A Hard Day’s Night in 4k
A HARD DAYS NIGHT 4K ULTRA HD 2021
A Hard Day’s Night to be re-released in high definition in 2021
The first film starring the Beatles, “A Hard Days Night”, will be released on January 30, 2021 in 4K Ultra HD + 2 Blu-ray, according to Amazon in Japan. Since it was already out in 4K in 2014 with a remade soundtrack by Giles Martin, the new release just adds another disc format. Ultra HD Blu-ray (marketed as 4K Ultra HD) (UHD-BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are incompatible with existing standard Blu-ray players (though in most cases, a traditional Blu-ray and digital copy has been packaged with the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs). Ultra HD Blu-ray supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 pixel resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 progressive frames per second,[2] encoded using High Efficiency Video Coding. So that’s the difference, we assume.
It appears to be a box with 3 discs and more:
– 16 pages (booklet?) + mini photo collection
– 48 pages (book? script?)
DISC 1 :A Hard Day’s Night (4K Ultra HD) (87 minutes) plus trailer
audio options:
1. L-PCM Stereo
2. L-PCM Mono
3. DTS-HD 5.1 Surround
4. Audio commentary L-PCM Mono
DISC 2 :A Hard Day’s Night (Blu-ray) (87 minutes) plus trailer
audio options:
1. L-PCM Stereo
2. L-PCM Mono
3. DTS-HD 5.1 Surround
4. Audio commentary L-PCM Mono
DISC 3: Extras (Blu-ray) (3 Hours and 10 Minutes)
1. You Can’t Do That！ The Making of A Hard Day’s Night
2. Things They Said Today
3. The Beatles: The Road to A Hard Day’s Night
4. In Their Own Voices: The Beatles on A Hard Day’s Night
5. Anatomy of a Style
6. Picturewise
7. Trailer
Audio:
1. L-PCM Stereo
The shirt and box are from a promotion at Ward Records in Japan
There is also going to be regular standard Blu-ray and DVD editions again.
And just how much will the 4K set be?
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13.200 Yen, which translates to 127 USD or 95 GBP or 107 EUR
Well at least it comes with a T-shirt. But probably only in size Small
“Since it was already out in 4K in 2014…” ‘Out?’ Who could buy it in 2014? Was it only broadcast? Streamed? Was it available for purchase? A little clarity would be appreciated.
Available on blu-ray and dvd by various companies, depending on country. In the USA it was Criterion: https://www.criterion.com/films/28547-a-hard-day-s-night
As Karl pointed out, this was NOT released in 4K. It was EDITED in 4K and then down-sampled for Blu-ray. Huge difference.
even though the 2014 release was scanned in 4k, a blu-ray disc isn’t capable of full 4k. So the 2014 release was a 1080p disc of a 4K scan. The UHD disc will enable the movie to actually be seen in full 4K resolution. Can’t wait to see this!
i need this, then the 8k version, then the 16k. i heard George Martin’s great grand son will doing the 10th re-master of the audio.
If it is coming from Japan, will it be region coded? I don’t have a 4K player (yet), but want to make sure it will play in the States.
Does the 4K have an HDR format or not? If so, is it HDR 10 or Dolby Vision?
So we’re in long past that release date and still no 4K release.
Friends on Facebook have received it!