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Sony Announces The COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA-HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2!

Following the overwhelming response to last year’s award-winning Volume 1 collection, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is proud to debut six more acclaimed and beloved films from its library on 4K Ultra HD disc for the first time ever, exclusively within the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2, available September 14. This must-own set includes cherished star-studded favorites from six iconic and distinctive filmmakers: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, OLIVER!, TAXI DRIVER, STRIPES, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Each film is presented in 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range.

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The Second Volume of the Award-Winning 4K Ultra HD™ Collection
From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

COLUMBIA CLASSICS
4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2

Six Iconic Films from the Acclaimed Columbia Pictures Library
Debut on 4K Ultra HD For the First Time September 14th 

ANATOMY OF A MURDER ~ OLIVER!
TAXI DRIVER ~ STRIPES ~ SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Exclusively Available on 4K Disc in this Limited Edition Set,
Includes an 80-Page Hardbound Book on the History & Impact of the Films
and Over 30 Hours of New and Archival Special Features

The six films in the COLUMBIA CLASSICS 4K ULTRA HD COLLECTION VOLUME 2 are only available on 4K Ultra HD disc within this special limited edition collector’s set. Included with the collection is a gorgeous hardbound 80-page book, featuring in-depth sections about the making of each film within the set via six all-new incisive essays from renowned writers Julie Kirgo, John Kenrick, Glenn Kenny, Michael G. McDunnah, Kayti Burt and Nev Pierce.

In addition, the set also includes an exclusive Blu-ray™ bonus disc featuring 20 short films from the Columbia Pictures library, all presented in high definition. These shorts, curated from over 80 years of the studio’s history, showcase a wide scope of creative output across the worlds of both live-action and animation. From The Three Stooges to award-winning mid-century cartoons to modern favorites from Sony Pictures Animation—along with some surprise rarities—this bonus disc is the perfect complement to this essential classics collection.

ANATOMY OF A MURDER 

ANATOMY OF A MURDER Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
  • Dolby Atmos English audio
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
• Blu-ray Includes:
  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:

• NEW: Commentary with Film Historian Foster Hirsch
• Gary Giddins Interview
• Pat Kirkham Interview
• Foster Hirsch Interview
• Excerpt from Firing Line Featuring Otto Preminger
• Theatrical Trailer

ANATOMY OF A MURDER has a run time of approximately 161 minutes and is not rated.

OLIVER!

Synopsis: 
Winner of six 1968 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, it’s OLIVER!, the beloved musical version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. A magnificent screen adaptation of Lionel Bart’s sensational stage musical, OLIVER!, directed by Carol Reed, is the timeless story of a plucky young orphan and his quest for love and happiness in a world populated by rascals, rogues, and thieves. A wondrous blend of drama, comedy, adventure and song, OLIVER! is grand and glorious entertainment the whole family will enjoy.

OLIVER! Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
  • Dolby Atmos English audio
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio
• Feature Blu-ray Includes:
  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:
• NEW: Commentary with Film Historian Steven C. Smith
• NEW: Jack Wild Screen Test
• Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Meeting Oliver!
• Meeting Fagin!
• The Locations of Oliver!
• Sing-Alongs
• Dance-Alongs
• Theatrical Trailers

OLIVER! has a run time of approximately 153 minutes and is rated G.

TAXI DRIVER

Synopsis
Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival (1976) and nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture (1976), TAXI DRIVER stars Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s classic film of a psychotic New York cabbie driven to violence by loneliness and desperation. Co-starring Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Cybill Shepherd.

TAXI DRIVER Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:
• NEW: 20^th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer
• Making Taxi Driver Documentary
• Storyboard to Film Comparisons with Martin Scorsese Introduction
• Animated Photo Galleries
• Blu-ray Includes:
  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:
  • 40-Minute Taxi Driver Q&A featuring Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Many More Recorded Live at the Beacon Theatre in New York City at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
  • Commentary with Director Martin Scorsese and Writer Paul Schrader Recorded by the Criterion Collection
  • Commentaries by Writer Paul Schrader and by Professor Robert Kolker
  • Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver
  • Influence and Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
  • Producing Taxi Driver
  • God’s Lonely Man
  • Taxi Driver Stories
  • Travis’ New York
  • Travis’ New York Locations
  • Theatrical Trailer

TAXI DRIVER has a run time of approximately 114 minutes and is rated R.

STRIPES 

Synopsis:
When quick-witted slacker John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII. Directed by Ivan Reitman and also starring Harold Ramis, John Candy and John Larroquette, STRIPES has become one of the most beloved comedies of all time. And that’s the fact, Jack!

