Cloud Atlas (2012)
Drama, Science Fiction • 2h 52m
Overview
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer
Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, David Gyasi, Robert Fyfe, Martin Wuttke, Robin Morrissey, Brody Nicholas Lee, Ian van Temperley, Amanda Walker, Ralph Riach, Andrew Havill, Tanja de Wendt, Raevan Lee Hanan, Götz Otto, Niall Greig Fulton, Louis Dempsey, Martin Docherty, Alistair Petrie, Zhu Zhu, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Jojo Schöning, Laura Vietzen, Thomas Kügel, Marie Rönnebeck, Ruby Kastner, Emma Werz, Mya-Lecia Naylor, Korbyn Hawk Hanan, Katy Karrenbauer, Dulcie Smart, Anna Holmes, Shaun Lawton, Moritz Berg, Gigi Lee, Genevien Lee, Cody Benjamin Lee, Heike Hanold-Lynch, Victor Solé, Kristoffer Fuss, Marco Albrecht, Gary McCormack, David Mitchell
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
2018 WB 4K Blu-ray
2018 WB 4K Blu-ray.
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors in the 4K compared to the DVD (both original and 2003)/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut.
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
2018 WB 4K Blu-ray
2018 WB 4K Blu-ray.
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors in the 4K compared to the DVD (both original and 2003)/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut.
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
Directors: Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Directors: Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Mike Hodges
Director: Mike Hodges
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Bob Clark
Director: Bob Clark
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Director: Chuck Russell
Director: Chuck Russell
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Like previous releases, the 4K Blu-ray was scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative at Paul Thomas Anderson’s request which may explain the softness.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Like previous releases, the 4K Blu-ray was scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative at Paul Thomas Anderson’s request which may explain the softness.
WB 4K Blu-ray, caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Best Buy exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray has the exclusive The Dark Knight Reborn Featurette
WB 4K Blu-ray, caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Best Buy exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray has the exclusive The Dark Knight Reborn Featurette
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Director: Walter Salles
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Curzon 4K Blu-ray
Surround mix: Vision Film Polish PAL DVD (2000)
The surround mix is fully discrete, not a mere decode or upmix of the Dolby Stereo LCRS track. This mix has never appeared on any other releases.
Director: Walter Salles
Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Curzon 4K Blu-ray
Surround mix: Vision Film Polish PAL DVD (2000)
The surround mix is fully discrete, not a mere decode or upmix of the Dolby Stereo LCRS track. This mix has never appeared on any other releases.
Director: Newt Arnold
France ESC 4K Blu-ray, better than Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray.
Capelight 4K Blu-ray (the ESC 4K Blu-ray have no original 2.0 and a different Atmos mix. More about the ESC mix in this review)
Director: Newt Arnold
France ESC 4K Blu-ray, better than Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray.
Capelight 4K Blu-ray (the ESC 4K Blu-ray have no original 2.0 and a different Atmos mix. More about the ESC mix in this review)
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Arrow 4K Blu-ray in June
Umbrella 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode but the mastering shows signs of DNR albeit only momentarily); all other BDs pretty bad.
Umbrella 4K Blu-ray, but whether in the correct speed/pitch is TBC.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Arrow 4K Blu-ray in June
Umbrella 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode but the mastering shows signs of DNR albeit only momentarily); all other BDs pretty bad.
Umbrella 4K Blu-ray, but whether in the correct speed/pitch is TBC.
Director: Brian De Palma
Director: Brian De Palma
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Rob Reiner
Director: Peter Weir
Director: Peter Weir
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Shout Factory UHD / Warner Bros BD (no audible difference)
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