This scene in the version streaming on Paramount+:
the very top of Cary's head is clipped, and when the camera pans over to Hitchcock the old lady gets chopped in half. Paramount+'s streaming version is definitely zoomed in.
This screenshot below is from the old 2012 blu ray.
Have you looked lately to see if iTunes version has been upgraded? Is the top of Cary's head still clipped on the bus scene with Hitchcock and the bird lady? Does your iTunes version say Dolby Vision? The Paramount+ version is still zoomed in, it's grainless and the grading looks a little low...
I'll believe it when I see it.
[Editor’s Update 7/24/24: I’ve just confirmed that Paramount’s new Ultra HD of Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief (1955) is sourced from the same 4K scan as the 2020 Paramount Presents BD release, but is in fact an all-new, painstaking digital restoration that...
Wasn't there a story 4 years ago that the original scan files had been accidentally overwritten - all that exists from Paramount's original 2020 6k VV scans are the sub-par finished 4K product.
Paramount+ through Amazon Prime has the 4K version streaming. There's usually a free trial if you've never had a P+ subscription before.
It's pretty much the same version that was released by Paramount four years ago. I doubt the 4k disc will be any different. It's smooth and grainless for a...