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The 1996 film Daylight comes to 4K in March

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Justin Sluss

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The 1996 film “Daylight” will be released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on March 11th via KL Studio Classics. Rob Cohen directed the film. It starred Sylvester Stallone, Viggo Mortensen, Amy Brenneman, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Renoly Santiago, and Sage Stallone.

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 1.85:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision (or HDR10) and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround and lossless 2.0 stereo sound, on a BD-100 disc. The release will come as a “combo pack” with its Blu-ray Disc counterpart included.

The 4K UHD Blu-ray is not available for preorder at Amazon yet but stay tuned for an update. You can preorder directly from Kino Lorber’s website. The bonus materials set to be included with the release are listed below.

Audio Commentary by Director Rob Cohen (on 4K and Blu-ray)
The Making of Daylight (33:28)
EPK Featurette (6:26)
Whenever There Is Love: Music Video by Donna Summer and Bruce Roberts (4:31)
Theatrical Trailers (4:31)

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Dragon The Bruce Lee Story comes to 4K in November

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Justin Sluss

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The 1993 film “Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee” is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on November 26th via Shout! Studios. The film was directed by Rob Cohen and starred Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, and Robert Wagner.

This comes from a new 4K transfer from the original 35mm camera negative. The tech specs for the 4K release include a 2160p video presentation in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision and HDR10 forms of high dynamic range with sound format and configuration TBA (to be announced). You can find the 4K UHD Blu-ray available for preorder at Amazon, as well as at online retailer GRUV, and directly from Shout! Factory’s website. The bonus materials set to be included are listed below.

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

Audio Commentary With Director Rob Cohen

DISC TWO (Blu-ray):

Audio Commentary With Director Rob Cohen
Archival Introduction from Linda Lee Cadwell
The Making of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Jason Scott Lee Screen Test
Bruce Lee Interview
Storyboards
Production Photo Gallery
Bruce Lee Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

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“Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection” on 4K in June

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Justin Sluss

The “Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection“ is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on June 11th via Universal, according to an early alert to retailers. This 17-disc box set will include the first 8 movies in the film franchise, listed below.

The Fast and the Furious (2001)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Fast Five (2011)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Furious 7 (2015)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Tech specs for the films all include 2160p 4K video with HDR10 form of High Dynamic Range (mostly in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio) with DTS:X sound. This will be a “combo pack” set meaning that each film will get its original Blu-ray Disc counterpart with its original bonus materials as well as a digital copy of each film (compatible with Movies Anywhere) included. The first four films will include just the theatrical PG-13 versions while the latter four films will include the extended versions – on the 4K disc. The 4K UHD Blu-ray box set is available to pre-order over at Amazon. The final disc in the set is an exclusive (identical to that found on the 2017 Blu-ray Disc set) and it includes the following bonus materials: