Speed Racer (2008)
Family, Action, Adventure, Comedy • 2h 15m
Overview
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain, Richard Roundtree, Karl Yune, Ariel Winter, Roger Allam, Paulie Litt, Kick Gurry, John Benfield, Christian Oliver, Ralph Herforth, Scott Porter, Yu Nan, Nayo Wallace, Melvil Poupaud, Ramon Tikaram, Ben Miles, Peter Fernandez, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Joon Park, Nicholas Elia, Melissa Holroyd, Gian Ganziano, Harvey Friedman, Sadao Ueda, Valery Tscheplanowa, Sami Loris, Olivier Marlo, Sean McDonagh, Vinzenz Kiefer, Mark Zak, Willy, Kenzie, Julia Joyce, Clayton Nemrow, Ricky Watson, Brandon Robinson, L. Trey Wilson, Lauren Blake, Waldemar Kobus, Max Hopp, Julie T. Wallace, Matthias Redlhammer, Eckehard Hoffmann, Art LaFleur, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Paul Sirr, Kadý Taylor, Junior Sone Enang, Jana Pallaske, Dari Maximova, Werner Daehn, Komi Togbonou, Leila Rozario, Steven Wilson, Togo Igawa, Jonathan Kinsler, Anatole Taubman, Frank Witter, Megan Gay, Corinne Orr, Joe Mazza, Ludmilla Ismailow, Milka Duno, Amira Osman, Ashley Walters, Jens Neuhaus, Sesede Terziyan, Ill-Young Kim, Yuriri Naka, Oscar Ortega Sánchez, Fang Yu, Narges Rashidi, Andrés Cantor
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
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray / Warner Bros Blu-ray (no audible difference)
Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray / Warner Bros Blu-ray (no audible difference)
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
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
More Family on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Original: Arrow 4K Blu-ray vs New Line LaserDisc
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Original: Arrow 4K Blu-ray vs New Line LaserDisc
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or New Line LaserDisc for line absent on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps
Dolby Stereo: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or New Line LaserDisc for line absent on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases
Info: Arrow 4K Blu-ray is scanned from interpositive film, thus having a softer than the first title.
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