Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
War, Drama, History • 2h 15m
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough, Melanie Lynskey, Tom McCarthy, Chris Bauer, Judith Ivey, Myra Turley, Joseph Cross, Benjamin Walker, Alessandro Mastrobuono, Scott Eastwood, Stark Sands, George Grizzard, Harve Presnell, George Hearn, Len Cariou, Christopher Curry, Bubba Lewis, Beth Grant, Connie Ray, Ann Dowd, Mary Beth Peil, David Patrick Kelly, Jon Polito, Ned Eisenberg, Gordon Clapp, Michael Cumpsty, Vincent Foster, Kirk B.R. Woller, Tom Verica, Jason Gray-Stanford, Matt Huffman, David Hornsby, Brian Kimmet, David Rasche, Tom Mason, Patrick Dollaghan, James Newman, Steven M. Porter, Dale Waddington, Lennie Loftin, David Clennon, Mark Thomason, Oliver Davis, Sean Moran, Lisa Dodson, John Nielsen, Jon Kellam, Ron Fassler, Denise Vlasis, Jenifer Menedis, Joie Shettler, Vivien Lesiak, John Henry Canavan, Donn Emerson, Jayma Mays, Yukari Black, John Hoogenakker, Barry Sigismondi, William Charlton, Beth Tapper, Shannon Gayle, Jim Cantafio, Mark Colson, Danny McCarthy, Patrick New, James Horan, Michael Canavan, Erica Grant, Silas Weir Mitchell, George Cambio, David S. Brooks, Joi Johannsson, Martin Delaney, Daniel Forcey, Björgvin Franz Gíslason, Darri Ingolfsson, Hilmar Guðjónsson, Jeremy Merrill, Jeremiah Bitsui, John Maloney, Dick 'Skip' Evans, Karl Gulledge, Michael Ahl, Brian Eric Alexander, Mark T Anderson, Erik Audé, David Block, Kyle S. Brown, Dale Caba, Brian Ceponis, Jean-Paul Chreky, Ali Costello, Michelle Cuneo, Jemma Evans, Paul Fahrenkopf, Pamela Fischer, Jason Frederick, Grétar Már Garðarsson, Katherine Hoskins Mackey, George Kardulias, Debbi Larkins, Halldór Magnússon, Jon Marshall, Theo Marshall, Nevin Millan, Mark A. Nash, Spiro Papas, Robin Reck, Matthew Schueller, Robert Shepherd, Guðmundur Karl Sigurdórsson, Chris Stinson, Vignir Jón Vignisson, Jesse G. Louis
Best audio release
International Warner Bros Blu-ray
International Warner Bros Blu-ray has a lossless PCM 5.1 track
About the film
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
- Alternative Titles
- Iwo Jima - Flags of Our Fathers
Warner Bros Blu-ray with TrueHD audio
Director: Clint Eastwood
Dolby Stereo mix
According to one source: "Best audio is the original dolby stereo that is included on the UHD Blu-ray. It sounds miles better than anything released on DVD, Blu-ray (they sound much more muffled), and when compared to the atmos...However, it's not without its faults, as WB had to spoil and boost it causing clipping, still it's the best audio available for the time being."
Director: Clint Eastwood
Director: John Boorman
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray and 2011/2013 Optimum Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Cineverse 4K Blu-ray announced with a new 4K restoration from the original negatives
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray and 2011/2013 Optimum Blu-ray both have issues, up to preference. UK Optimum/Japan Amuse Soft Blu-ray is better, Criterion is worse
Japan Amuse Soft Blu-ray is better encoded than the Optimum, is in the original 1.85 ratio, and has the original colors
Director: Arthur Penn
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored for US Cut; both US and International Cuts are 4K.
US Cut: 1999 WB DVD/Criterion 4K Blu-ray
No Blu-ray or DVD release until the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has presented the US in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The International Cut has never been presented in it's OAR of 1.66:1 in any home video releases.
The packaging on the back of the WB 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)/1999 WB R1 DVD
5.1 remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.
5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)
Director: Victor Fleming
3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
Director: Martin Rosen
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
More War on Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
> UK MoC 4K Blu-ray > Australia Imprint > US Kino Lorber better encoding
The MoC, Criterion and Imprint UHDs were encoded by FiM making all 3 very close. The higher bitrate helped in deciding and some luck; however Criterion is the most consistent one of all 3. Imprint has some scenes with more splotchy grain while MoC is quite close to Criterion but has some more blocking in dark scenes (e.g.: comp #27). With Criterion’s superior audio, it ensures complete consistency.
From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
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.
Mono: 1994 LaserDisc (marginally, unfiltered) or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (filtered)
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Liliana Cavani
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Anthony Mann
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Olive Blu-ray
Barebones Olive BD of a Paramount HD master. Visually it's solid overall with some moments of great clarity, primarily in the big outdoor and aviation sequences. Otherwise it shows its age.
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