Chet Brandenburg
45 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K37 in HD2 in SD1 with no official release
Biography from TMDB
5 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Anthony Mann
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, Universal 2008 DVD
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2008 Universal DVD mono
The mono on the Criterion is severely filtered resulting in it sounding incredibly muffled. It is nearly as filtered as the 2003 original Universal DVD which had extreme filtering and sounds horribly thin. The 2008 DVD remaster and original Laserdisc analog mastering are mostly left alone. The original LD master is from a worn element but otherwise sounds very natural. The 2008 DVD is the highest quality version we have without the heavy filtering and the defects of the LD master. It isn't perfect but easily the best of the main four sources by a dramatic margin.
The existing 4K SDR restoration looks excellent, but the Criterion extras are limited and disappointing. The classic Stewart interview commentary from the LD is ported over but given a new mastering. Compared to past releases it has been very slightly noise reduced.
Small role · Director: Byron Haskin
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray see caps
37 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Supporting role · Director: Samuel Fuller
Small role · Director: Jack Arnold
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MCA LaserDisc
Criterion Blu-ray generally has more noise reduction than the DVDs and the other two blu-rays, but its EQ more closely matches the LaserDisc - though dialogue still sounds a bit comparatively hollow. See blah-ray review
Small role · Director: Phil Karlson
Small role · Director: Edmund Goulding
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Small role · Director: Max Ophüls
Small role · Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
2 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Small role · Director: Budd Boetticher
Paramount DVD from UCLA restoration
Paramount DVD
Paramount's DVD is from the UCLA photochemical restoration. It remains the highest quality video release of the film which is long overdue for a new transfer and could vastly improve in a new restoration as Sony proved with their 4K restorations of the Ranown Cycle. The DVD does have extensive well done supplements and is still essential. A French BD was released in late 2024 and an earlier Japanese BD exists but their transfer sources are unknown. Reviews on Amazon France seem to indicate the BD is a poor version of the DVD's HD master source.
1 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
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