8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.1 |
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army and the Confederates.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi KennedyWar | 100% |
History | 97% |
Drama | 41% |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Region free
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Sony has released Director Edward Zwick's 1989 masterpiece 'Glory,' starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, and Andre Braugher, to the UHD format. This is the film's second release to the UHD format following Sony's 2019 HDR-only issue. This new release includes the same audio and extras as that 2019 disc but includes new Dolby Vision color grading and ships exclusively in a breathtaking SteelBook package.
Sony re-releases Glory to the UHD format with a 2160p transfer that now also includes Dolby Vision color grading; the previous release
featured only HDR color grading. First, a few words on the image's textural prowess. I didn't spot any night-and-day differences in making the
comparison between the two UHD releases. This one might squeeze out just a shade more potent clarity and textural realization, but it would seem
that, beyond the finest point examinations under the tightest scrutiny, one can call this area of the comparison a wash. And that's not a bad thing.
The
original 2019 UHD was stellar, and so is this one. Both offer a faithfully filmic appearance, and both are home to a very obvious grain structure that
never pushes to
overly intense but rather maintains a satisfying faithfulness throughout the film, with only modest spikes in intensity in the most challenging of
lighting and environments. The resultant image is very cinematic and captures the abundance of details to be found in every shot, scenes, and
sequence, whether showing the 54th in fresh Union uniforms with their
well-defined fabric elements and adornments, the frayed and bloody uniforms seen ahead of the Fort Wagner assault as the men amass on the beach,
or high caliber clarity on faces that show every pore and hair with razor accuracy. In short, both UHDs look tremendous.
The selling point here is, of course, and aside from the amazing SteelBook presentation (more on that below), the Dolby Vision color grading. Is this a
massive, monumental, game-changing presentation next to the HDR colors? No, but there's an obvious fine tuning at work here where the
Dolby Vision grading allows for that highly desirable frame-by-frame accuracy rather than the single sweep that HDR application entails. The result is
a
picture with even more realistic colors: healthier natural greens, superior skin tones, deeper blues on the Union uniforms, and the like. These are not,
as mentioned, radical changes, but viewers will appreciate how the new Dolby Vision color grading really gets Glory down to a science to
reveal
the very best that every single shot has to offer. Black levels are also slightly better, whites a touch brighter, and the result is not a game changer but
the absolute, hands-down best Glory has ever looked, and probably will look for quite some time. Add in the resplendent encode work and
the
perfect source elements that show nary a blemish, and this becomes a very highly desirable UHD that fans of this all-time classic will want to own as
quickly as possible.
This UHD includes the same Dolby Atmos soundtrack that was included on the 2019 UHD release. For a full audio review, please click here.
This UHD release of Glory contains the same extras as the previous UHD release. Most are on the Blu-ray, which is identical to Sony's 2009 release, while the UHD includes a picture-in-picture video commentary and a
trailer, the same extras from the 2019 UHD. See below for a list of what's included and please click here for more information.
UHD:
Glory just never fails to grab me and move me in many ways every time I watch it: the story, the acting, the score, the cinematography...it's a complete movie and one of my top two personal favorite films of all time. Sony's new UHD is stellar, not dramatically changing from the previous release but adding some welcome color depth and fine-tuning that makes this, along with a perfect SteelBook presentation, the definitive version of the film. It earns my highest recommendation.
2-Disc Special Edition
2006
Extended Director's Cut
2003
1995
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9 rota | Collector's Edition
2005
2006
1965
Director's Cut
1993
2001
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2012
1955
2017
2002
2011
Under Sandet
2015
Extended Director's Cut
2020
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