



Dunkirk 4K Blu-ray Posted October 24, 2017 05:31 PM by



4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray director Christopher Nolan's film Dunkirk (2017), starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, and Aneurin Barnard. The two releases will be available for purchase on December 19.



Nolan directed Dunkirk from his own original screenplay, utilizing a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film to bring the story to the screen. The film was partially shot on location on the beaches of Dunkirk, France, where the actual events unfolded.



Said director Christopher Nolan, "I'm excited to be releasing Dunkirk on 4K Blu-ray with HDR. The film was shot entirely on the highest definition IMAX and 65mm film and this fantastic new format, with its increased resolution and superior color reproduction is able to maximize Dunkirk's impact in the home."



Dunkirk was produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, with Jake Myers serving as executive producer. The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Lee Smith, costume designer Jeffrey Kurland, visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson and special effects supervisor Scott Fisher. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer.



Special Features: Featurettes

Creation: Revisiting the Miracle



Creation: Dunkerque



Creation: Expanding the Frame



Creation: The In-Camera Approach

Featurettes

Land: Rebuilding the Mole



Land: The Army On the Beach



Land: Uniform Approach

Featurettes

Air: Taking to the Air



Air: Inside the Cockpit

Featurettes

Sea: Assembling the Naval Fleet



Sea: Launching the Moonstone



Sea: Taking to the Sea



Sea: Sinking the Ships



Sea: The Little Ships

Featurettes

Conclusion: Turning Up the Tension



Conclusion: The Dunkirk Spirit







Source: Blu-ray.com | Permalink | [Country settings]



Sort by popularity Sort by date

dougkuhn Oct 24, 2017 70mm film lives!

TauHeel05 Oct 24, 2017 Oh yes! Day 1.

Top contributor

Top contributor kbender24 Oct 24, 2017 That 4k Best Buy steelbook for this better be real!

NeoMaximuz Oct 24, 2017 Finally! Day 1 for sure!

Top contributor

Top contributor Miner4Life99 Oct 24, 2017 Hopefully, both formats of the film will contain the IMAX enhanced sequences. If it's just the 4K release that has them, I'll be pretty pissed.

Batman1084 Oct 24, 2017 Day 1.

imsounoriginal Oct 24, 2017 4K at some point for the A/V, which I'm sure will be demo.

sxerunner Oct 24, 2017 No joke, this has a chance of being THE reference disc with regards to audio. Better warn your neighbors.

joy30 Oct 24, 2017 Nice!! For sure picking up the 4K day one. This will look amazing in HDR + great movie.

bowlingbilly10 Oct 24, 2017 December is looking expensive for my wallet.

McHugh Oct 24, 2017 I will be picking up the 4K version but seems expensive. I was hoping for possibly an extended version or director's cut as the theatrical version was only 106 minutes.

Jameron4eva Oct 24, 2017 Such a great movie. I need 4K tv so bad, i want the TCL P series, Dolby vision AND 72 zone array. then id need a player. *looks at wallet* Damn.

montyb Oct 24, 2017 Come on Warner! Start using Dolby Vision on your UHD discs!! Why not give this great new format the best HDR has to offer? Dolby Vision makes a difference!

krismate Oct 24, 2017 Easy day 1. If WB doesn't screw up, it should be a stellar disc with those IMAX shots.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor GLaDOS Oct 24, 2017 A friendly reminder that yes, the Blu-ray and 4K will have shifting aspect ratios (https://www.facebook.com/RegalMovies/videos/vb.109497419198/10156520957319199/?type=2&theater at the 10 minute mark)

Catalyst691 Oct 24, 2017 So this site has a 4K steelbook marked, but the Best Buy site only shows a normal bluray steelbook. Here's hoping this site is correct! steady_eddy91 Oct 24, 2017 @McHugh Nolan and his wife are producers on all his films, so there is no one really to pressure him into changing the film from his vision. There won't be a directors cut, and he has never offered any other cut of his films, for good reason.



There is no need to lengthen a film longer than it needs to tell the story!

I*heart*Criterion Oct 24, 2017 Can I say (and I am not trying to cause trouble with this statement) but with my (older) eyes, I really can't see much difference between Blu and 4K. ekaek86 Oct 24, 2017 Yeah I'm going to be really bummed if the Best Buy steelbook only gets offered with blu-ray and not the 4K disc.

Top reviewer

Top reviewer Gardenofstone10 Oct 24, 2017 was wondering what took so long. gerdsen Oct 24, 2017 Will the Blu-Ray have IMAX footage ?

