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Sleepy Hollow 4K Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this excellent Blu-ray release
An enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman and Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.
For more about Sleepy Hollow 4K and the Sleepy Hollow 4K Blu-ray release, see Sleepy Hollow 4K Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on September 16, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5.
Paramount has released the 1999 Tim Burton film 'Sleepy Hollow,' starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, to the UHD format. New specifications
include 2160p/Dolby Vision video and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless audio. No new extras are included, but the bundled Blu-ray, which is identical
to the very antiquated 2006 MPEG-2 release, contains the legacy content.
Official synopsis: Set in 1799, Sleepy Hollow is based on Washington Irving's classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Faithful to the dreamy
custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes horror, fantasy and romance and features an extraordinary cast of characters that
dabble in the supernatural.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.
Paramount has released Sleepy Hollow to the UHD format with a positively striking 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD presentation that offers a
magnificent and substantial boost over the very old 2006 Blu-ray. I watched a good part of the film on Blu-ray, drawn into it simply to check to ensure
that the disc was identical to the old one, and the many areas for improvement were immediately evident: the Blu-ray image required a more stable
filmic look, less
digital
processing, fewer encode artifacts, superior detailing, cleanup work, and firmer colors within Burton's trademark noir-inspired and chilly palette.
These
represented only the most obvious and immediate areas of concern. The UHD has not only assuaged those concerns, it has absolutely redefined the
film for home viewing
with one of the finer presentations on the market today and easily the best the film has looked since theaters, if not maybe even better.
Even on the old MPEG-2 Blu-ray, viewers can see the base of a very nice looking film. That look is fully and faithfully realized on the UHD.
The picture is handsomely organic, natural, and true to the film source. Burton's world aesthetics blended with Emmanuel Lubezki's striking
cinematography make for a handsome image indeed, here presented without any significant filtering, tinkering, noise reduction, or anything of the
sort.
The picture's grain is light, consistent, and complementary. Textural elegance abounds, offering wonderful, pinpoint detail to faces, wigs, natural
elements, and various manmade locales, not to mention the various scientific trinkets and instruments that Crane uses throughout the film. Gore
effects are nicely rendered, too, with the headless bodies ripe for internal exploration down into the neck. The level of detail on this disc far outweighs
that seen on the Blu-ray, and the gain of the faithful cinematic look breathes necessary, much needed, and very satisfying new life into the
experience.
The Dolby Vision grading brings what life it can to Burton's depressed palette. The film is deliberately cold, built on grays and blacks, primarily, with
even flesh tones looking almost ghastly pale. There are moments of more flush and full color, but even in warmer locales the image takes on a
decidedly cooler look and never offers anything resembling vivid, full, bright colors. But this is exactly as Burton wants the film to look. The Dolby
Vision grading brings much more depth, accuracy, and stability to the limited spectrum. Certainly, black levels teeter on crush -- look at Crane's black
attire at the courtroom scene around the five-minute mark -- but such appears to play in-line with Burton's vision. Whites are not brilliant, whether
clothing, accents, or on-screen titles, but they are much more pronounced and vivid compared to the Blu-ray. There appears to be a desire to tone
them down, slightly, and give the titles a slightly airy or ghastly look. The movie's palette is difficult to judge given its visual proclivities, but all signs
point to
this being a faithful reproduction of Burton's vision. There are no encode flubs or serious source flaws to report. This is a stunner of an image from
Paramount.
The previous Blu-ray contained a DVD-era Dolby Digital 5.1 lossy soundtrack. While Paramount has not remixed for Dolby Atmos, the newly included
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack certainly, and finally, delivers the listen that the film deserves. The presentation is satisfyingly full and
nuanced in every area. Score is triumphantly large and well detailed. Precision notes are commonplace (listen to the theme and the exacting
presentation thereof over the
opening titles) and the spatial immersion is perfect, yielding wonderful front end stretch and the perfect amount of surround uptake. Atmosphere is vital
to the experience, and the 5.1 lossless track allows every subtle element to come to life with dynamic positioning and perfect fluidity. Intense action is
deep and well positioned, too, with clarity through a myriad of elements. Dialogue is clear and precise with well prioritized and front-center placement.
This new UHD release of Sleepy Hollow contains all of the extras on the bundled Blu-ray disc, which is identical to the ancient 2006 release. No
extras are on the UHD disc. For full coverage of the Blu-ray disc extras, please click here. This release ships with a digital copy code and a slipcover.
Sleepy Hollow is an engaging chiller with wonderful atmosphere and that special Burton flourish. It's the perfect movie to revisit this Halloween,
and
this new UHD release is definitely the way to go. The upgrade here is substantial compared to the old Blu-ray. The 2160p/Dolby Vision is a revelation
compared to the watchable, but far inferior, MPEG-2 Blu-ray. The image is filmic and fantastic. The new lossless audio track is wonderful, too. It's a
shame that there are no new extras, but what is here on the old Blu-ray is fine. Highly recommended!
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