Joe Don Baker

7 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K3 in HD

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Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 - May 7, 2025) was an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, James Bond villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights, and CIA agent Jack Wade in the James Bond films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

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The Living Daylights (1987)

Leading role · Director: John Glen

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Best Audio:

1992 MGM LaserDisc

3.3

Cape Fear (1991)

Supporting role · Director: Martin Scorsese

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray or 4K master on streaming

3.7

GoldenEye (1995)

Supporting role · Director: Martin Campbell

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray: old DNRed video master

4K Lowry master on Streaming (better than DNRed Blu-ray) and Ultimate Edition DVD more detailed but heavily cropped on all sides

LaserDisc master: excellent LaserDisc video master ported to Special Edition DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: LaserDisc and Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Stereo SR: LaserDisc

Theatrical DTS 5.1: DTS LaserDisc

Blu-ray 5.1 new transfer

3.6

Wild Rovers (1971)

Supporting role · Director: Blake Edwards

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Supporting role · Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Best Audio:

Audio Notes:

This 5.1 mix is outstanding and all versions sound excellent. The Blu-ray HDMA is good but the DTS LaserDisc edges out over everything.

3.1

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Small role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Best Audio:

1999 R1 WB DVD/2005 R2 WB DVD

4.2

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Small role · Director: Tim Burton

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps. The HDR10 base layer is bright, so I'd recommended to watch it in Dolby Vision.

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is missing the isolated score and Martian dub from the DVD

3.3

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