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Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Drive' Fuels Up For a 4K UHD SteelBook from Sony on 8/27

Posted May 28, 2024 at 07:20 AM PDT by Matthew Hartman
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After an amazing 4K release from U.K.'s Second Sight, Sony plays catchup. On August 27th, Sony will deliver their own domestic 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive with a brand new SteelBook. 

Well, don't that just beat the band? We get around to finally reviewing Second Sight's excellent 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Drive, Sony has to go and offer up their own new SteelBook. The danger of importing a disc is the domestic distributor will huff up and finally get their own disc out. That said, you can't blame a collector for getting too tired of waiting around for the studio to get off their duffs and give fans what they're asking for. Well, that's where we're at thanks to Sony getting their new SteelBook 4K UHD of Drive to the collector's marketplace. To their credit, Sony is nailing this 100th Anniversary celebration of Columbia Studios delivering one exciting catalog release announcement after another. 

While we don't know if Sony did their own restoration work or if this will repurpose the Second Sight transfer, we do know it comes Refn-approved with Dolby Vision and Atmos audio

Drive (2011) - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook

   

DISC DETAILS AND BONUS MATERIALS
4K ULTRA HD DISC 
  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, as approved by director Nicolas Winding Refn
  • English Dolby Atmos + English 5.1
  • Special Feature:
    • ALL-NEW: Back in the Driver’s Seat Featurette – featuring interviews with Writer Hossein Amini, Editor Mat Newman, Composer Cliff Martinez, and Actors Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman 
    • Theatrical Trailer
 
BLU-RAY DISC™ 
  • Feature presented in high-definition
  • English 5.1
  • Special Features:
    • Drive Without a Driver: Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn Documentary
    • 4 Featurettes:
      • I Drive: The Driver
      • Driver and Irene: The Relationship
      • Under the Hood: Story
      • Cut to the Chase: Stunts
CAST AND CREW
Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn
Screenplay By: Hossein Amini
Based on the Book By: James Sallis
Produced By: Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Gigi Pritzker, Michel Litvak, John Palermo
Executive Producers: David Lancaster, Gary Michael Walters, Bill Lischak, Linda McDonough, Jeffrey Stott, Peter Schlessel
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, with Oscar Isaac, and Albert Brooks


SPECS
Run Time: Approx. 100 minutes 
Rating: R for strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity
4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 2.40:1
4K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA

This one isn't up for pre-order yet, but it should be soon. As soon as it comes up we'll update our listings ASAP.