The Santa Clause (1994)
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family • 1h 37m
Overview
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Larry Brandenburg, Mary Gross, Paige Tamada, Peter Boyle, Judith Scott, Jayne Eastwood, Melissa King, Bradley Wentworth, Azura Bates, Joshua Satok, Zachary McLemore, Joyce Guy, Lindsay Lupien, Alexandra Petrocci, Jesse Collins, David-Paul Grove, Steve Vinovich, Aimee McIntyre, Tabitha Lupien, Lachlan Murdoch, David Sparrow, Ron Hartmann, Nic Knight, Scott Wickware, Gene Mack, Brett Moon, Ryan Moon, Jack Newman, Michael Caruana, Micha Jackson, Cody Jones, Kenny Vadas, Brian Reilly, Gordon Masten, Philip Williams, Chris Benson, Laura Catalano, Peter Kosaka, Ivanka Kotalto, Todd Davis, Marc Pichette, John Pasquin, Tony Krolo, Alec Bachlow, Jim Labriola, Steve Kosaka, Lawrence Nakamura, Hun Sun Tran, Steve Tsukamoto, Frank Welker, Kerrigan Mahan, Bob Dermer, Nina Keogh, Dennis O'Connor
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Director: Marc Forster
Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+
Director: Marc Forster
Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+
Director: Michael Bay
4K possibly teased?
Director: Michael Bay
4K possibly teased?
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Director: Martin Campbell
4K Streaming
4K Streaming
Warner Bros Blu-ray is the best Blu-ray even though it has color and major contrast issues
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Caps of 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
4K Streaming
4K Streaming
Warner Bros Blu-ray is the best Blu-ray even though it has color and major contrast issues
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Caps of 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Director: Guy Hamilton
4K Streaming
4K Streaming
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Screencaps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: Live and Let Die (1973)
Director: Guy Hamilton
4K Streaming
4K Streaming
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Screencaps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: Live and Let Die (1973)
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: Domee Shi
Director: Domee Shi
2001 DVD for uncensored cut with rock and extras
Disney Blu-ray; 4K Blu-ray only has an Atmos remix with a phasing issue
2001 DVD for uncensored cut with rock and extras
Disney Blu-ray; 4K Blu-ray only has an Atmos remix with a phasing issue
Director: Mark Dindal
3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray
3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Disney 3D Blu-ray has a slightly better audio mix
Director: Mark Dindal
3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray
3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Disney 3D Blu-ray has a slightly better audio mix
Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Directors: Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
Directors: Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+
Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+
Director: David Dobkin
Director: David Dobkin
More Fantasy on Blu-ray
Directors: Frank Oz & Jim Henson
Directors: Frank Oz & Jim Henson
Director: Jim Henson
Shout! Factory replacement 4K Blu-ray
Shout! Factory replacement 4K Blu-ray, Shout! Factory doesn't have the low-pass filter that's on the Sony US 4K Blu-ray from 2021 with Dolby Vision (or the worse HDR10 only release from 2016). Shout! Factory retains more high-frequency grain and detail.
Embassy Home Entertainment JPN LaserDisc or 1999 Sony US DVD 2.0
Director: Jim Henson
Shout! Factory replacement 4K Blu-ray
Shout! Factory replacement 4K Blu-ray, Shout! Factory doesn't have the low-pass filter that's on the Sony US 4K Blu-ray from 2021 with Dolby Vision (or the worse HDR10 only release from 2016). Shout! Factory retains more high-frequency grain and detail.
Embassy Home Entertainment JPN LaserDisc or 1999 Sony US DVD 2.0
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Boots Riley
Director: Boots Riley
Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save space)
Universal 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and Atmos
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save space)
The old 2 disc DVD has extras missing from 4K Blu-ray
Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save space)
Universal 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and Atmos
2011 Blu-ray (4K Blu-ray is upscaled; former PDI animator Jonathan Gibbs confirms the film was originally rendered at 1828 pixels wide to save space)
The old 2 disc DVD has extras missing from 4K Blu-ray
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Bros NTSC DVD
The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples
As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Bros NTSC DVD
The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples
As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Ingmar Bergman
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