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Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

30 films on Best Blurays19 in 4K11 in HD
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Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.

Biography from TMDB

19 of 30 films match

Leading role · Director: Robin Hardy

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Final Cut: StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray Theatrical Cut: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray Director's Cut: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Guy Hamilton

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K Streaming SDR master on streaming seems to look quite a bit better than the Blu-ray

MGM Blu-ray is the best physical media release

Caps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Best Audio:

MGM 1993 LaserDisc

Supporting role · Director: George Lucas

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Supporting role · Director: Terence Fisher

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Hammer & Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Hammer & Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray are confirmed by Randy Miller to be identical down to the encode, the only difference being different studio logos.

Best Audio:

Warner Bros 2002 DVD

Audio Notes:

Warner Bros 2002 DVD has the best sounding mono

Supporting role · Director: Jesús Franco

4K · Excellent

Supporting role · Directors: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Supporting role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray (the one without the green tint) may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

The 2011 Blu-ray notoriously had a green tint, the 2020 one removes it.

Supporting role · Director: Richard Lester

4K · Excellent
Best Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal's 4K release is similar in encode quality, but has significant glitches in multiple frames. See comparisons 9-16 here: https://slow.pics/c/YkSVb3Ey

Audio Notes:

The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K's English audio is too high

Additional Info:

Criterion has more extras than StudioCanal.

Supporting role · Director: George Lucas

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing
Best Video:

High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Supporting role · Directors: Tim Burton & Mike Johnson

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps. Original 1.85 framing restored, much better colors, image detail and a film stock-like tone curve was restored.

Best Audio:

Warner Bros HD-DVD

Audio Notes:

Warner Bros HD-DVD has the original 6.1 mix in a better format than the Blu-ray (Dolby Digital Plus instead of standard Dolby Digital), but is still lossy and a disc prone to disc rot. The Blu-ray is a good alternative.

Small role · Director: Tim Burton

Best Video & Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

Small role · Director: Tim Burton

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray is significant upgrades compared to the BDs, but has noticeable artificial sharpening

Small role · Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray is significant upgrades compared to the BDs, but has noticeable artificial sharpening

Small role · Director: Basil Dearden

4K · Excellent

Small role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid
Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K Blu-ray caveat: mostly great video but the 4K Blu-rays have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & Blu-rays

The 2020 Blu-ray may be better than the 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

New Line Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

New Line Blu-ray have the original 6.1 mixes

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray set is missing extras from the old Blu-ray/DVD releases

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