Scent of a Woman arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Shout Factory. The drama stars Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell and a young Philip Seymour Hoffman. Features unfortunately only include two new interviews.
Scent of a Woman
— Collector’s Edition / Shout Select —
(1992)
Genre(s): Drama
Universal | R – .137 min. – $39.98 | May 27, 2025
Date Published: 08/24/2025 | Author: The Movieman
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PLOT SYNOPSIS |
| Frank (AL PACINO) is a retired Lt. Col. in the US army. He’s blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie (CHRIS O’DONNELL) is at school and is looking forward to going to college. To help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank’s niece says this will be easy money, but she didn’t reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 2½/5 |
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This release comes with a matted slip cover and is part of the “Shout Select” line (#179). One Last Tour of the Battlefield: Directing Scent of a Woman (51:06) is a lengthy retrospective interview with Martin Brest Just Tango On: Editing Scent of a Woman (21:18) is a new interview wtih co-editor Michael Tronick |
4K ULTRA HD VIDEO – 4¾/5, BLU-RAY VIDEO – 4¾/5, 4K UHD/BLU-RAY AUDIO – 4/5 |
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Both the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs feature a new 4K scan from the Original Camera Negative (supervised by Director Martin Brest). As it is, the 2160p high-definition transfer does look great, detail is sharp and the natural film grain remains intact. Colors aren’t terribly vibrant but it is well balanced and I didn’t notice any obvious signs of aliasing or artifacting. Doing a test look at the Blu-ray disc, it’s mostly the same with the slight edge in terms of detail going to the 4K disc. Both discs come with a serviceable and effective DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track (along with a 2.0 option). Dialogue comes across with great clarity with no apparent hissing while the front and rear channels shows some okay direction. This lossless track isn’t anything phenomenal but still efficient. |
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