Pretty in Pink [4K UHD + Blu-Ray + Digital Copy]

Still one of my 1986 favorites. This DVD arrived in excellent condition. Jon Cryer's rendition of Otis Redding's song, "Try a Little Tenderness" was epic.

A trip down memory lane.

Great storyline and cast!

But this as a remembrance of my childhood love the movie then love the movie now no problems it arrived here in good condition.

"Pretty in Pink" (1986) was directed by Howard Deutch from a screenplay by John Hughes who also was an executive producer. It was a modest theatrical hit grossing 40.4 million against a budget of 9 million. The cast is tremendous featuring Molly Ringwald, James Spader, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, Andrew McCarthy and Harry Dean Stantob. While not quite as critically acclaimed as "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club", it is still a terrific little film detailing high school life in the mid 80's from the inimitable screenwriting perspective of the late & great John Hughes. This is a must watch for fans of the lovely Molly Ringwald in particular."Pretty in Pink" got a DVD release all the way back in 2006. It seemed like the film would never make the jump to blu-ray but Paramount finally did just that in 2020 as part of their new Paramount Presents line of special edition blu-rays.The film got a new 4K remaster and is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio (slightly opened up from its 1.85:1 theatrical exhibition) utilizing the AVC codec at a beefy bit rate staying usually in the mid 30's. Simply put, "Pretty in Pink" looks amazing! Detail, color saturation, and contrast/black levels are all near perfect. Unless the film ever got a 4K UHD physical release, this is the best the film will ever look. This new transfer was supervised and approved by the director.The feature itself gets a robust 5.1 DTS-HD mix. There is also the option of an isolated score track which is cool since the film is highly celebrated for its soundtrack. There are also options for German, French, and Japanese audio tracks in regular 2 channel stereo. English subtitles are included for the hearing impaired.The disc comes in a cool slipcover that opens up on the front to feature the original theatrical poster art.Extras while sadly on the light side are as follows:- Filmmaker Focus: Director Howart Deutch on Pretty in Pink (7 min. 38 sec.)- The Lost Dance: The Original Ending (12 min. 15 sec.)- Original theatrical trailer (1 min. 27 sec.)While I am disappointed that there is no director and/or cast commentary track or new cast interviews, this long overdue blu-ray release of "Pretty in Pink" is still a must buy for fans. The film looks and sounds amazing and when it comes down to it, the presentation of the film is of utmost importance. In that regard, Paramount knocked it out of the park with this one.

Had to add to my Gen X collection

While this famous John Hughes teen drama sees the love triangle of Andie, Ducky and Blane, personally I feel it's done much better in its genre flip successor Some Kind of Wonderful. Always thought Spader stole the show as lazily evil, languid, lizard-like Steff, Blane's 'friend'. Picture quality very good on the BD, pretty short on extras but you get to see the three protagonists discuss the Duckie ending from 2006, and a recent revisit from the directory in 2019/20. (j4.)

Pretty In Pink was one of the only John Hughes movies that somehow managed to slip by me until about two weeks ago. It's a great one, but not his very best, my favorite of his was definitely The Breakfast Club! This is worth seeing though, I loved seeing Annie Potts so young!! 😊💕

El mal review es para Amazon que manda como muchas otras veces las películas que traen slipcover, sin el. En este caso afecta porque es justamente el slipcover conmemorativo lo atractivo para esta edición. (cómo se puede ver en la foto que promueve la venta del título) y que me llegue así, solo el puro bluray, me parece una grosería. Cada vez es más frecuente que manden las películas sin slipcover (esos deben ser sus empleados porque es aleatorio, mi hermana pidió este mismo título en la misma fecha y le llegó bien...) en fin, una lástima.

Sehr schöner Film, guter Preis, schnelle Lieferung.

En la descripción jamás viene especificado que es región 1 y mi dvd no era compatible, no es muy grave ya que en mi PC pude verla pero deberían especificar eso.