STACK #201 Jul 2021

4K UHD HIGHLIGHTS

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4K UHD BEST-SELLERS for JUNE 2021

PSYCHO + THE BIRDS G ood evening. Alfred Hitchcock fans have been spoiled this year with 4K DISCS OF THE MONTH

version of the film that most know along with a slightly longer uncut version. The package

releases of Vertigo and Rear Window , and the treats keep on coming with two more of the Master of Suspense’s finest works arriving on 4K Ultra HD. The black-and-white Psycho (1960), possibly Hitchcock’s most known work, tells the tale of a secretary (Janet Leigh) who embezzles a large sum of money and, on the run, checks into a hotel that she probably shouldn’t have... We’re being treated to an HDR-enhanced native 4K transfer, featuring the

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small Californian town where birds of all kinds take an instant dislike to her…We’re back in gorgeous Technicolor here, with another HDR-enhanced native 4K transfer. The original mono soundtrack is delivered via uncompressed DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and extra features include a deleted scene, original ending, and 80-minute documentary All About The Birds . Out July 7 .

audio mix – that infamous shower scene, with Bernard Herrmann’s chilling string stabs, will have never sounded so good – and a choice selection of extras, including the superb movie-length documentary The Making of Psycho . One of Hitchcock’s most referenced works is The Birds (1963), starring Tippi Hedren as a socialite who travels to a

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COMING SOON

SPACE JAM 25 years ago, basketball star Michael Jordan teamed up with Looney Tunes’ finest to defeat aliens intent on enslaving the beloved cartoon characters in a theme park. Now, coinciding

WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle’s superb triple Oscar- winning drama about a jazz drumming student (Miles Teller) and his overbearing, perfectionist teacher

There’s something for everybody on 4K in August, kicking off with the weird, wild and wonderful Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory . Gene Wilder’s top performance as Roald Dahl’s titular character will arrive in native 4K, with HDR enhancement. One that definitely isn’t for the kids is Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct . It too is set to arrive with a native 4K transfer, fully restored from the original 35mm film negative, and it’s the full-length uncut version with, erm, all the naughty bits. Finally, there’s legendary director Akira Kurosawa’s epic take on Shakespeare’s King Lear (but set in 16th century Japan), Ran , once again in native 4K.

(J.K. Simmons) receives a long- awaited release on 4K Ultra HD, with HDR-bolstered vision. That’s accompanied by a brand-new Dolby Atmos audio track that’s set to let all the incredible music throughout the film really shine from all angles. Out July 7

with the cinema release of Space Jam: A New Legacy this month, the original heads to 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Atmos sound and a bunch of extras, including a commentary with Bugs, Daffy and director Joe Pytka. Out July 7

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