Troy 4k | Limited Collector´s Edition

Product detailed description

The package includes 3 discs and collectible items*

 Ultra HD Blu-ray

• Video in Ultra HD (3840 x 2160)
• Theatrical Cut (163 min.)
• HDR (HDR-10 + Dolby Vision)
• Aspect ratio 2.39:1
• Original audio in DTS-HD MA 5.1
• BD-100 (triple-layer UHDBD)

Ultra HD Blu-ray

• Video in Ultra HD (3840 x 2160)
• Director's Cut (196 min.)
• HDR (HDR-10 + Dolby Vision)
• Aspect ratio 2.39:1
• Original audio in DTS-HD MA 5.1
• BD-100 (triple-layer UHDBD)

Special Features

• Troy Revisited – archival introduction by director Wolfgang Petersen

Bonus Blu-ray

• In Movie Experience – archival picture-in-picture commentary
• Troy in Focus – series of archival behind-the-scenes featurettes
• In the Thick of Battle – archival behind-the-scenes featurette
• From Ruins to Reality – archival behind-the-scenes featurette
• Troy: An Effects Odyssey – archival featurette on the visual effects
• Attacking Troy – archival behind-the-scenes featurette
• Gallery of the Gods – archival guide to the Greek Gods
• Easter Egg
• Image galleries
• Trailer

*Collectible items

• Brand new 4K remasters of both the Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut created by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negative
• Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page and Laurie Maguire and an excerpt from the original production notes
• Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

Do I get native 4K Ultra HD?

Yes. Troy was produced using a somewhat hybrid approach. The film was shot on classic 35mm film, but the subsequent post-production was handled entirely digitally, completed only in 2K (which was the industry standard at the time). Fortunately, the studio did not return to that legacy 2K master for this release. Instead, they went back to the original negatives, which were fully restored, newly scanned in 4K, and subsequently remastered. As a result, we are getting a brand-new 4K master—meaning a completely native Ultra HD Blu-ray transfer.

What we can expect is a truly dramatic upgrade over the original Blu-ray release, which received very little care and looked poor even for its time. Because the premium boutique label Arrow Video took this title under its wing, we can anticipate that both the complete restoration from the 35mm analog elements and the subsequent 4K mastering will look absolutely phenomenal. We also expect top-tier Ultra HD Blu-ray authoring, as Arrow is widely renowned for their technical precision and flawless disk encoding.

The film is thus presented in its highest possible quality, dramatically surpassing what audiences saw in theaters. While Troy hit the silver screen back then via a 2K digital intermediate, we are now getting it on Ultra HD Blu-ray in native 4K. This extracts the absolute maximum from the original 35mm film stock—not only in terms of sharpness, fine detail, film grain structure, and organic analog characteristics, but also in terms of contrast and color, which will look better than ever thanks to HDR. It is safe to say that the film has never looked this good, and realistically, it never will look any better, as a 4K scan captures virtually all the audiovisual information the 35mm elements have to offer.