Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Animation, Family, TV Movie, Adventure, Fantasy • 52m
Overview
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...
Director: Larry Roemer
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director: Brian De Palma
Director: Brian De Palma
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Frank Ryan
Director: Frank Ryan
Director: Richard Wallace
Director: Richard Wallace
More Animation on Blu-ray
2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray
2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray has better detail and grain, 2014 Japanese Studio Ghibli Blu-ray from the Hayao Miyazaki box set for MGVC with added bit-depth for supported players
2011/2014 Japanese Studio Ghibli Blu-ray for original 6.1 audio mix, Cinema DTS for the English dub
2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray
2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray has better detail and grain, 2014 Japanese Studio Ghibli Blu-ray from the Hayao Miyazaki box set for MGVC with added bit-depth for supported players
2011/2014 Japanese Studio Ghibli Blu-ray for original 6.1 audio mix, Cinema DTS for the English dub
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Studio Ghibli Everything Ghibli SPECIAL: Short Short 1992-2016 Blu-ray
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Directors: David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand & Dana Ledoux Miller
Disney+ also has this movie in 3D Streaming for the Apple Vision Pro
Directors: David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand & Dana Ledoux Miller
Disney+ also has this movie in 3D Streaming for the Apple Vision Pro
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Disney+ 4K Streaming has Dolby Vision, while the 4K Blu-ray is HDR10
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Disney+ 4K Streaming has Dolby Vision, while the 4K Blu-ray is HDR10
4K restoration shown in cinemas in 2026, no home release yet
2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray/2011 Japan standalone Blu-ray
US English dub: 2012 US Disney Blu-ray/2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray/2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray
UK English dub: 2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray
The UK Blu-ray has some audio issues, so the North American Edition Blu-ray from Japan is chosen for the UK English dub despite being lossy.
4K restoration shown in cinemas in 2026, no home release yet
2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray/2011 Japan standalone Blu-ray
US English dub: 2012 US Disney Blu-ray/2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray/2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray
UK English dub: 2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray
The UK Blu-ray has some audio issues, so the North American Edition Blu-ray from Japan is chosen for the UK English dub despite being lossy.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray has 6.1 discrete
English audio: Cinema DTS-ES, 2010 US Disney Blu-ray as an alternative
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray has 6.1 discrete
English audio: Cinema DTS-ES, 2010 US Disney Blu-ray as an alternative
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