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The Big Blue (1988)
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The Big Blue (1988)

Le Grand Bleu

Romance, Drama, Adventure • 2h 48m

Overview

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

Director: Luc Besson

Best English-Friendly Release

Best Video Release

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-OCN 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.

Format

UHD Blu-ray

UHD Tiers

Solid

Studiocanal / Gaumont / Sony

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Length

168 mins

Type

Movie

Last Updated

3 months ago

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