International Blu-ray and UHD Discs

[Cosmic Bus]

Ipcress is region-free according to this very reliable listing. None of ITV's other Blu-rays were region-locked, either. I would like to see some caps from this one, though, before buying...

I'm a bit annoyed that Warner's lovely Quo Vadis is inexplicably being held off for five months in the US while being available in Japan right now.

[fdm]

Ipcress is region-free according to this very reliable listing. None of ITV's other Blu-rays were region-locked, either. I would like to see some caps from this one, though, before buying...

I'm a bit annoyed that Warner's lovely Quo Vadis is inexplicably being held off for five months in the US while being available in Japan right now.

Thanks for the website pointer... Yeah, apparently I'll be returning the Quo Vadis DVD I just ordered a couple of days ago, and waiting for that Blu. Went ahead earlier this morn and ordered Ipcress File; been some positive comments regarding it, and since I never quite got around to getting it on DVD, willing to chance it...

[Tutut]

I'm a bit annoyed that Warner's lovely Quo Vadis is inexplicably being held off for five months in the US while being available in Japan right now.

And available in Germany and France.

[manicsounds]

Kurosawa Blu-Ray 4 Disc Collection from Kadokawa
amazon jp

Includes:
Rashomon (Restored Edition) [also sold separately]
The Quiet Duel
Madadayo
Ran

Extras: 7 minute restoration on Rashomon, Theatrical Trailer in SD
That's All! Very skimpy extras considering the vast amount of material already produced for them.
Subtitles? dunno yet.

[Tutut]

Japanese subs only, according to Cdjapan about Rashomon.

Running Time: 88 minutes
Layers: single-sided/single-layered
Aspect Ratio(s): Standard
Mono
Subtitles: Japanese
Audio Track :
Japanese: Linear PCM Monaural

[yoshimori]

I read the french Wild at Heart has forced subs on the english track. Anyone have the disc and can confirm?

[yoshimori]

Added links for: 5 Easy Pieces (3.19 German release), Fanny and Alexander (Swedish release with English subs), Chen's The Promise (HK release), Haynes' I'm Not There (region free Scandinavian release), Kurosawax4 (2.6 Japanese release) and did some other clean-up.

[perkizitore]

I'm a bit annoyed that Warner's lovely Quo Vadis is inexplicably being held off for five months in the US while being available in Japan right now.

And available in Germany and France.

And in Italy too,with the same price as in France.Even in the UK it is being released earlier!

[Person]

5 Easy Pieces (3.19 German release)

Nice! The current SD DVD has a terrible transfer. I might order this, as I have been thinking about the film recently. The scene where Nicholson plays the piano on the truck is one of the great moments of freedom of expression in cinema.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Hi there,

and first, Happy XMas everybody and everywhere...

I would like to know if the only release from Kieslowski on Blu-Ray from which I've heard so far - Three Colors (Bleu-Blanc-Rouge) - Trikoloren, has been released ? or is it postponed (to when ?) or deleted ? ?

I can't find a test of these Blu-Ray box set

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Apparently the Scandinavian Fanny and Alexander BD is region-free.

[manicsounds]

Has anything of significance, or anything at all been released in Region C as of yet?

[Gary Tooze]

Apparently the Scandinavian Fanny and Alexander BD is region-free.

But, I believe, only the Swedish has English subs, not the Norwegian edition.
Best,
Gary

[Tutut]

The norwegian edition has english subs too.

Subtitles : swedish, norwegian, finnish, dutch, english

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

As Tears Go By is out in Hong Kong. No confirmation yet, but a few sources say it's region-free -- a safe bet anyway given Mega Star's track record.

Also, a correction: the HK Exiled is region-free, not Region A (regardless of what DVD Asian says).

Has anything of significance, or anything at all been released in Region C as of yet?

There are quite a few titles out in Russia, but mostly Hollywood stuff. The only domestic titles (AFAIK) are some karaoke discs and a single movie I've never heard of. Indian films seem to be doing a bit better; some Googling turns up BD releases of Om Shanti Om, Heyy Babyy, Saawariya (also out in the U.S.), Sivaji, and Jodhaa Akbar. I have no idea what any of these are, so someone else will have to speak to their "significance." China has no local BDs yet, but Sony has been importing their own discs into the country and selling those. We'll probably see some true Chinese BDs this year.

[Tutut]

French TF1 Video will release Polanski's Pirates on April 2 (region B).

[Rupert Pupkin]

hi there, is there somewhere a Blu-Ray release of some Atom Egoyan movies (already released, or planned )? I really hope that one day Exotica will be released on Blu-Ray (is it still Miramax which owns this title ?) This would be a major improvement considering the DVD z1 was non-anamorphic.

By the way, IMHO (and just in a picture-eye-candy-perspective) Where The Truth Lies really deserved an HD transfer... Too bad...

[tomfromgermany]

The Good the Bad & the Ugly out on Bluray in Germany in April

[Tutut]

I read the french Wild at Heart has forced subs on the english track. Anyone have the disc and can confirm?

Yes, there is no option in the menu to remove the subs when watching in english, and I could'nt remove them with the remote on the fly, Dead Man has the same problem.

[Don Lope de Aguirre]

No one seems to really use this thread any more (shame) but I wasn't sure where else to post this.

[denti alligator]

No one seems to really use this thread any more (shame) but I wasn't sure where else to post this.

That's coming to the US, too.

But there's a whole slate of interesting UK-only Blu-ray releases coming this fall, including single-disc (and affordable) releases of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, North by Northwest, Punch-Drunk Love, Heat, Belle de Jour, Contempt, and many more. Yes, we should update this thread.

[Michael Kerpan]

Is anyone keeping a list of all-region blu-ray releases issued outside the Region A area?

[gyorgys]

Is anyone keeping a list of all-region blu-ray releases issued outside the Region A area?

Perhaps this could be useful to you.

[Matt]

I wasn't sure where else to post this.

Here.

[brendanjc]

Punch Drunk Love and The New World (Extended Cut) will be released in the US by year's end. Warner has talked about North by Northwest a few times, I think they're doing another full restoration pass for its Blu-ray debut sometime next year. If the UK release uses the current SD-DVD transfer which is really filtered it's unlikely it'll be a big step up in detail, where the eventual Warner release should look great.

As far as finding region free discs, here's another decent list of films unavailable in the US released elsewhere. I've found a number of region-free discs with English subs that look interesting from Europe, the biggest issue I've had is that extras are usually PAL-encoded which my US player can't handle.