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F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

16 films on Best Blurays13 in 4K3 in HD

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F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He became famous for portraying Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Abraham debuted on Broadway in the 1968 play The Man in the Glass Booth. He received the Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for his roles in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1984) and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2011). He returned to Broadway in the revival of Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only a Play (2014), receiving a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men (1976), Scarface (1983), The Name of the Rose (1986), Last Action Hero (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Dillinger and Capone (1995), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Finding Forrester (2000), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). He was a regular cast member on the Showtime drama series Homeland (2012–2018), which earned him two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He also acted in Louie (2011–2014), Mythic Quest (2020–2021), Moon Knight (2022) and The White Lotus (2022), with the latter earning him nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Murray Abraham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

13 of 16 films match

Leading role · Director: Miloš Forman

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray
Extended: Warner Bros Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray: Huge improvement in colors and detail. The restoration was done by the Academy instead of WB MPI which explains that there’s no grain management or issues with colors. They also accessed the original credit optical and scanned that one instead of recreating them digitally

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray, according to Saentz, the 5.0 is a recreation of the original and subsequently 70mm mix from original elements.

Leading role · Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

2K DI Upscale, see caps. SDR grade in HDR container

Supporting role · Director: John McTiernan

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 2021/22 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Jonathan Frakes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

R2/R4 DVD DD 4.0

TV series

Supporting role

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray 

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

Video Notes:

But has AI upscaling on opticals, see caps

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber has 5.1, Lionsgate Blu-ray has 7.1, don't know which sounds better and closest to the theatrical mix.

Small role · Director: Alan J. Pakula

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · hollywood-elsewhere.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (caps; grade on the BD was controversial)

Best Audio:

2006 WB DVD

Audio Notes:

Later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

Small role · Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray caps. The Blu-ray was clearly low-pass filtered. Luckily, the 4K looks excellent.

Small role · Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK Second Sight 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to French Severin or German 4K Blu-ray: see comparison

Small role · Director: Wes Anderson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray, 2K DI upscale, see Chris's review

Small role · Directors: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK StudioCanal UHD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal EU

Video Notes:

StudioCanal EU has elevated blacks and inaccurate colors, Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encode.

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray

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