George Coulouris

7 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K5 in HD

George Coulouris was a British stage, film and television actor. George Alexander Coulouris was an English film and stage actor. He was perhaps best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles, most notably Citizen Kane.

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Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Supporting role · Director: Vincent Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

The Verdict (1946)

Supporting role · Director: Don Siegel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Sleep, My Love (1948)

Supporting role · Director: Douglas Sirk

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Olive Films Blu-ray

3.5

Citizen Kane (1941)

Supporting role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)

Best Audio:

1992 Turner VHS Hi-Fi

4.2

Papillon (1973)

Supporting role · Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

4.0

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Small role · Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: lddb.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps

Best Audio:

Paramount JP LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

3.6

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Small role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Probably Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

While no comparison is available, this is indeed a new 4K restoration. However it has its problem like not scanned from best surviving prints due to some issues, or technicolor out of alignment but seems to be still better than older releases

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