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Airplane! Blu-ray Review

SteelBook Remastered

Score: 61

from 2 reviewers

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Airplane!'s 40th Anniversary SteelBook Blu-ray offers a nice video upgrade and maintains its original DTS-HD MA soundtrack, ensuring laughs remain sky-high.

Airplane! Blu-ray Front Cover

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DTS-HD MA

Video: 72

The 40th anniversary Blu-ray of 'Airplane!' showcases a notable 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 upgrade from a recent 4K remaster, offering improved contrast, brightness, and black levels, albeit with some lingering definition issues. Overall, the presentation honors the classic's cinematic essence with vivid colors and sharp detailing. (Video Rating: 82/100)

Audio: 62

Airplane!'s Blu-ray audio presentation disasters into home theaters with the same DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack as its previous release, delivering a solid yet unremarkable experience rated 74/100.

Extra: 31

The Airplane! Blu-ray SteelBook art captures the film's comedic spirit with a twisted airplane hull against a bright sky, while its supplementary content includes a repeat commentary track and new featurettes like a 35-minute Q&A and a 9-minute filmmaker interview, enriching the nostalgia and production insights.

Movie: 81

Paramount's 40th Anniversary Limited SteelBook Edition of 'Airplane!' delivers the timeless, genre-deconstructing comedy in a visually zany and uproarious package, with the disc offering a Region Free, BD50 experience and a digital copy that includes HD and 4K Dolby Vision HDR options with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio.

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