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Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

13 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K7 in HD

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Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian. His film roles have included Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: John Lasseter

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(every version since the 2000 DVD release, including the 2010 2D Blu-ray, has animation errors. The majority of those were corrected for the 3D rerelease.) The 4K Blu-ray is merely upscaled from the 2K render.

Best Audio:

Stereo Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 AC3 Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset

5.1 DTS Mix: 1997 Disney DTS LaserDisc level corrected

Additional Info:

The 1997 DTS LaserDisc is a virtually untouched transfer of the theatrical 5.1 mix and should theoretically sound the best being that DTS has higher bitrates than AC3. However, the original pressing of the DTS LaserDisc has an error where the right channel is 8.5db lower than the rest. This is an easy fix in a program like Audacity, and if you can find a corrected transfer, like the ones on various fan projects online, it should be the best sounding version of the film.

The AC3 audio on Side 2 of the CLV LaserDisc has the LFE channel muted. This was left intact for the CAV release.

The 2000 and 2005 UK DVD has an error where one of the shots is brightened up way too high (when the rest of the toys hold onto Slinky as he clings onto Woody during the moving truck rescue). Plus the end credits are interlaced (the PSP UMD video is the only way to get that version of the credits without interlacing).

The 4K Blu-ray has a further remixed Atmos track.

Supporting role · Director: Lee Unkrich

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2010 Disney Blu-ray for the original 7.1 mix

Additional Info:

The UK version has different voice actors for one of the three army men and all three of the Peas-in-a-pod.

The South African version has Jeremy Mansfield (a famous radio personality) as the voice of Chatter Phone.

Supporting role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Excellent

Supporting role · Director: John Lasseter

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:
Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2001 Disney DVD for the original 6.1 mix

Additional Info:

The international version replaces the American flag in Buzz’s speech with a spinning CGI globe and the American Anthem is replaced with an exclusive piece by Randy Newman titled the ‘One World Anthem’. Bizarrely the 2005 UK DVD retains the US anthem while having the CGI globe.

The original November 1999 end credits start a second earlier on the theatrical versions (found on bootleg telesyncs) rather than the 2001 or 2005 DVDs.

Supporting role · Director: Noah Baumbach

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K transfer

Supporting role · Director: Mark Dindal

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Disney Blu-ray

3D: Disney 3D Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Disney 3D Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney 3D Blu-ray has a slightly better audio mix

Small role · Director: Amy Heckerling

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Fine new master, grade and encode caps

Small role · Director: Louis Malle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Gaumont Blu-ray is better encoded than Paramount but graded very teal see caps

Small role · Director: Woody Allen

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Brad Bird

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has the original DTS-ES 6.1 mix in DTS-HD MA 6.1. Inferior Dolby Atmos remix is set to default.

Small role · Director: Josh Cooley

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Pete Docter

Best English-Friendly:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray

Outtake credits: 2002 Collector's Edition DVD

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Original credits: 2009 Blu-ray/2013 3D Blu-ray (preference: the 2009 Blu-ray has rendering errors not on the DVD release or the 3D version but does have the original Disney and Pixar logos caps. Fur textures are differently animated on the 3D version as well) 4K Blu-ray is an upscale.

Outtake credits: 2002 UK Collector's Edition DVD (US release has the outtakes only in the fullscreen version)

Best Audio:

AC3 5.1, Cinema DTS, or half bitrate DTS DVD

Audio Notes:

(only on the UK Collector's Edition)

Additional Info:

Isolated score is on the DVD

Small role · Director: Bob Fosse

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Japan Fox Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Japan Fox Blu-ray > Criterion Blu-ray

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