Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection has announced some upcoming titles set to be released in 4K UHD in November. These titles include Wild At Heart, The Silence of the Lambs, Marie Antoinette, Harold and Maude and KPop Demon Hunters. Another big release is the Philip Kaufman astronaut film, The Right Stuff. The Right Stuff sports and all-start cast that includes Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey and Pamela Reed. The new 4K Blu-ray is scheduled to hit retailers at the end of that month on November 24.
The Right Stuff 4K
The official description reads,
“An awe-inspiring salute to human achievement and the wonder of the unknown, this monumental account of the space race celebrates the pioneering pilots who took mankind beyond the bounds of Earth. From the quest that test pilot Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard) undertakes to break the sound barrier to the epochal voyages of the seven Mercury astronauts, including Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn) and John Glenn (Ed Harris), The Right Stuff vividly details the triumphs, setbacks, and clashes of personality in America’s burgeoning space program. Fusing astonishing practical effects with NASA archival footage to yield images of cosmic majesty, director Philip Kaufman reveals the combination of courage, competition, and fallibility behind America’s launch into orbit.”
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Caleb Deschanel, with 70 mm 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 2.0 surround and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the special features
- Archival interview excerpts with director Philip Kaufman from the Academy Film Archive’s Visual History program
- New programs on the film’s visual effects, sound design, and editing
- Archival programs Realizing “The Right Stuff,” T-20 Years and Counting, and The Real Men with “The Right Stuff”
- Selected-scene commentaries featuring Kaufman and members of the cast and crew
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
Some technical specs include:
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (with 1.37:1 for the prologue only).
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