Eagle Pictures
31 Films
Eagle Pictures
31 Included Films
Eagle Pictures S.p.A is an Italian label featuring the 4Kult label
Aliases: eagle, eagle pictures
Type: Label/Studio/Platform
Director: Fritz Lang
Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps
Director: Fritz Lang
Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps
Director: Federico Fellini
Director: Federico Fellini
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
2023 Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray: color is fine
2023 Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray: color is fine
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
2023 Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray: color is fine
2023 Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray: color is fine
Theatrical: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray
Redux: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?
Final: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures
Theatrical Cut: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Redux Cut: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?
Final Cut: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures, both are not great (visible chroma noise)
Theatrical: Germany 4K Blu-ray/US Blu-ray DD 5.1 (1979 mix)
In the Lionsgate US/UK 6-disc set, there are 4 discs of the main feature. For whatever reason, the 4K discs lack the *original track. The Germany 4K Blu-ray release is different on this matter.
UBD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
UBD: Redux/Theatrical: Atmos
BD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
BD: Redux/Theatrical: Dtru5.1 (Redux mix?), DD5.1 (?), DD5.1 (Theatrical only), DD2.0 (downmix??)
As a result the Theatrical Cut has 4 tracks, The Redux has 3. Differences are unclear.
BD: Hearts of Darkness
BD: Special Features
Theatrical: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray
Redux: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?
Final: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures
Theatrical Cut: Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > US Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Redux Cut: Lionsgate vs Eagle Pictures?
Final Cut: Lionsgate or Eagle Pictures, both are not great (visible chroma noise)
Theatrical: Germany 4K Blu-ray/US Blu-ray DD 5.1 (1979 mix)
In the Lionsgate US/UK 6-disc set, there are 4 discs of the main feature. For whatever reason, the 4K discs lack the *original track. The Germany 4K Blu-ray release is different on this matter.
UBD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
UBD: Redux/Theatrical: Atmos
BD: Final Cut: Atmos, DD2.0
BD: Redux/Theatrical: Dtru5.1 (Redux mix?), DD5.1 (?), DD5.1 (Theatrical only), DD2.0 (downmix??)
As a result the Theatrical Cut has 4 tracks, The Redux has 3. Differences are unclear.
BD: Hearts of Darkness
BD: Special Features
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Shout Factory has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
2.0: Shout Factory > StudioCanal. Italy Eagle Pictures doesn't have it.
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Shout Factory has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
2.0: Shout Factory > StudioCanal. Italy Eagle Pictures doesn't have it.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
251 min cut (Extended): Fox Blu-ray. Eagle Pictures has forced Italy subs in some parts
Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray from nic's review. Will wait for the caps to decide whether it's better than previous Blu-ray
Some definitely messed with it as there’s grain management going on that resulted in magnetic, squishy grain movement. Both cuts (4K discs) are affected and it doesn’t look like an encoding issue to me as the bitrates don’t drop down to single digits á la Paramount or StudioCanal. During opticals, the lowest I’ve noted on the Extended 4K was around 30 MB/s vs. ~5 MB/s more for the theatrical cut.
Darker scenes are mostly (but not always) better but when it gets brighter, particularly in exteriors or scenes like the Jennifer Connelly dance scene at minute 38, I can’t unsee the digital tinkering as it does some damage texturally.
I compared it with the Eagle Pictures and Warner Bros Fox Blu-ray of the extended cut and they all look fine without grain management like that. Eagle Pictures’s Blu-ray is an older one if anyone’s curious and credited to another authoring house than 64Biz, which did the 4K.
Other than that, except for some encoding-related chroma noise that peeks through in the DV layer, Eagle Pictures did everything right. They corrected the framing to 1.85, kept the original English titles, the English restoration note, subtitles, HDR/DV is gentle and respectful of the source black levels are better than on the Warner Bros/Fox Blu-ray. Without that grain management, this would’ve been the all-timer release we all longed for.
251 min cut: Fox Blu-ray (24-bit, Eagle Pictures is 16-bit, not audible)
229 min cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc (missing 2 minutes, but original mono mix was never released on DVD/Blu-ray)
Extended edition adds scenes cut from the theatrical, but from a much lower quality source. It's intended to approximate the original cut, but to what extent that is true is debatable.
US theatrical cut is infamously bad, was panned at release and never re-released on home video.
251 min cut (Extended): Fox Blu-ray. Eagle Pictures has forced Italy subs in some parts
Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray from nic's review. Will wait for the caps to decide whether it's better than previous Blu-ray
Some definitely messed with it as there’s grain management going on that resulted in magnetic, squishy grain movement. Both cuts (4K discs) are affected and it doesn’t look like an encoding issue to me as the bitrates don’t drop down to single digits á la Paramount or StudioCanal. During opticals, the lowest I’ve noted on the Extended 4K was around 30 MB/s vs. ~5 MB/s more for the theatrical cut.
