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(aka "Die Unglaublichen" or "De Utrolige" or "Hum Hai Laajawab")
directed by Brad Bird
USA 2004
“Do it... Do it, man... because this is gonna be so
awesome if we get it right.” (Brad Bird)
Trained Disney animator, Bird made a name for himself as the creative
consultant on first ”The Simpsons”, then later on ”The Critic” and ”King
of the Hill”. What Bird added to “The Simpsons” was not only a distinct
style and wit, but references to just about anything. An example: The
entire “Shining” episode was composed in symmetric wide-angle shots,
because that was what Kubrick did. As “The Simpsons” during Bird became
the most seen animated show ever and was hailed as our generations “The
Flintstones”, Bird took the consequence and opened the “Springfield
Monorail” episode with Homer imitating Fred and singing his version of
the Flintstones theme. |
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Theatrical Release: October 27, 2004 (London Film Festival)
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Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for the DVD Review!
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Runtime | 1:50:37 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:55:25.834 |
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2.40:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 43,681,679,904 bytes Feature: 29,893,386,240 bytes Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Total Video Bitrate: 24.13 Mbps |
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Audio | 5.1 Dolby Digital English, 5.1 Dolby Digital Danish, Norwegian, Slovenian (dub) |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3834 kbps 5.1-ES / 48 kHz
/ 3834 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps /
24-bit) Dolby Digital EX Audio French 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps Dolby Digital EX Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps Dolby Digital EX Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps Dolby Digital EX Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / Dolby Surround Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / Dolby Surround Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -4dB |
Subtitles | English, Danish, Norwegian, Slovenian, None | English (SDH), French, Spanish, None |
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Release Information: Studio: Disney Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 33 |
Release Information: Studio: Disney
1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 43,681,679,904 bytes Feature: 29,893,386,240 bytes Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Total Video Bitrate: 24.13 Mbps
Edition Details: Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 32 |
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The below
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disc. ADDITION: Buena Vista - Region FREE - Blu-ray (April 2011): I don't think we need to spill over with the superlatives. Simply put - this is a perfect looking and sounding Blu-ray. Period. The image doesn't have a pixel out of place - colors are tight and richer than SD could support. It is essentially flawless in every area. Audio is as perfect with a brilliant DTS-HD Master 5.1 at 3834 kbps. Plenty of effect separations and the Bond-esque themes fill the room with buoyant bass and resounding depth. This is my favorite Pixar film - by quite a wide margin. I've used the airplane scene to show case to friends and will continue to do that with the improved Blu-ray resolution and lossless audio - making it a super go-to demo disc. The package includes 4 discs - a Blu-ray of the film with the commentaries and some extras and a 2nd Blu-ray of more supplements - included as 'new' are listed and described below;- The Incredibles Revisited: A roundtable discussion
with Writer/Director Brad Bird, Producer John Walker, Story Supervisor Mark
Andrews, Supervising Technical Director Rick Sayre, Production Designer Lou
Romano, Character Designer Teddy Newton, and Supervising Animator Tony Fucile.
There is also a DVD and digital copy included. In our 'Sifting Hope from Hype' article HERE I described The Incredibles as 'The archetypal family has never been so succinctly represented right down to the 2.5 kids. But the twist is that these characters are a family of secret-identity superheroes forced to legally live a quiet suburban life... but of course, circumstances steer another course. This film has so many strengths including three of the best female characters in any film of the past 10 years, but the soundtrack, with riffs from Matt Helm to James Bond, is one of the key elements to its perfect atmospheric enjoyment. Kudos to Pixar for not including (again) the droning nasal crooning of Randy Newman (nephew to the great film score icon Alfred Newman). The animation and voices (Holly Hunter especially) are spot-on and at its core the film deals with universal family issues including mid-life crisis, jealousies, selfless motherhood, precocious pre-teen acceptance, power, friendship and the importance of that precious nuclear unit. Set for an obvious and much desired sequel - THIS is the most equalized adult-appealing-children's-film ever created. And thank goodness it is so re-watchable as my son has forced me to see it over 40 times (I'm not exaggerating!).' Our highest recommendation. Buy this package. ***
ON THE DVD: This is an 'incredible' DVD edition.
Reference and demonstration quality. The image is completely
flawless. A perfect direct-digital transfer. One of the best DVDs of
the year. |
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