North by Northwest 1959 REPACK 2160p UHD Blu-ray Remux HDR HEVC FLAC1 0-CiNEPHiLES

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Year: 1959
Duration: 131 min
Release date: Thursday 17th September 1959
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

    

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Stars:
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

North.by.Northwest.1959.REPACK.2160p.UHD.Blu-ray.Remux.HDR.HEVC.FLAC1.0-CiNEPHiLES

---GENERAL----
SIZE............: 65.0 GiB
RUNTIME.........: 2 h 16 min

---VIDEO----
Codec...........: HEVC, Main 10@L5.1@High SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Resolution......: 3840x2160
Bit rate........: 62.8 Mb/s
Frame rate......: 23.976 FPS
Color primaries.: BT.2020

---AUDIO----
Format..........: FLAC
Channels........: 1 channel
Sample rate.....: 44.1 kHz
Bit rate........: 308 kb/s
Language........: English (Unrestored Mono Mix)

---AUDIO (#2)----
Format..........: FLAC
Channels........: 1 channel
Sample rate.....: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate........: 575 kb/s
Language........: English (Restored Mono Mix)

---AUDIO (#3)----
Format..........: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Channels........: 8
Sample rate.....: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate........: 2,706 kb/s
Language........: English (Surround Remix / Dolby Atmos 7.1)

---AUDIO (#4)----
Format..........: Dolby Digital
Channels........: 6
Sample rate.....: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate........: 448 kb/s
Language........: English (Surround Remix / Compatibility Track)

---AUDIO (#5)----
Format..........: Dolby Digital
Channels........: 2
Sample rate.....: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate........: 192 kb/s
Language........: English (Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman)

---AUDIO (#6)----
Format..........: Dolby Digital
Channels........: 6
Sample rate.....: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate........: 640 kb/s
Language........: zxx (Isolated Score)

SUBTITLES.......: English (US)
SUBTITLES.......: English (US) (SDH)
SUBTITLES.......: English (US) (SDH / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Arabic
SUBTITLES.......: Chinese (Simplified)
SUBTITLES.......: Chinese (Simplified) (Simplified / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Chinese (Traditional)
SUBTITLES.......: Chinese (Traditional) (Traditional / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Cantonese (Hant) Cantonese (Traditional)
SUBTITLES.......: Czech
SUBTITLES.......: Danish
SUBTITLES.......: Danish (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Dutch
SUBTITLES.......: Dutch
SUBTITLES.......: Finnish
SUBTITLES.......: Finnish (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: French (FR)
SUBTITLES.......: French (FR) (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: French (FR) (Alternate)
SUBTITLES.......: German
SUBTITLES.......: German (SDH / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Greek
SUBTITLES.......: Hebrew
SUBTITLES.......: Hungarian
SUBTITLES.......: Indonesian
SUBTITLES.......: Italian
SUBTITLES.......: Italian (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Italian (SDH / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Japanese
SUBTITLES.......: Japanese (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Norwegian Bokmal
SUBTITLES.......: Korean
SUBTITLES.......: Korean (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Latvian
SUBTITLES.......: Lithuanian
SUBTITLES.......: Norwegian
SUBTITLES.......: Norwegian (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Polish
SUBTITLES.......: Portuguese (BR) Portuguese (Brazilian)
SUBTITLES.......: Portuguese (BR) (Brazilian / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Portuguese (PT) (Iberian)
SUBTITLES.......: Russian
SUBTITLES.......: Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Latin American)
SUBTITLES.......: Spanish (Latin America) (Latin American / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Spanish (ES) (Castilian)
SUBTITLES.......: Spanish (ES) (Castilian / PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Swedish
SUBTITLES.......: Swedish (PGS)
SUBTITLES.......: Thai
SUBTITLES.......: Turkish
SUBTITLES.......: Japanese (Commentary by screenwriter Ernest Lehman)

Chapters........: Named

Release Notes:
Source #1: Warner Bros. UHD Blu-ray (video, restored mono, Atmos audio, commentary, subtitles) - thanks TMT!
Source #2: MGM/UA H.V. VHS Hi-Fi (1984) (unrestored mono) - thanks captainsolo!
Source #3: Warner Bros. Blu-ray (isolated score, subtitles) - thanks CtrlHD!
Source #4: iTunes, Max WEB-DLs (subtitles)
Source #5: Warner Bros. NTSC DVD (named chapters)

REPACK: Superior quality unrestored mono audio track.

Previous remux featured unrestored audio from an analog LaserDisc, which came with noticable distortion in louder parts. A VHS Hi-Fi release has been found to include the same unrestored mastering but without distortion, and I've synced it to the UHD.

In comparison, the UHD Blu-ray mastering renders a lot of music and sound effect cues lifeless. Both are included in this remux, but personally I see no reason not to go with the unrestored track anymore.

Unfortunately later releases, particularly digital LaserDiscs, all use degraded tracks. Still, VHS Hi-Fi is a technical upgrade over analog LD.

Audio comparisons: Samples, Spectrogram, Spectrum analyzer, Blah-ray write-up

Thanks to captainsolo for providing the VHS track, and Moshrom for his extensive comparison of all the different editions.