda Jane Fleming, David Fletcher, Gregory George Frank, Harrison Freed, Aaron Denius Garcia, Justin Giddings, Phil Gold, Alan Gray, Marco Greco, Roger Groh, Nancy Guerriero, Andrew Hamilton, Martin Harris, Miriam Harris, Charlie Heydt, David Hill, Kei Hirayama, Brett Hunt, Marco Infante, Clark James, Christopher Karl Johnson, Dave Johnson, Gina Juliet, Slim Khezri, Sophiah Koikas, Michael Laren, Robert W. Laur, Adrian Lee, David Michael Lewin, Maynor Lopez, Jon Lucero, Eder López, Julie Mabry, Les Mahoney, Gary Mandarino, Albert Marrero Jr., Stephen Marrero, Carina Aviles Marshall, Debbie McAlister, Sandra McCurdy, Anthony Molinari, Elsa Morales Myers, Mary E. Morales, Sauvion Morkunas, William Myers, Manuel Nardi, Justin Orton, Sarita Ospina, Dale Pavinski, Amelia Pawlak, David Pearl, David Pryor, Lawrence Ravettina, Paul Richard, Jarrod Robbins, Bertrand Roberson Jr., Adriana Roze, Franklin Ruehl, Kelly Ryan, Dylan Saccoccio, Frank Scozzari, James Seaman, Keith Shawn, Jutta Speidel, GJ Tiari, Nico Toffoli, Devin Toft, James Tumminia, Julian Vada, Ryan Van de Kamp Buchanan, Ernie Ventry, Damon Viola, Shannon Watson, Denise Winsor, Jon Morgan Woodward, Allan Yates, Alfred Molina
Director: Ron Howard
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD
Theatrical: Cinema DTS
Director: Ron Howard
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD
Theatrical: Cinema DTS
Director: Ron Howard
2026 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
2026 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook added Dolby Vision
Director: Ron Howard
2026 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
2026 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook added Dolby Vision
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.
Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc
The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata
Audio comparison: 5.1 surround
Director: Ron Howard
Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.
Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc
The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata
Audio comparison: 5.1 surround
Director: Ron Howard
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.
The TV version is extended but is censored. The Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is restored from an interpositive, no release so far is confirmed to be from the Original Camera Negative.
Director: Ron Howard
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.
Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.
The TV version is extended but is censored. The Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is restored from an interpositive, no release so far is confirmed to be from the Original Camera Negative.
Director: Ron Howard
1991 Universal LaserDisc [41131]
Director: Ron Howard
1991 Universal LaserDisc [41131]
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Michael Apted
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: 2003 Sony/Columbia NTSC DVD 2.0
5.1 remix: 2024 Sony Blu-ray
The 5.1 track on the UHD is a remix originally included on the 2024 Blu-ray, but missing the LFE track. The UHD 2.0 track is a downmix of the faulty 5.1, severely lacking bass.
The digital track on the earlier LaserDisc is most likely the same as DVD, minus the lossy compression.
Director: Michael Apted
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: 2003 Sony/Columbia NTSC DVD 2.0
5.1 remix: 2024 Sony Blu-ray
The 5.1 track on the UHD is a remix originally included on the 2024 Blu-ray, but missing the LFE track. The UHD 2.0 track is a downmix of the faulty 5.1, severely lacking bass.
The digital track on the earlier LaserDisc is most likely the same as DVD, minus the lossy compression.
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
2026 Sony/Columbia 4K Blu-ray
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: Frank Capra
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: Frank Capra
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: Luc Besson
StudioCanal / Gaumont / Sony 4K Blu-ray
SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. StudioCanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-Original Camera Negative shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.
Director: Luc Besson
StudioCanal / Gaumont / Sony 4K Blu-ray
SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. StudioCanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-Original Camera Negative shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.
More Thriller on Blu-ray
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: Moritz Mohr
Italy Plaion has Dolby Vision, but the metadata is static: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22742198&postcount=92
Director: Moritz Mohr
Italy Plaion has Dolby Vision, but the metadata is static: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22742198&postcount=92
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
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