Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Fantasy, Adventure • 2h 13m
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Johnny Depp, Zoë Kravitz, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Carmen Ejogo, Josh Cowdery, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Gemma Chan, Peter Breitmayer, Kevin Guthrie, Sean Cronin, Sam Redford, Akin Gazi, Todd Boyce, Anne Wittman, Andreea Păduraru, Matthew Sim, Elizabeth Moynihan, Adam Lazarus, Lucie Pohl, Tim Bentinck, Bart Edwards, Brian F. Mulvey, Tristan Tait, Tom Clarke Hill, Cory Peterson, Jake Samuels, Max Cazier, Dan Hedaya, Christy Meyer, Guy Paul, Walles Hamonde, Dominique Tipper, Leo Heller, Miles Roughley, Erick Hayden, Paul Birchard, Tom Hodgkins, Ellie Haddington, Joseph Macnab, Martin Oelbermann, Richard Clothier, Christian Dixon, Richard Hardisty, Miquel Brown, Wunmi Mosaku, Cristian Solimeno, Matthew Wilson, Aretha Ayeh, Emmi, Nicholas McGaughey, Arinzé Kene, Jane Perry, Abi Adeyemi, Alphonso Austin, David J Biscoe, Lee Bolton, Neil Broome, Fanny Carbonnel, David Charles-Cully, Craig Davies, Chloe de Burgh, Paul Dewdney, Rudi Dharmalingam, Joshua Diffley, Richard Douglas, Henry Douthwaite, Dino Fazzani, Abigayle Honeywill, Attila G. Kerekes, Simon Kerrison, Dennis Good, Alan Mandel, Jorge Leon, Christine Marzano, Pete Meads, Dennis O'Donnell, Gino Picciano, Jason Redshaw, Dave Simon, Connor Sullivan, Dan Trotter, Morgan Walters, Anick Wiget, Reid Anderson, Tineke Ann Robson, Cinta Laura Kiehl, Annarie Boor, Finley Howard, Karl Farrer, Rich Hardisty, Nathan Benham
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Overview
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Original 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
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)
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (includes Extended Cut on regular Blu-ray)
Original theatrical 6.1 mix: 2009 Warner Bros Blu-ray Ultimate Edition (Theatrical Cut only)
Extended Cut 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS:X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
The film is titled Sorcerer's Stone in the US, India, and the Philippines.
Wizard's/Hogwarts Collection has all the bonus features for all the 8 films.
The lossless version of the original 6.1 mix is only available on the ultimate edition blu-ray not to be confused with the ultimate collectors edition blu-ray.
More Fantasy on Blu-ray
2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray announced for a November 25, 2026 release
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray
English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio, and 2003 DVD is a fake 5.1 upmix
Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals
English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan remastered LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection boxset
Director: F. W. Murnau
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray
Eureka with Murnau institute restoration featuring score based on original score, BFI uses Photoplay restoration with James Bernard score
Both Eureka and BFI Blu-rays are worthy of owning. Each restoration has unique positives and extras. The James Bernard score on the BFI is outstanding and the image tinting is different to how the Murnau institute official restoration was done. The Eureka MoC Blu-ray is stuffed with extras and remains one of the best-made Blu-rays of all time. Whatever you do: AVOID THE Kino Lorber Blu-ray!!! It uses the same Murnau institute restoration but drops frames for the whole feature - thus it loses a significant portion of the film! This was never acknowledged or addressed. The Kino Lorber Blu-ray remains one of the worst Blu-rays of all time for this reason.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
2026 Japan Studio Ghibli (remastered) Blu-ray
Only included as a pack-in with the 4K Blu-ray. Includes English subtitles and a dub, which the 4K Blu-ray does not.
Japan Studio Ghibli 4K Blu-ray
UK StudioCanal Blu-ray for the English dub
4K Blu-ray includes the original 5.1 mix in its unaltered form, all other releases after the LaserDisc had its dynamic range lowered.
For the English dub, the UK StudioCanal Blu-ray is the least limited mix.
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
See chris's review
1991 Daiei LaserDisc
Director: Guillermo del Toro
WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro
CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.
The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg
Director: James Cameron
Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)
Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling
Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling
An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908
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