Top contributor

Top contributor Venom2796 Oct 24, 2017 Might get the 4K version for that cover alone.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor dobyblue Oct 24, 2017 gerdsen the answer to your question lies six posts above yours.

MisterKorman Oct 24, 2017 I hope they don't keep the shifting aspect ratio on the 4K version. I know they probably won't, but I'm probably not jumping on the 4K train for a while and I'd hate to be unable to see the film in the way Nolan intended. daniellocz14 Oct 24, 2017 IMDb says the movie had a DTSX track.... wonder why they didnt release any specs for the discs. NickFoley Oct 24, 2017 NOLAN finally decided it was time to make this release official.

Top contributor

Top contributor theater dreamer Oct 24, 2017 I've been waiting for this, as I didn't get to see it in the theater. Day one buy of the blu-ray for me. Chris Nolan can do no wrong, imo.

dcfan88 Oct 24, 2017 Day 1! And depending on potential exclusives I might double dip on this one Patches Oct 24, 2017 Smash hit of the year. Just so you know.

dpatch Oct 24, 2017 What an experience this film was in IMAX theaters. While it won't be quite the same at home, I'm expecting an impressive presentation on disc. Worth the wait!

Creed Oct 24, 2017 Hell yes! moviemike4 Oct 24, 2017 Can't wait imax scene's bring it on.

Anthrowolf Oct 25, 2017 Day1 For me!!

DJJez Oct 25, 2017 i hope only the 4k has the shifting aspect ratios. people need to upgrade to 4k and this should be a good enough reason!

Poya Oct 25, 2017 Dolby Vision couldve brought the best of 70mm home media. Wasted opportunity!

sandman slim Oct 25, 2017 Europe's getting a Digibook, will probably get that version. membrane Oct 25, 2017 Ill wait for the 4K steelbook

mishal Oct 25, 2017 4K was in my wishlist for months now.



Hoping to see more Nolan films in 4K Top contributor

Top contributor waff Oct 25, 2017 BOING!

JustinB13 Oct 25, 2017 Best movie of the year so far. Cant wait to own it! B-52 Bass Oct 25, 2017 Geez, i'm already working serious OT adding this is not helping. I gonna need to get another Credit card just for 4k movies, smh



Day 1

MisterKorman Oct 25, 2017 @DJJez: I'm not a fan of the idea of having a giant television, and so 4K would do me no good, so I have no desire to upgrade anytime soon.

tvine2000 Oct 25, 2017 The link to pre order doesn't work

dirkblack Oct 25, 2017 Absolutely Day One. Best film Ive seen this year. Hands down.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor dobyblue Oct 25, 2017 Hands down the absolute best way to see this was Laser IMAX, which was the only way to experience the 12-channel audio mix in IMAX as well.



I saw it in both Laser IMAX and 15-perf/70mm IMAX and it wasn't even close, Laser IMAX Dunkirk was the most impressive aural and visual experience I've ever had in the cinema. This 4K release is definitely going to light the fire under my butt to move to the new 65" Panasonic 4K OLED as soon as possible.

L32GTPCompG Oct 25, 2017 Awesome movie and cover!! Now bring on Inception, Interstellar and The Dark Knight Trilogy!!! reidw Oct 25, 2017 Dec. 19? This film should have been released about a month earlier. It would have made a big Christmas seller. By not releasing it until Dec. 19, I'm thinking that it won't be under very many Christmas trees on Dec. 25.

Top contributor

Top contributor Socko Oct 25, 2017 @GLaDOS, at 17:20

Thanks for that interesting link. Loved it.

krismate Oct 25, 2017 @MisterKorman



You don't need a "giant TV" to take advantage of the benefits of 4K. It's really HDR, the wider colour gamut, and superior codec (higher bitrates), that make it look so much better. Unless you have a top-of-the-line plasma like a ZT/VT60, it's well worth upgrading to a decent 55" (or larger if budget allows it) 4K TV. daniellocz14 Oct 25, 2017 Kinda stupid considering the biggest movie event of the year is 4 (5 for those of us who spent $40 for the 6pm show) days before this comes out and quite frankly nobody will give a F at that point about this movie.

C138 Oct 25, 2017 The Golden Globe nominations are going to be announced in early December, and I'm sure WB is taking advantage of that for releasing this movie when they are considering it will (very likely) be nominated for a number of year-end awards. I'm sure there will be plenty of interest in this movie at that point. Top contributor

Top contributor morphinapg Oct 25, 2017 We know the other Nolan movies are coming out on 4K in Europe, so hopefully those come to the US around the same time too

ROSS.T.G. Oct 26, 2017 4K for moi...

