Django Unchained (2012)
Drama, Western • 2h 45m
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, David Steen, Dana Gourrier, Nichole Galicia, Laura Cayouette, Ato Essandoh, Sammi Rotibi, Clay Donahue Fontenot, Escalante Lundy, Miriam F. Glover, Don Johnson, Franco Nero, James Russo, Tom Wopat, Don Stroud, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, Bruce Dern, M.C. Gainey, Cooper Huckabee, Doc Duhame, Jonah Hill, Lee Horsley, Zoë Bell, Michael Bowen, Robert Carradine, Jake Garber, Ted Neeley, James Parks, Tom Savini, Michael Parks, John Jarratt, Quentin Tarantino, Amari Cheatom, Keith Jefferson, Marcus Henderson, Chuuch, Kinetic, Louise Stratten, Kim Robillard, Shana Stein, Shannon Hazlett, Jack Lucarelli, Victoria Thomas, Grace Collins, Sharon Pierre-Louis, Christopher Berry, Kim Collins, Dane Rhodes, J.D. Evermore, Rex Linn, Michael Bacall, Ronan Hice, Ned Bellamy, Dave Coennen, Danièle Watts, Jon Eyez, Omar J. Dorsey, Evan Parke, Craig Stark, Brian Brown, Ritchie Montgomery, Nicholas Dashnaw, Jarrod Bunch, Edrick Browne, Kerry Sims, Jamal Duff, Todd Allen, Lewis Smith, Keniaryn Mitchell, Jakel Marshall, Carl Singleton, Ashley Toman, John McConnell, Mark Amos, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Catherine Lambert, Deborah Ayorinde, Takara Clark, Kimberley Drummond, Tenaj L. Jackson, Carl Bailey, Ross P. Cook, Gregory Allen Gabroy, Seth Bailey, David G. Baker, Glen Warner, Kesha Bullard Lewis, Edward J. Clare, Mike DeMille, Gary Grubbs, Justin Dwayne Hall, Kasey James, Cindy Mah, Johnny Otto, Belinda Owino, Mark Ulano, Misty Upham, Fatimah Taliah, Dudley Fuqua, Augustine Alvarez, John R. Bennett II, Valencia Christina, Gene Kevin Hames, Jr., Ryan Happy, Bill Heintz, Jacky Ido, Jacquelyn Twodat Jackson, Marvin Jones III, Ashlee Nicole Jordan, Spencer Kayden, Elton LeBlanc, Chuck Murphy, Brianna Oppenheimer, Kel Owens, Matthew Parrott, Erin Pickett, Tom Proctor, Aleeah Rogers, Alfred Smith III, Nathan Alan Thomas, Tristan Tierce, LaTeace Towns-Cuellar, Rashia Whitlock, Travis Wilkerson, Tadasay Young, Ronnie Zappa
Best English-friendly & video release
US Anchor Bay Blu-ray > International Sony Blu-ray
Updated 10 months ago
Additional info
Best Buy, Target, and Walmart exclusive editions all have a exclusive extra each.
About the film
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Upscaled from the 2K DI. Caps are here. While not as dramatic an upgrade as Jackie Brown, color reproduction and especially the reveal of additional highlight information that were completely blown-out on the old master make this a great upgrade regardless. See Uma Thurman’s face in the above cap. Japan Cut: Japan DVD
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Whole Bloody Affair 4K Blu-ray upcoming in July, but only has 1 bonus feature and cuts out the rest of the extras
Director: Quentin Tarantino
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2025 Taiwan Deltamac 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (Taiwan 4K Blu-ray is not low passed as the US 4K Blu-ray and has better grain and fine detail retention)
International Cut: Arrow 4K Blu-ray Germany Cut: Germany Universal 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Arrow 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Universal 4K Blu-ray Germany Cut: Germany Universal 4K Blu-ray
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray > Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Chris Nahon
Director: Michael Mann
Theatrical/Director's Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Hybrid Theatrical Cut: Anchor Bay "Theatrical" DVD
Final Cut: upcoming UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray
UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray
Director: Cory Edwards
Video format: HD Streaming
Movies Anywhere Streaming
Movies Anywhere Streaming has better encoding and proper 24p framerate compared to the 1080i juddered presentation on the OOP Anchor Bay Blu-ray
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Various Blu-ray labels but no comparison available, including US Anchor Bay, UK Spirit and more
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Roman Polanski
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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