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Reindeer Games – 4K UHD Blu-ray Screenshots
1999 film The General’s Daughter on 4K in March
Commissions Earned
The 1999 film The General’s Daughter will be released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on March 18th via KL Studio Classics. Simon West directed the film, which starred John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, James Woods, Leslie Stefanson, Clarence Williams III, Daniel von Bargen, Mark Boone Junior, John Beasley, Boyd Kestner, and John Frankenheimer.
The movie has received a new master from a 4K scan of the original camera negative. The tech specs for the 4K release include a 2160p video presentation in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision (or HDR10) form of high dynamic range and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless surround and lossless 2.0 stereo sound, on a BD-100 disc. The release will come as a “combo pack” with the Blu-ray Disc counterpart included.
The 4K UHD Blu-ray is not yet available for preorder at Amazon, but stay tuned for an update. You can already preorder directly from Kino Lorber’s website. The bonus materials included with the 4K release are listed below.
- Audio Commentary by Director Simon West (on 4K and Blu-ray)
- The General’s Daughter – Behind the Secrets: Featurette (19:46)
- 4 Deleted Scenes – Including Alternate Ending (10:02)
- Theatrical Trailer (2:31)
- Theatrical Teaser (1:09)
The 2000 film Reindeer Games on 4K in January
Commissions Earned
The 2000 film “Reindeer Games” will be released in two formats. It will be available on 4K UHD Blu-ray and Special Edition Blu-ray Disc. The release date is January 14th via KL Studio Classics. The film was directed by John Frankenheimer. It starred Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, and Gary Sinise. It also featured Dennis Farina, Clarence Williams III, Isaac Hayes, and Danny Trejo. Further roles included Donal Logue and James Frain.
The movie’s theatrical cut has received a new 4K master from a 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative. The tech specs for the 4K release include a 2160p video presentation of the theatrical cut in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision and HDR10 forms of high dynamic range and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround and lossless 2.0 sound, on a BD-100 disc. The tech specs for the Special Edition Blu-ray include a 1080p video presentation of the Director’s Cut in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 lossless sound, on a BD-50 disc. The Director’s Cut comes from an HD master. The 4K release will come as a “combo pack” with the Blu-ray Disc counterpart included.
UPDATED: You can now find the 4K UHD Blu-ray and Special Edition Blu-ray available for preorder at Amazon. You can preorder directly via Kino Lorber’s website. The bonus materials set to be included on this release are listed below.
- Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer (on 4K and Blu-ray)
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
1973 film “The Iceman Cometh” starring Lee Marvin is coming to Blu-ray in March
The 1973 John Frankenheimer directed film “The Iceman Cometh“ starring Lee Marvin is coming to Blu-ray Disc on March 26th, via Kino Classics (Kino Lorber). The film co-starred Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman, Juno Dawson, and Sorrell Booke.
Tech specs for the release have not yet been detailed but it is known that both the director’s cut and original theatrical cut of the film both have received new 2K restorations. The Blu-ray is already available to pre-order now over at Amazon. Bonus materials and the contents of this 2-disc set are listed below.
- Disc One: New 2K restoration of the complete 239-minute director’s cut with
optional English subtitles - Disc Two: New 2K restoration of the 178-minute theatrical version with optional English SDH subtitles
- Interview with Edie Landau
- “Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera,” a promotional film for the American Film Theatre
- Trailer Gallery