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Sony Pictures | 1986 | 89 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2019

Stand by Me 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

8.3
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users4.3 of 54.3
Reviewer4.5 of 54.5
Overall4.3 of 54.3

Overview

Stand by Me 4K (1986)

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland
Narrator: Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Rob Reiner

Coming of age100%
Teen85%
Drama27%
AdventureInsignificant

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby Atmos
    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
    Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1
    German: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Polish VO, Spanish Castilian and Latin American, All Dolby Atmos tracks have a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit) core

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    4K Ultra HD

  • Packaging

    Slipcover in original pressing

  • Playback

    Region free 

Review

Rating summary

Movie5.0 of 55.0
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.5 of 54.5
Extras4.5 of 54.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman August 21, 2019

Sony has released Director Rob Reiner's 1986 classic 'Stand By Me' to the UHD format. The new UHD disc includes 2160p/HDR video, Dolby Atmos audio, and a new collection of deleted and alternate scenes presented in 1080p. The bundled Blu-ray, which is identical to that which Sony released in 2011, carries over all of the legacy BD supplemental content.


The big news in the small town of Castle Rock, Oregon is of the disappearance of a young local named Ray Brower. Officials are stumped as to his whereabouts, and it's not clear whether he's dead or alive. A young boy, Vern Tessio (Jerry O'Connell), overhears his older brother speaking about the case; Vern's brother, it would seem, has come into a reliable and juicy bit of Brower information: the boy was apparently struck by a train and killed while picking berries outside of town. Vern hurriedly tells his three best friends: Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman), Chris Chambers (River Phoenix), and Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton). The quartet chooses to make a go of finding young Brower's body in hopes of becoming local heroes; they concoct a story that will satisfy their parents and set out on their journey. Of course it proves a bit more challenging than they anticipated, not in terms of physical exertion but instead the sudden onset of life realities, the kind of which they had never before experienced nor anticipated; theirs is a quest that will reveal what it means to be alive, even as they willfully seek out death.

For a full film review, please click here.


Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.

Stand by Me shines on UHD courtesy of Sony's brilliant 2160p/HDR presentation. The HDR color enhancement reinvigorates the movie. White luminance is striking right out of the gate. "Columbia Pictures Presents" and the film's title blast good, clean intensity against a richly dark background. The Blu-ray looks comparatively milky and flat, both these white titles and the entirety of the picture to follow. Gone here is that creamy look, replaced by a more stabilized, crisper, brighter, more intense palette that brings out extreme blues from skies and greens from nature. Period clothes and rewarding 1950s locales, whether the Lachance home or a local convenience store, are amongst the newly improved color highlights, but it's really the natural world that is the HDR's greatest fine-tuning accomplishment. Skin tone depth is greatly improved, as are black levels. There's a vibrance to the picture that renews it without altering it. Colors are more intense, more deep and true, reinforcing the movie's color structure rather than redefining it.

The 2160p resolution brings a new dimension to the movie's sharpness and textural presentation as well. Clarity of rocks along the tracks, period attire, grasses and weeds, rusty old odds and ends around the junkyard, everything finds a more agreeable, organic feel for tactical definition. Facial textures enjoy more agreeable clarity and visibility of various prosthetics, like Teddy's burned ear or a scar around the eye belonging to one of Ace's friends. There's a depth to the picture that's missing on the Blu-ray (particularly evident in long, expansive shots along the boys' journey), a natural, filmic sharpness that is accentuated by the added resolution. Grain is maintained for the duration, admittedly a bit dense and noisy at times but largely healthy and flattering to the production. This is another knockout UHD presentation from Sony.


Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.5 of 5

Stand by Me features a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, which one might consider to be overkill for a film with few opportunities to sonically shine, but it's actually quite a nice and well-rounded complimentary presentation. The first notes of Jack Nitzsche's score, the theme arranged from the song from which the film derives its title, are wonderfully detailed and gently immersive, folding in rear and overhead usage in a tasteful manner that adds to the airy quality rather than overwhelming it. The track is without many opportunities for major stage expansion or detailed, low end effects. A train rumbles by in chapter four, the one Teddy is eager to dodge. There's not a feel of massive weight but there is good movement through the stage as it approaches, rushes by, and fades off to the right, an effect that is essentially recreated in chapter seven. There is not a mammoth subwoofer engagement here, but there's enough low end push to enhance the drama in both instances. The Atmos configuration helps to better define the various environmental effects -- singing birds, rustling leaves, crackling fires at night, light blowing winds as the boys cross the train track bridge in chapter seven -- that give a critical feel for the wooded environments through which the boys travel. There are few truly distinct overhead components but the added opportunity to expand the stage helps to subtly, gently draw the listener into the surrounding serenity. Dialogue is the sonic driver; it's true to its natural front-center position. Clarity and prioritization delver without flaw or failure.

Sony has also included DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and mono English presentations in addition to a myriad of additional dubbed language and subtitle options, both greatly expanded from the previous Blu-ray.


Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  4.5 of 5

Stand by Me's UHD disc includes several new deleted and alternate scenes. The bundled Blu-ray is identical to that which Sony released in 2011. Below is a listing of the new deleted scenes and the extras from the included Blu-ray. For full Blu-ray supplemental coverage, please click here. This release ships with a non-embossed slipcover.

UHD:

  • NEW! Deleted & Alternate Scenes (1080p): Included are End of Scene 6 'Through the Fence' (0:18), Scenes 8-12 'Boys Get Ready to Leave' (2:36), Scene 40 'Am I Weird?' (0:42), Scene 40 'Chris' Final Speech' (0:31), Scene 45 'Train Trestle' (1:25), Scene 49 'Smell Hit the Crowd' (0:11), Scene 94 'Goodbye Looks' (0:26), and Scene 98 'Ending' (0:47).


Blu-ray:

  • 25 Years Later: A Picture-in-Picture Commentary Retrospective
  • Audio Commentary
  • Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand By Me
  • Stand By Me Music Video
  • Previews


Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.5 of 5

Stand By Me stands as one of the giants of the 1980s, a quintessential coming-of-age classic that is also one of the rare examples of a film besting the source story, a particularly noteworthy accomplishment considering it comes from the mind and pen of Stephen King. Sony's new UHD is terrific, delivering stellar 2160p/HDR video and a quality Dolby Atmos soundtrack. The UHD disc adds a few deleted and alternate scenes on top of the carryover extras found on the bundled Blu-ray, which is identical to the 2011 disc. This UHD release of Stand By Me earns my highest recommendation.