Top contributor

Top contributor Canada Oct 26, 2017 McHugh:



I will be picking up the 4K version but seems expensive. I was hoping for possibly an extended version or director's cut as the theatrical version was only 106 minutes.



Canada:



Christopher Nolan doesn't seem like the kind of director that would do director's or extended cuts.

Anty1080p Oct 26, 2017 Re: @DJJez



lol, fool if premiums were forced and made as the only option, no one would have anything. We'd still all only have DVDs and would only now be getting 1080p screens and finally Blu-rays.



If ALL studios did what Sony does, and what you're proposing they'd get shit on by consumers. It is the necessity of manufacturers/creators of products to nudge consumers and the world into the future but that is what they must do, nudge.



You have a very bad case of Elitism, it's toxic dude.

mlock Oct 28, 2017 Has an immersive audio track been confirmed? If so, Will definitely pick up the 4K release

Top reviewer

Top reviewer kaykaysud Oct 28, 2017 Well... the official back cover art is there now on the listing page...and the audio is DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Also worth noting is the "4k HDR version with original theatrical mix" banner on the top)

Top contributor

Top contributor MichaelR Oct 28, 2017 According to the press release (which isn't necessarily the final word), both standard and UHD versions are DTS-HD MA. There is no mention of Atmos. Top contributor

Top contributor Soronast Oct 28, 2017 It's so strange that Christopher Nolan is so keen on giving his audience the most immersive experience possible, filming with IMAX 70mm cameras, having incredible sound mixing and editing, expanding the aspect ratio... But refuses to get an audio mix better than 5.1. Not that 5.1 is bad, I just find it very interesting. Joshua Smith Oct 29, 2017 I've been waiting for this announcement for so long! Day one for the 4K! That cover tho 😍 reidw Oct 30, 2017 @Joshua smith: Never judge a movie by its Bluray cover.

DJJez Oct 30, 2017 @anty1080p



its not about elitism. its about people shfting to 4k and their being good enough reasons to do it. the amount of people i see shitting on 4k daily is just laughable. most people dont even know what they are talking about when they put it down and make excuses why they dont need it. we need more people jumping to 4k to help push it forward.



all i want is for more people to buy 4k. reidw Oct 30, 2017 @djjez: Could you give me some of these very good reasons to switch to 4K? And don't say HDR. HDR could have been added to 1080P sets. Same for WCG. It could have been done but the manufacturers realised that they needed selling points to make 4K sets desirable for people who didn't have room for very big screens and so they didn't even consider adding either feature to their 1080P sets. Without a big screen the improved detail in 4K is not very noticeable. HDR and WCG improvements on the other hand can be seen regardless of screen size. The irony is that HDR and WCG have now become the major selling point for Ultra HD sets. No one takes the need for higher resolutions seriously any more.

Catalyst691 Oct 31, 2017 @reidw



Well as you kind of stated you'd still have to purchase new media (and hardware) with HDR-enabled either way. The 4K UHD spec includes HDR and WCG enhancements, so you might as well get it all if you are upgrading. I do agree they should have made the spec more compatible with existing hardware though. reidw Oct 31, 2017 @catalyst691: HDR is fully compatible with regular HD. All the manufacturers needed to do was add it to their existing sets. There is nothing to prevent marketing 2K sets with HDR except greed. The manufacturers decided when it became obvious that 4K by itself wasn't going to sell many new sets that adding HDR and WCG would be the hook to snare customers. It has worked better than anyone could have imagined. HDR and its various developing flavours plus Wide Color Gamut are really what is selling 4K resolution TVs even in sizes where 4K by itself makes no difference whatsoever.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor dobyblue Oct 31, 2017 In other words, they're very good reasons to switch to 4K. Glad that's settled!

Creed Oct 31, 2017 I hope the audio isn't DTS-MA 5.1. The sound design and the soundtrack are bombastic and loud that the former won't do much. Atmos, hopefully. If not, oh well.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor dobyblue Nov 01, 2017 dts-HD Master Audio 5.1 now can't "do much"?

lololol

rockinrick Nov 01, 2017 Can't Wait !!!

Top contributor

Top contributor Vilya Nov 01, 2017 I ordered a 4K player today and I am looking forward to buying this release. I am not going to debate the merits of 4K because my opinion is not important; you have to form your own. To that I end, I would recommend going to a good home theater store and watch a demonstration on the screen size that you would most likely own. Better home theater stores can demo 4K discs (and even contrast them against their 1080p counterparts) for you and not just show you those stagnant nature scenes that play on a loop at some of the chain stores. See it, hear it, and decide for yourself if it is impressive and worth the cost of upgrading. If you are not moved, then stick with the blu-ray. Experience it with an open mind and then you will know with a certainty if this format is for you or not.

