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Family Plot 4K Blu-ray delivers great video and audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray release
When a wealthy woman unwittingly hires a con man and a phoney psychic to find her missing heir, the results are diabolically funny in Alfred Hitchcock's tongue-in-cheek mystery thriller.
For more about Family Plot 4K and the Family Plot 4K Blu-ray release, see Family Plot 4K Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on May 27, 2022 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.
Universal has released the 1976 Alfred Hitchcock film 'Family Plot' to the UHD format. The disc is currently available individually (this
release) and as part of a larger five-film UHD boxed set along with Shadow of a Doubt, Saboteur, The Trouble with Harry, and Marnie. New specifications include 2160p/HDR video.
No
new audio track is included. No new extras are included, either, but the UHD disc does house all of the legacy supplements.
Official synopsis: Director Alfred Hitchcock delivers a diabolically entertaining thriller in 'Family Plot' starring Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara
Harris and William Devane. A phony psychic (Harris) and con man (Dern) are a conniving couple who plot to swindle an old lady out of her fortune by
telling her that they can find her long-lost nephew. In the process, their lives become intertwined with a larcenous jewel merchant (Devane) and his
beautiful girlfriend (Black) who have an affinity for kidnapping. Filled with plot twists from beginning to end, the final film from the Master of Suspense
is a fitting finale to his illustrious career.
Universal brings Family Plot to the UHD format with a rather sparkling 2160p/HDR presentation. The original Blu-ray was (is) notoriously poor, performing to a far below acceptable standard
for that format.
However, the UHD presentation certainly advances the picture's most vital qualities and characteristics by leaps and bounds by improving resolution,
fine-tuning colors, and
offering a more visually arresting and naturally occurring grain structure. The grain is gorgeously rendered. It's pure and authentic, consistent in
density, and while sharper than the Blu-ray far more purely filmic and handsome. Underneath are bountifully crisp and sharp details. The picture
holds to some inherently soft imagery but the vast majority here is razor-harp and organically complex, besting the Blu-ray by a significant margin for
overall
clarity and adherence to natural resolution and definition. Colors are bolstered by a healthy and even HDR application. The colorists have balanced the
natural state of things with added depth and boldness that offers a beautifully natural and healthy presentation. At times, the picture is bolder and more
intense; at others a bit more reserved and less garish than the Blu-ray (look at a shot at the 30:14 mark, for example). Colors are solidified and very
healthy, including bolder primaries. Black levels are deep but do veer into crush territory on occasion. Whites, on the other hand, are beautifully brilliant
and crisp. Skin tones look amazing. The picture is free of any obvious source flaws or encode drawbacks. This is a beautiful presentation from Universal
and by far the best improvement from Blu-ray to UHD amongst the five Hitchcock films released in this second UHD wave.
The audio track is simply a repurpose of the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack that was paired with the original Blu-ray. The presentation is
fine, offering ample front-end space, good elemental clarity, distinctive music, and center imaged dialogue. No real problems here. It's a good thing that
Universal did not expend any effort to reconfigure to a track with height channels; such would have added nothing of value to the core listening
experience as the track was engineered decades ago. For a slightly more in-depth review, please see Kenneth Brown's writing accomapnying the
original Blu-ray by clicking here.
While no new supplements have been added for this release, the UHD disc itself does carry over the legacy extras, which are outlined below
(please click here for full review coverage). As it ships individually,
the
legacy Blu-ray disc is included. A Movies Anywhere digital copy code has been included with purchase. This release features an embossed slipcover.
Plotting Family Plot (1080p, 4x3 & window box, 48:22).
To say that Universal has done wonders with Family Plot would be to undersell the radical improvement that is this UHD over the Blu-ray. The
image looks spectacular. Sound and supplements are unchanged, but that's OK. This is well worth the upgrade for the new video alone. The film is
pretty good, too, and a worthy addition to every serious home video library. Highly recommended.
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume Two (1942-1976). The ten-disc box set (4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray) will be available for purchase on May 10.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), starring Jon Finch and Barry Foster, and Family Plot (1976), starring Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern. Previously available as part of the Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece ...
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