‘Sleepless in Seattle,’ ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ 4K Reissues Anchor Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Columbia Classics Vol. 4 Box Set

Todd Gilchrist
·5 min read
  • Oops!
    Something went wrong.
    Please try again later.
  • Oops!
    Something went wrong.
    Please try again later.
  • Oops!
    Something went wrong.
    Please try again later.

“Sleepless in Seattle,” “Punch-Drunk Love” and four more films from Columbia Pictures will make their 4K Ultra HD debut Feb. 13, 2024, via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 4, the latest installment in SPHE’s series of limited edition sets culling critical and commercial hits from the studio’s storied library, will feature Nora Ephron and Paul Thomas Anderson’s romantic comedies — along with Howard Hawks’ “His Girl Friday,” Stanley Kramer’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” Robert Benton’s “Kramer vs. Kramer” and John Carpenter’s “Starman.” In addition to more than 30 hours of legacy bonus content for each film, the set includes a bonus disc featuring the entirety of the 1986 “Starman” television series, as well as an 80-page hardbound book exploring the impact and legacy of the six films.

More from Variety

Matching its predecessors, the packaging for the set showcases the included titles, and opens to display the Columbia logo housing the hardbound book.

Each of the titles collects many existing featurettes and bonus materials from previous releases, alongside newly restored or remastered picture and sound. The full slate of extras is listed below:

“His Girl Friday” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative

  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master

  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Audio Commentary Featuring Film Critic and Author Todd McCarthy

  • (New) Screwball Style: The Iconic Costumes of Robert Kalloch Featurette

  • (New) Breaking the Speed Barrier: The Dialogue of His Girl Friday Featurette

  • Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson Featurette

  • Ben Hecht Featurette

  • On Assignment: His Girl Friday Featurette

  • Cary Grant: Making Headlines Featurette

  • Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop Featurette

  • Howard Hawks: Reporter’s Notebook Featurette

  • The Funny Pages Featurette

  • Vintage Advertising

  • Theatrical Trailers

“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative

  • Dolby Atmos English audio

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Audio Commentary Featuring Eddy Friedfeld, Lee Pfeiffer and Paul Scrabo

  • Theatrical Teaser

  • Feature Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 3.0 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Introductions by Karen Kramer, Steven Spielberg, Tom Brokaw, Quincy Jones

  • A Love Story for Today Featurette

  • A Special Kind of Love Featurette

  • Stanley Kramer: A Man’s Search for Truth Featurette

  • Stanley Kramer Accepts the Irving Thalberg Award

  • 2007 Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award Presentation to An Inconvenient Truth

  • Photo Gallery

  • Theatrical Trailer

“Kramer vs. Kramer” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative

  • Dolby Atmos English audio

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Mono DTS-HD Master Audio

  • (New) Audio Commentary with Film Professor Jennine Lanouette

  • (New) 5 Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes

  • 4 Featurettes: Robert Benton on Directing, Justin Henry on Acting, Mothers and Daughters, Points of Pride

  • Theatrical Trailer

  • Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition

  • 5.1 Dolby TrueHD

  • Special Feature: Finding the Truth – The Making of Kramer vs. Kramer

“Starman” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative

  • Dolby Atmos English audio

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition, from the 4K master

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Jeff Bridges

  • (New) Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes

  • They Came from Hollywood: Revisiting Starman Featurette

  • Making-Of Featurette

  • Music Video

  • Still Gallery

  • Theatrical Trailer

“Sleepless in Seattle” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative

  • Dolby Atmos English audio

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Feature Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD Master Audio

  • (New) 30th Anniversary Critic Commentary with Karen Han & David Sims

  • (New) A Conversation on Sleepless in Seattle with Gary Foster and Meg Ryan

  • Audio Commentary Featuring Nora and Delia Ephron

  • 4 Deleted Scenes

  • Love in the Movies Featurette

  • “When I Fall in Love” Music Video

  • Theatrical Trailer

“Punch-Drunk Love” Disc Breakdown

  • 4K Ultra HD Includes:

  • Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, approved by director Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Dolby Atmos English audio, approved by director Paul Thomas Anderson

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • Feature Blu-ray Includes:

  • Feature presented in high definition, sourced from the 4K master

  • 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

  • 2 Deleted Scenes

  • Mattress Man Commercial

  • Blossoms and Blood

  • 12 Scopitones

  • Jon Brion Featurette

  • Recording Session

  • Theatrical Trailers

Bonus Discs Include:

“Starman” – the complete 1986-1987 22-episode follow-up series, based on the feature film—exclusively presented in high definition. HD episodes included on 4K UHD discs for maximum space.

Past Columbia Classics sets featured “Lawrence of Arabia and “Jerry Maguire” (Vol. 1), “Taxi Driver” and “The Social Network” (Vol. 2), “From Here to Eternity” and “As Good As It Gets” (Vol. 3) among other films. In almost all cases, these titles are available in 4K Ultra high definition only in these sets.

Best of Variety

Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.