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Saboteur 4K Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray release
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
For more about Saboteur 4K and the Saboteur 4K Blu-ray release, see Saboteur 4K Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on May 19, 2022 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.
Universal has released the 1942 Alfred Hitchcock film 'Saboteur' 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, The Trouble with Harry, Marnie, and Family Plot. 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: Alfred Hitchcock's 'Saboteur' is a riveting wartime thriller following an innocent man who suddenly finds himself in a very deadly
situation. After aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, he finds himself falsely
accused of sabotage and killing his best friend. To clear his name, Kane begins a relentless cross-country chase that takes him from Los Angeles to
Boulder Dam and New York's Radio City Music Hall. The suspense builds to a climactic finale atop the Statue of Liberty that has become one of the
most iconic scenes ever filmed by the Master of Suspense.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.
As was the case with Shadow of a Doubt, viewers will note that a fairly substantial clean-up effort has been made to bring this image to a
polish. While the odd speckle remains, the differences between this product and the previous Blu-ray, which featured a fair number of pops and
scratches and vertical lines, are stark. Better, the image boasts superior clarity and textural exactness under the 2160p resolution parameters. The level
of sharpness and definition are magnified by a good extent, improving overall image stability and fine detail across the board, even in darker scenes.
The picture thrives with the newfound level of fine point intimacy, boasting excellent definition and attention to detail on faces and clothes but also the
various cross-country highlight reel points of interest where viewers will find a new level of high-resolution details not available in any previous home
video version. The picture features a handsome grain structure as well, though there are instances when it pushes very sharp and almost statically so
rather than appear more organically inclined. Still, this is, texturally, a very good 4K image. The HDR grayscale is beautiful, too. Shade differentiation is
nicely realized here with subtle gradations and exacting balance throughout. Black level depth is terrific, greatly outpacing the old Blu-ray for accuracy
and stability, and the same can be said for whites, which are much brighter and far more vivid. This is a very satisfying UHD image from Universal, well
deserving of the high-quality film it accompanies.
Saboteur arrives on the 4K UHD format with a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack. The presentation is very good all around, certainly
lacking the fullness and absolutely clarity a more recently engineered track could provide. This is faithful to the source, which has its limits for clarity
(such as during the escape scene at a waterfall around the 27-minute mark and a rainstorm a few minutes later), but even without pinpoint audio
engineering this lossless track handles duties well. Music is adequately wide, and dialogue is snuggled into a center imaged area. While not a perfect
listen,
any flaws seem to trace back to the source rather than to Universal's encode. Note that this does appear to be the same track the studio used for the
2013 Blu-ray. For a full audio review, please click here.
While no new supplements have been added for this release, the UHD disc itself does carry over the four 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.
Universal has done nothing but up the video presentation for this release, but frankly that's plenty. The video presentation is very good, and fans
are going to be very happy, to put it mildly, with the end result. The audio track is fine; there was no need to remix to multichannel. It would have been
nice to see a few new extras thrown in for good measure, but what is here is fine. Very highly recommended, either individually or as part of the larger
five-film collection.
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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 individual versions of four films from the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection: Saboteur (1942) and Rope (1948) on May 7th, Shadow of a Doubt (1943) on June 4th and The Trouble with Harry (1955) on July 2nd. ...
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