The Wolf of Wall Street on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review

The film is presented in its original 2.35:1 theatrical ratio and is crisp and sharp, looking at its best when showing off bright, daytime scenes but there are no faults with the image.

For the record, I’m watching on a Panasonic 50″ Plasma screen with a Samsung BDP1500 player.

Audio-wise, this is mostly an ambience- and dialogue-driven piece as there’s only one character onscreen and precious little dialogue, but the audio is clear and does everything it needs to without a hitch.

The extras are as follows, but while they’re all in HD, there’s precious little to get excited about:

• The Wolf Pack (17:00): A fairly standard making-of with chat from all the key chat and crew members, all mixed in with clips from the film and behind-the-scenes shots.

• Running Wild (11:19): A look at the financing including how it was originally slated to be filmed in 2008, but thanks to the economy crashing, this project was deemed too big to take on, as well as discussing more general aspects about the story.

• Round Table (10:56): De Caprio, Scorsese, Hill and others sit round a round table and talk more about making the film.

And that’s it. No deleted scenes, no trailers, no nothing. The film runs for three hours, and a reported director’s cut goes on for around four, so there must be more footage. Perhaps they’re saving it all for a special edition?

There are subtitles in oodles of languages (see below) but unfortunately, while 20 chapters would be okay for a lot of films, this one lasts so long that it definitely needs more. I always go by the rule of thumb for one every five minutes.

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FILM CONTENT PICTURE QUALITY SOUND QUALITY EXTRAS	7 10 7 3
OVERALL	8

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Detailed specs:

Cert:
Running time: 180 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cat.no.: 8297283
Year: 2013
Released: May 19th 2014
Chapters: 20
Picture: 1080p High Definition
Sound: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Widescreen: 2.35:1 (several formats used)
Disc Format: BD50

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producers: Riza Aziz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Screenplay: Terence Winter (based on the book by Jordan Belfort)

Cast:
Jordan Belfort: Leonardo DiCaprio
Donnie Azoff: Jonah Hill
Naomi Lapaglia: Margot Robbie
Mark Hanna: Matthew McConaughey
Agent Patrick Denham: Kyle Chandler
Max Belfort: Rob Reiner
Brad: Jon Bernthal
Manny Riskin: Jon Favreau
Jean Jacques Saurel: Jean Dujardin
Aunt Emma: Joanna Lumley
Teresa Petrillo: Cristin Milioti
Leah Belfort: Christine Ebersole
Captain Ted Beecham: Shea Whigham
Chantalle: Katarina Cas
Nicky Koskoff (‘Rugrat’): PJ Byrne
Chester Ming: Kenneth Choi
Robbie Feinberg (‘Pinhead’): Brian Sacca
Alden Kupferberg (‘Sea Otter’): Henry Zebrowski
Toby Welch: Ethan Suplee
Peter DeBlasio: Barry Rothbart
Steve Madden: Jake Hoffman