Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Drama, War • 1h 53m
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Makenzie Leigh, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, Stro, Arturo Castro, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Barney Harris, Beau Knapp, Mason Lee, Ben Platt, Bruce McKinnon, Deirdre Lovejoy, Laura Lundy Wheale, Tim Blake Nelson, Gregory Alan Williams, Bo Mitchell, Ric Reitz, Allen Daniel, Randy Gonzalez, Matthew Barnes, Austin McLamb, Tommy McNulty, Markina Brown, Eric Kan, Dana Barrett, Richard Sherman, J.J. Watt, Christopher Matthew Cook, Kristin Erickson, Brad Mills, Genevieve Adams, David Ramsey, Matthew Brady, Holly A. Morris, Alan Gilmer, Andy Glen, Brandin Jenkins, Chesta Drake, Cooper Andrews, Katie Deal, Tatom Pender, Katrina Pettiford, Erin Moore, Elizabeth Chestang, Kellie Pickler, Marc Inniss, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Haithem Badrani, Badia Obaid, Leila Kadiri, Mansour Badri, Azim Rizk, Jay Peterson, Zaydun Khalaf, Phil Armijo, Stevie Baggs Jr., Adrienne Ballenger, Paul Barlow Jr., Alexandra Bartee, Brooke Borba, Claire Bronson, Bricine Brown, Amanda Burke Buczek, Todd Chapman, Chuck Clark, Alex Coker, Jameson Jamey Copeland, Xavier Cortes, Erin Dangler, Patrick Darcey, Deena Dill, Sydney Durso, Angela Everhart, Gregory Fears, DeRon Ford, Courtland Fuller, Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez, Fred Galle, Marion Guyot, Jas Hardy, De'Adrian Harmon, Jon Hartley, Robert Hendren, Walter Hendrix III, Danni Heverin, Dennis Hill, Terayle Hill, Geoffrey Howard, Billy James, Dale Anthony Jennings, Racquel Bianca John, Kendall Kiker, Brian Kim, Alex Kramer, Avery Laraki, Roy Larsen, Adrian Lockett, Shannon Long, Luke Loveless, Zamadia Lyles, Shaun Lynch, Eric Maldonado, Asia Diamond Mason, Ronny Mathew, Trey McGriff, Jock McKissic, Matt Mercurio, Gary Miller, Michael Montgomery, Ricky Muse, Tommy O'Brien, Afsheen Olyaie, George Pringle, Moneca S. Reid, Shuntel Renay, Kristin McKenzie Rice, Chan Ta Rivers, Giovanni Rodriguez, Joel Rogers, Kourtney Shales, Jack Teague, Kenneth Tipton, Jordan Verroi, Steve Warren, Erick Wofford, Brian Wyatt, Jesse Yarborough, Jonathan Yaskoff, Jay Busbee
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About the film
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
- Alternative Titles
- Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk
Director: Ang Lee
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Kino Lorber Blu-ray has original 1.85 aspect ratio, and better encoding but with a few caveats: some scenes are in a lower quality than the rest of the film see DVDBeaver
Make sure you have the replacement disc with correct location title card
Director: Ang Lee
Director: Ang Lee
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Criterion 4k scan 2k transfer
Director: Ang Lee
Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol. 2
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The 2025 stand-alone MOD edition is worse in encoding quality.
Director: Dennis Hopper
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Director: David Lean
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The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Director: Satoshi Kon
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Director: Ben Stiller
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Director: Luc Besson
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2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray vs 2017 Sony 4K Blu-ray (20th annivesary) vs 2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray (Luc Besson Box Set). The first two have totally different texture.
StudioCanal: More natural looking. Better defined grain. The white balance is rather yellow/orange. Some say it is closer to the original theatrical release.
2017 Sony: More vibrant and impactful. The white balance is rather neutral. While color noise and grain can look busy because it had been sharpened and had micro-contrast boosted.
2025 Sony: Supposedly an improved version of the 2017 release? Shows around 20mbps-higher overall video bitrate. caps
2007 Sony Blu-ray or LaserDisc AC3? (TBC) https://fanrestore.com/thread-7303.html
The Atmos on the Sony release is reportedly better than StudioCanal's.
Disc info of the box set discs. This film have recieved multiple encode/versions in different regions over the years. The 2017 Germany4K Blu-ray is encoded differently than the 2017 Sony but not better. Also, the same can be said to 2024 France Gaumont 4K Blu-ray while comparing to the 2020 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray omits all the extras from previous releases, being barebones.
Director: Frank Capra
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
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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
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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
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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
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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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