Top contributor

Top contributor Vilya Nov 01, 2017 Selections from CNET:



"If you read anything about HDR one of the most common descriptions is that it's like local dimming on steroids. Many TVs have local dimming, so it's logical to assume that since they have the hardware and software to control local dimming, then adding in a few lines of code to read the HDR signal and apply that shouldn't be too hard.



And then there's the color. Part of HDR is Wide Color Gamut , or WCG. Richer colors with more shades make for more lifelike images. Nearly every TV on the market today is capable of deeper colors than what's in the HDTV signal.



So is it possible to add some new firmware that lets the TV read HDR and let the light and color run free, getting the older TV as close to HDR as it possibly can?



Nope.



HDR generally requires HDMI 2.0a hardware. You can't (with a few exceptions) upgrade the HDMI 1.4 chips inside the TV to handle HDMI 2.0a. Without 2.0a, your TV can't read the HDR signal and without the HDR signal...no HDR.



The processing bits inside the TV can handle only the 8-bits required by the current HD (and non-HDR 4K) standards.



Even if the TV was marketed as a "10-bit" LCD panel (many were), there is going to be some segment in the signal path (i.e. from the HDMI input to your eyeballs) that is 8-bit. So that means it's all 8-bit. You can't get back what you've taken out/lost.



This would be like forcing a banana through a straw. Sure, what you get out the other side is still banana, but you're not going to get it to look like a banana again, you know?



Even if we ignore the hardware issues, creating software isn't free. No company is likely to devote significant resources (such as people and money) to add features to a TV you've already bought."



Theoretically, an older TV could be sent back to the manufacturer for the necessary hardware changes, but that would be expensive, time consuming, and you still would not have 2160p resolution. Who wants to ship their 65" TV anywhere and wait a month to get it back?



Full articles here:



https://www.cnet.com/news/how-hdr-works/



https://www.cnet.com/how-to/can-i-upgrade-my-tv-to-hdr/



Personally, I would not accept very much information posted by our esteemed forum members, myself included, as being factual without a citation to support it and even then I would do my own research. reidw Nov 01, 2017 @vilya: I never said that HDR could be retrofitted. I meant that new 1080P TVs could have been produced by the manufacturers to include HDR/WCG as described in your quoted passages. Nothing in the requirements for HDR implies the need for 2160P or 4K resolution. It's a cash grab that the public has accepted almost without a single whimper of protest. That includes me by the way. The conclusion I've reached after watching 4K for one year is that I would have been just as happy with a new 1080P set that had HDR and WCG. The extra resolution really doesn't make much difference (65 inch class screen size, sitting six/seven feet from the screen). It isn't worth it.

Top contributor

Top contributor Vilya Nov 01, 2017 They could build me a laserdisc player that plays blu-rays, or even a 1080p black and white TV, but why would they? They want to offer the most amazing product they can so that they can make a profit each and every year. Of course they want to entice you to buy a new TV; no manufacturer wants people to wait until their existing product fails to replace it. Look at how often people replace their smartphones. You don't have to upgrade your gear, but it is nice to know you can.



Every year new models of TVs are offered with the latest advancements. Higher resolution, HDR10, WCG, and even Dolby Vision are offered now. Why only offer some of them? Next year will see more advances. Technology evolves.



That's why I say people should go and experience for it themselves. I made my decision; it is worth it to me. It was not for you. But I will not make a blanket statement that it is or is not worth it for everyone. People have their own minds and can make their own determinations. You seem to imply that people have been duped because they came to a conclusion that is different from yours. I speak for me, you speak for you, neither of us speaks for the masses.

Top reviewer

Top contributor

Top reviewerTop contributor dobyblue Nov 02, 2017 N=1 studies do provide some insight...but at the end of the day they are just that, n=1 and usually anecdotal.

I find sheer resolution makes a noticeable difference, but then again back in 2006 when I felt the same way about Blu-ray there were no shortage of punters screaming that the difference wasnt as big as VHS to DVD and therefore it would never catch on with J6P.



Onwards and upwards, we have 65 4K sets for $1,000, its amazing we are still complaining. mredman Nov 10, 2017 @DJ Do you buy 3D Blu-Rays

Add comment



Please login to post a comment.





