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And what I find most pleasing is the impact of HDR—shadows are just a little deeper, yet retain detail, while the highlights have a more natural shine. Winner of 8 Academy Awards ® including Best Picture, Best Director (Richard Attenborough) and Best Actor (Sir Ben Kingsley), GANDHI’s highly acclaimed cast also includes Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Sir John Gielgud, Roshan Seth and Martin Sheen.As you can see, this is the exact same content found on both special features discs from the 2012 Blu-ray set. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia to Ultra HD Blu-ray as a four-disc combo pack with a flyer for a Digital Copy, which can be redeemed via sonypictures. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. The climactic battle at 3-hours and 18-minutes is also one of most visually stunning moments in the film. It’s a home run with this hilarious and beloved comedy, starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna.

Just shy of its 60th Anniversary, the film rides into 4K Ultra HD with a magnificent, reference-quality Dolby Vision HDR presentation and a riveting Dolby Atmos soundtrack, providing cinephiles not only with an appreciable upgrade over its Blu-ray counterpart but also with the most beautiful home video edition of the classic ever. Although still maintaining a very front-heavy presentation, the extra breathing room allows for various audio effects to better discretely travel into the surround channels. Dialogue is clean, tonal quality is robust, and the occasional sound effects that require it have solid bass and heft (the train explosions, for example).impresses the Prince a great deal with his honesty, intelligence, grasp of Arabian culture, and respect for the Arabs' ways.

E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness) and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. E. Lawrence hit its peak during the late 1930s and ‘40s after his death, says film historian Adrian Turner. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of The Digital Bits, Inc. At startup, the disc goes straight to a static main screen with the usual options along the bottom while music plays in the background.Only Sergei Bondarchuk’s lesser-known (and until recently seldom-seen) War and Peace (1966-67) is of greater scale as a film production. Academy Award ® and Oscar ® are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2012, a new digital restoration was completed by Sony featuring an 8K scan of the original 65mm negative (at the proper 2. Receiving a total of eleven 1939 Oscar® nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director), and winning one (Best Writing, Original Story), MR. The native 4K transfer showcases sharper, better-defined details from start to finish, exposing the intricate stitching and threading in the costumes.

If you’re running on an OLED, please do check settings, as certain levels between HDR and DV may not coincide. Regarded by many as one of the greatest films ever made, David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia is remarkable for a number of reasons. Complementing the spellbindingly beautiful video presentation is a riveting Dolby Atmos soundtrack, offering a dramatic improvement over its DTS-HD MA counterpart, which is also included on the disc for comparison.The film is presented over two discs and the added room really allows the 4K image to breathe, lending a greater dimensionality to the presentation. Film, which has faced a shortage in recent years, is being championed by major directors including Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has provided us with a promotional trailer for its upcoming Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 1 4K Blu-ray. E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. This holds true for some of the ambient sound and dialogue but also for the Oscar-nominated music score by Maurice Jarre that almost sits you in the middle of the orchestra.