Been refreshing the BFI IMAX booking page every few days hoping a 70mm seat opens up, and I've given up, it's solid through the end of September. So the home release date matters more to me than usual.
November 17 for 4K Blu-ray and digital, same day, US only for now. UK and Australia haven't been given a date. That simultaneity is the part worth noting, because the pattern for years has been digital first with the disc trailing by weeks or dropped entirely, and Nolan pushing back on that is one of the few bits of leverage anyone in this hobby still has.
The aspect ratio hasn't been officially confirmed. Flatpanels HD reported 1.78:1 for the 4K disc, which if it holds means the whole 16:9 panel gets used, no bars at all. That's a straight win if you watch on a TV and a genuinely awkward one if you own a scope screen and a projector, because now the expanded material is the tall stuff you have to shrink to fit width. The film was shot entirely in 65mm, first one to be, and IMAX 70mm is taller than 1.78, so nobody at home is getting the theatrical framing regardless.
Audio is early reports only, DTS-HD 5.1. Which surprises exactly no one who owns Oppenheimer or Tenet, both of which shipped the same way. Nolan is not going to hand you an Atmos mix.
For the scope screen owners here: does a 1.78:1 Nolan disc actually change how you'd set the film up, or do you just eat the loss and zoom to width?
November 17 for 4K Blu-ray and digital, same day, US only for now. UK and Australia haven't been given a date. That simultaneity is the part worth noting, because the pattern for years has been digital first with the disc trailing by weeks or dropped entirely, and Nolan pushing back on that is one of the few bits of leverage anyone in this hobby still has.
The aspect ratio hasn't been officially confirmed. Flatpanels HD reported 1.78:1 for the 4K disc, which if it holds means the whole 16:9 panel gets used, no bars at all. That's a straight win if you watch on a TV and a genuinely awkward one if you own a scope screen and a projector, because now the expanded material is the tall stuff you have to shrink to fit width. The film was shot entirely in 65mm, first one to be, and IMAX 70mm is taller than 1.78, so nobody at home is getting the theatrical framing regardless.
Audio is early reports only, DTS-HD 5.1. Which surprises exactly no one who owns Oppenheimer or Tenet, both of which shipped the same way. Nolan is not going to hand you an Atmos mix.
For the scope screen owners here: does a 1.78:1 Nolan disc actually change how you'd set the film up, or do you just eat the loss and zoom to width?
