Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Music, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie • 52m
Directors: George Harrison & Ringo Starr & Bernard Knowles & John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Sam Spoons, Rodney Slater, Jan Carson, George Claydon, Ivor Cutler, Shirley Evans, Nat Jackley, Nichola, Jessie Robins, Derek Royle, Victor Spinetti, Miranda Forbes, Maggie Wright, Alexis Mardas, Vernon Dudley Bowhay Nowell, Mal Evans, Linda Lawson, Cynthia Lennon, Julian Lennon, Angelo Muscat
About the film
While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.
- Alternative Titles
- The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour
More Music on Blu-ray
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
"Sing-Along Edition" not included on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray, only available on Netflix Streaming
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Director: Damien Chazelle
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD
Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix
Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray
Directors: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
UK StudioCanal UHD
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
Director: Julien Duvivier
4K restoration
Director: Sofia Coppola
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Shout Factory Blu-ray
Shout's BD has both cuts of the film in addition to the 3.0 stereo and 2.0 mono mixes making it the first time the full theatrical cut is available with the 3.0 mix. The new commentary is good. The 3.0 stereo sounds wonderful and the mono sounds solid.
That's where the positives end. This is the same terrible Universal DVD master slapped on a Blu-ray disc with a terrible encode making both versions share the disc separately taking up more space. This master was already poor for DVD and is nearly unwatchable here on the Shout disc. It looks virtually identical to the upscaled DVD most of the time with only a bit less noise due to it being 1080p. This is one of the most appalling cases of "DVD master slapped on a Blu-ray disc" you can possibly find. Absolutely shameful video presentation. This should have never been released this way. Sadly it's still ever so slightly better than the DVD and the only way you get the proper theatrical cut with lossless 3.0 stereo. This is still the best source we have for the film.
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