Darker scenes are mostly (but not always) better but when it gets brighter, particularly in exteriors or scenes like the Jennifer Connelly dance scene at minute 38, I can’t unsee the digital tinkering as it does some damage texturally.
I compared it with the Eagle Pictures and Warner Bros Fox Blu-ray of the extended cut and they all look fine without grain management like that. Eagle Pictures’s Blu-ray is an older one if anyone’s curious and credited to another authoring house than 64Biz, which did the 4K.
Other than that, except for some encoding-related chroma noise that peeks through in the DV layer, Eagle Pictures did everything right. They corrected the framing to 1.85, kept the original English titles, the English restoration note, subtitles, HDR/DV is gentle and respectful of the source black levels are better than on the Warner Bros/Fox Blu-ray. Without that grain management, this would’ve been the all-timer release we all longed for.
251 min cut: Fox Blu-ray (24-bit, Eagle Pictures is 16-bit, not audible)
229 min cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc (missing 2 minutes, but original mono mix was never released on DVD/Blu-ray)
Extended edition adds scenes cut from the theatrical, but from a much lower quality source. It's intended to approximate the original cut, but to what extent that is true is debatable.
US theatrical cut is infamously bad, was panned at release and never re-released on home video.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray >StudioCanal Britain (slightly better encoding on Eagle?)
The US Criterion DVD has some unique supplements with 2.0 surround audio - this release contains Japan end titles.
The Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray has some exclusive features with 4.0 audio (though the release is not English-friendly)- this release contains Japan end titles.
The StudioCanal releases contain France end titles - while their 4K Blu-ray releases contain identical features.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray >StudioCanal Britain (slightly better encoding on Eagle?)
The US Criterion DVD has some unique supplements with 2.0 surround audio - this release contains Japan end titles.
The Japan 4K Restoration Blu-ray has some exclusive features with 4.0 audio (though the release is not English-friendly)- this release contains Japan end titles.
The StudioCanal releases contain France end titles - while their 4K Blu-ray releases contain identical features.
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal
Director: Roman Polanski
2023 Italy Eagle Pictures Blu-ray
Director: Roman Polanski
2023 Italy Eagle Pictures Blu-ray
Director: Alan Parker
Director: Alan Parker
Director: Sam Raimi
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Lionsgate/StudioCanal has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
Director: Sam Raimi
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Lionsgate/StudioCanal has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
Director: Peter MacDonald
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal but no forced subs on non-English dialogue
Director: Peter MacDonald
A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal but no forced subs on non-English dialogue
Director: Walter Hill
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal
Director: Walter Hill
Eagle Pictures Italy > StudioCanal Britain, better compression than StudioCanal
Director: John Carpenter
Pick your poison between the 3 UHDs or maybe the remastered Shout Factory Blu-ray?
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has consistently mediocre encoding + no original audio. StudioCanal encoding is better a lot of the time, but is terrible in others. Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has good encoding but wrong colour space
Director: John Carpenter
Pick your poison between the 3 UHDs or maybe the remastered Shout Factory Blu-ray?
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has consistently mediocre encoding + no original audio. StudioCanal encoding is better a lot of the time, but is terrible in others. Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray has good encoding but wrong colour space
Director: John Flynn
Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: better compression than StudioCanal
Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: better compression than StudioCanal
Director: John Flynn
Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: better compression than StudioCanal
Eagle Pictures Italy 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: better compression than StudioCanal
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray > Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray > Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Director: Renny Harlin
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has better compression than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray, green-ish SC master that restores some blown-out highlights compared to the Sony master, but bad HDR10 compression (details). The 2023 Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook has different grading and Dolby Vision that some may prefer, good encoding, but heavy DNR for about 15% of the runtime.
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has better compression than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray, green-ish SC master that restores some blown-out highlights compared to the Sony master, but bad HDR10 compression (details). The 2023 Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook has different grading and Dolby Vision that some may prefer, good encoding, but heavy DNR for about 15% of the runtime.
Pick your poison between Eagle Pictures or Sony.
Director: Renny Harlin
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has better compression than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray, green-ish SC master that restores some blown-out highlights compared to the Sony master, but bad HDR10 compression (details). The 2023 Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook has different grading and Dolby Vision that some may prefer, good encoding, but heavy DNR for about 15% of the runtime.
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has better compression than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray, green-ish SC master that restores some blown-out highlights compared to the Sony master, but bad HDR10 compression (details). The 2023 Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook has different grading and Dolby Vision that some may prefer, good encoding, but heavy DNR for about 15% of the runtime.
Pick your poison between Eagle Pictures or Sony.
31 films