7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Unemployed engineer Mark Thackeray reluctantly takes a teaching job in a working-class London high school. His unruly students assume they'll easily gain the upper hand, but Thackeray has other ideas. Eventually he wins the students over, changing their lives -- and his -- in the process.
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts (I), Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, LuluDrama | 100% |
Teen | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (192 kbps)
German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (192 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (192 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Thai
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 5.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Sony has released the classic 1967 film 'To Sir, With Love,' starring Sidney Poitier, directed by James Clavell, to Blu-ray. At time of writing, this Blu-ray disc is exclusive to the third volume of the prestigious 'Columbia Classics Collection' boxed set, where a UHD copy of the film, and five other films, are included. The film was previously released to Blu-ray by Twilight Time in 2015, a disc which is now out of print. Much of the content is either newly produced or new to Blu-ray. Some of the Twilight Time extras carry over. Also included is new 1080p video sourced from the 4K master and mono lossless audio.
There is little to say beyond "exceptional." Sony's 1080p Blu-ray release of To Sir, With Love, which is sourced from the 4K master, looks fantastic. The picture is, unsurprisingly, perfectly filmic, boasting a handsome and healthy grain structure that preserves the natural filmic integrity and provides a pleasing cinematic texturing for home viewing. Details are razor sharp. Viewers will note, of course, every skin and hair detail, fine textures on clothes, and perhaps most impressively the fine wear and structural details around the classroom, where much of the movie takes place. No wooden desk, wall poster, or other element escapes the Blu-ray's notice. Colors are healthy and firm with good density, pop, and stability. White levels are crisp (Thackeray's dress shirt) and black levels and shadow details are great. Skin tones look natural, too. There are no source or encode problems. This is a wonderful effort from Sony.
Sony brings To Sir, With Love to Blu-ray with a rather straightforward DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The sound design offers little in terms of massive stage engagement; the presentation folds in occasionally brief and supportive surround ambience but most of the content holds steady across the front. As with a movie of this nature, it is not surprising that dialogue dominates, that it is nicely clear, and that it is center positioned. A few effects -- a desk crashing early in the film -- present with capable, though hardly full bodied and transparently realist, detail, which is about par for the course for a film of this style and what is its rather meager original sound design. Music finds some nice body, though clarity is somewhat lacking, limited more by the original recording parameters and less the audio encode itself (listen to the 10:20 mark for an example). Overall, this is a front heavy experience but one that certainly does well to present the content for all that it's worth within the original parameters.
This Blu-ray release of To Sir, With Love includes most of the extras from the Twilight Time release and some that are new to Blu-ray.
Coverage
of the carryover content can be found by clicking here. New content (which is both newly produced and new
to Blu-ray) is marked as such and briefly reviewed below. As it ships in the above-linked "Columbia Classics" boxed set,
a
slipcover and a digital copy code are included.
To Sir, With Love is one of the great classroom films of all time, and it has certainly received a proper treatment here. The Blu-ray looks spectacular, and the audio is very good. An incredible assortment of bonus features is also included. As it ships in the above-linked third volume of the Columbia Classics Collection, To Sir, With Love comes very highly recommended.
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