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Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

10 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K4 in HD

Also a director: 3 films

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Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance as a ruthless Jewish mobster in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also played in Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), and My First Mister (2001). He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Defending Your Life (1991). He is also the author of 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011). His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), Tiberius in The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and several one-time characters in The Simpsons, including Hank Scorpio in "You Only Move Twice" (1996) and Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Albert Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Leading role · Director: Albert Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Supporting role · Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Second Sight 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Atmos on the Sony 4K Blu-ray maybe better?

Regarding the "original theatrical audio" 5.1 mixes:

The Sony UHD and the BD DTS-HD 5.1 mixes are the same but the UHD has been pushed slightly harder and has a lot of clipping. The UHD is 16 bit vs the BD's 24 bits.

The Second Sight UHD DTS-HD 5.1 is a downmix of its respective Atmos track. Definitely different from the Sony UHD/BD mix plus a little less dynamic. Whether or not that's representative of the theatrical Dolby Digital mix is anyone's guess.

So, if you want the best version of the original 5.1, the 2012 BD is the winner.

Supporting role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

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

Video Notes:

2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding

Best Audio:

Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Steven Soderbergh

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: James L. Brooks

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

4 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: Albert Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Sony Blu-ray uses a newer 4K master than Indicator and is noticeably better see caps

Leading role · Director: James L. Brooks

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k resto

Best Audio:

1999 Fox DVD

Audio Notes:

1999 Fox DVD slightly better

Supporting role · Director: Howard Zieff

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Supporting role · Director: Mark Osborne

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2015 Paramount France 3D Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Paramount France 3D Blu-ray has both 3D and 2D formats included, as well as both the original French audio with English subtitles and the English dub.

US Blu-ray has no 3D option and only has the English dub.

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