STRIPES Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Both Theatrical & Extended versions presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
  • Dolby Atmos English audio (for both versions)
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (for both versions)
  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (Theatrical version only)
  • Special Features:

• NEW: 40 Years of Stripes With Bill & Ivan – a two-part on-camera reunion between star Bill Murray and director Ivan Reitman, discussing their careers, memories from set, a tribute to the cast, as well as a special guest appearance from cinematographer Bill Butler
• NEW: Theatrical Trailer

• Feature Blu-ray Includes:
  • Both Theatrical & Extended versions presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K masters
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (for both versions)
  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (Theatrical version only)
• Special Features:
  • Commentary with Ivan Reitman and Dan Goldberg (Extended version only)
  • NEW: 11 Additional Deleted & Extended Scenes
  • NEW: 1983 TV Version of the film (in standard definition)
  • Deleted & Extended Scenes from the Extended version of the film
  • Stars and Stripes Documentary

STRIPES has a run time of approximately 106 minutes and is rated R. STRIPES: EXTENDED EDITION has a run time of approximately 123 minutes and is rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and some drug use.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 

Synopsis:
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (1995), and directed by Ang Lee. Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists and was named Best Film at the 1996 BAFTA Awards. Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family’s sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with HDR10, restored from the original camera negative
  • Dolby Atmos English audio
  • 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
• Feature Blu-ray Includes:
  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master
  • 5.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:

• NEW: 25^th Anniversary Reunion: Back to Barton Cottage – an expansive on-camera reunion featuring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Myriam Francois, producer Lindsay Doran, and director Ang Lee
• Emma Thompson & Producer Lindsay Doran’s Audio Commentary
• Director Ang Lee & Co-Producer James Schamus’s Audio Commentary
• Adapting Austen Featurette
• A Sense of Character Featurette
• A Very Quiet Man Featurette
• Locating the World of Sense and Sensibility Featurette
• Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense and Sensibility Featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical & International Trailers

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY has a run time of approximately 136 minutes and is rated PG for mild thematic elements.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK 

Synopsis:
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, directed by David Fincher, is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever. Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humor, this superbly crafted film chronicles the formation of Facebook and the battles over ownership that followed upon the website’s unfathomable success. With a complex, incisive screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and a brilliant cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, THE SOCIAL NETWORK bears witness to the birth of an idea that rewove the fabric of society even as it unraveled the friendship of its creators. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture (2010).

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Disc Breakdown

• 4K Ultra HD Includes:
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision
  • Unrated Dolby Atmos English audio
  • Unrated 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Theatrical 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Feature:

• NEW: Theatrical Trailers

• Feature Blu-ray Includes:
  • Feature presented in high definition
  • Theatrical 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • Special Features:
• Audio Commentary with David Fincher
• Audio Commentary with Aaron Sorkin & Cast
• Special Feature Blu-ray Includes:

• How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
• David Fincher and Jeff Cronenweth on the Visuals
• Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter and Ren Klyce on Post
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and David Fincher on the Score
• Ruby Skye VIP Room: Multi-Angle Scene Breakdown
• In the Hall of the Mountain King: Reznor’s First Draft
• Swarmatron

THE SOCIAL NETWORK has a run time of approximately 120 minutes and is both rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language and Unrated.

EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC INCLUDES:

• 20 short films from the Columbia Pictures library, presented in high definition:
  • Umpa
  • The Three Stooges: Disorder In The Court
  • Charley Chase: Man Bites Lovebug
  • Color Rhapsodies: The Little Match Girl (Academy Award® nominee, 1937, Best Short Subject, Cartoons)
  • Charley Chase: The Sap Takes A Wrap
  • Color Rhapsodies: Dog, Cat and Canary (Academy Award® nominee, 1944, Best Short Subject, Cartoons)
  • The Ragtime Bear
  • The Wonder Gloves
  • Georgie and the Dragon
  • Madeline (Academy Award® nominee, 1952, Best Short Subject, Cartoons)
  • Pete Hothead
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (Academy Award® nominee, 1953, Best Short Subject, Cartoons)
  • When Magoo Flew (Academy Award® winner, 1954, Best Short Subject, Cartoons)
  • The Man on the Flying Trapeze
  • Christopher Crumpet’s Playmate
  • Stage Door Magoo
  • April in Portugal
  • The Chubbchubbs! (Academy Award® winner, 2002, Best Short Film, Animated)
  • The Early Hatchling Gets The Worm
  • Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short

Brandon Peters

Brandon is the host, producer, writer and editor of The Brandon Peters Show (thebrandonpetersshow.com). He is also the Moderator/MC of the Live Podcast Stage and on the Podcast Awards Committee for PopCon (popcon.us). In the past 10 years at Why So Blu, Brandon has amassed over 1,500 reviews of 4K, Blu-ray and DVD titles.