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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

Comedy • 1h 59m

Director: Adam McKay

Cast: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Dylan Baker, Meagan Good, Judah Nelson, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Josh Lawson, Kristen Wiig, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Harrison Ford, Bill Kurtis, June Diane Raphael, Tom Clark, Jennifer Felton, Drake, Daisy Pareja, Pearl McKay, Axel Ferrell, Magnus Ferrell, Mattias Ferrell, Eliza Coupe, Matt Rebenkoff, Paul Schneider, Brian F. Durkin, Zoe Myers, Clark Sarullo, Billy Woods, Anna Enger Ritch, George Faughnan, Paul Chappell, Fred Galle, Patrick J. Williams, Jamie Moore, Matthew Cornwell, Dane Davenport, Dan Triandiflou, James Smith, David Silverman, Dave Pileggi, Clay Stapleford, Jayson Warner Smith, David Dwyer, Courtney Patterson, Kelly Tippens, Jon Hayden, Ron Prather, Gary Weeks, Stephanie Ming, Kellen Marcus, L. Warren Young, Darlene French, E. Roger Mitchell, Michael D. Menapace, Patricia French, Paula Pell, Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Mia D. Braswell, Simuel Campbell, Micah Stampley, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Karen Beyer, Brian Steele, Sacha Baron Cohen, Marion Cotillard, Micheál Richardson, Will Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Joe Washington, Jim Carrey, Sarah Spencer Yerger, Steve Coulter, Tina Fey, Kimberly Dawn Guerrero, Liam Neeson, Amy Poehler, John C. Reilly, Richard Saxton, Lori Beth Sikes, Vince Vaughn, Ye, Nickolas Wolf, William Tokarsky, Jessica Brown, Margaret Moseley, Jessica Peralta, Evan D. Anderson, JoAnn Bernat, Larry A. Brewer, Augie Buttinelli, Lisa Catara, Jon Cioffi, Taber Cross, Ellie Decker, Lisa Finlayson, Josh Forshee, William Frasca, Victor Gage, Jeff Glover, Tony Guerrero, Dawn Hamil, Moe Hindi, CC Ice, David Itchkawitz, Lori Morkunas Jones, Victor Jones, King, Colin Lacativa, T. Alloy Langenfeld, Alberto David Mercado, Gary Miller, Gary Nguyen, Robert F. Nixon, Kate Nowlin, Phillip O’Riley, Carly Jordan Pancher, David Pascua, Christopher Payne, Martin Peña, Brittany Piacente, Beth Pilgreen, Brandi Quinn, Joel Rogers, Shade Rupe, Sebastian Shepherd, Dave Simmons, Randall Taylor, Rob Tunstall, Ken Venzke, Hannah Westerfield, Luke Westerfield, Tony Westerfield, Hal Whiteside

US cut: US Paramount Blu-ray
UK/Australia cut: UK/Australia Paramount Blu-ray
International Cut: any of the international Blu-rays aside from UK/Australia

Best English-friendly release · updated 4 months ago

Overview

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Release details

Best Video Release

US cut: US Paramount Blu-ray

Britain/Australia cut: Britain/Australia Paramount Blu-ray

International Cut: any of the international Blu-rays aside from Britain/Australia

Additional Info

Any of the international Blu-rays aside from UK/Australia have the extras in HD

Length
119 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
Anchorman 2, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Super-Sized R-Rated Version, Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues

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Director: Adam McKay

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps

Director: Adam McKay

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(Unrated cut on Blu-ray)

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Director: Alex Proyas

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray (30th anniv.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Paramount Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray Dec 15th

Video Notes:

US Paramount Blu-ray > International WB Blu-ray

Director: Tony Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

70mm 6-track mix in 5.1: Paramount THX LaserDisc

Dolby Stereo mix in 2.0: Paramount THX LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.

Director: Terrence Malick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.

Best Audio:

1999 Paramount DVD

Director: Peter Faiman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut

Best Audio:

Australia Cut: Laserdisc

Additional Info:

The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Paramount Blu-ray

3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026

Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono

Audio Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.

Additional Info:

The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.

Director: Robert Altman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Director: Richard Linklater

4K · Solid

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Germany Blu-ray has English audio 

Germany Blu-ray is part of a 3-film box set like the Criterion but by StudioCanal 

Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray

IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray

More Comedy on Blu-ray

Director: Paul King

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray minimal picture upgrade (2K upscale)

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray has good new Atmos mix

Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: David Butler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Marion Gering

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray 

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Sony release without the filtering; Comparison between Sony and Criterion.

Best Audio:

Mono: 1994 LaserDisc (marginally, unfiltered) or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (filtered)
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Director: Fred Dekker

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> US Kino Lorber

Director: Steve De Jarnatt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027

Best Audio:

Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.

Director: Bruce Robinson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

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