Sean Astin

10 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K2 in HD1 with no official release

Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. He also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso.

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7 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Rudy (1993)

Leading role · Director: David Anspaugh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

DVD has an isolated score for the Theatrical Cut

3.6

The Goonies (1985)

Leading role · Director: Richard Donner

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1992 Warner Bros LaserDisc

3.8

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & 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.

4.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & 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

4.5

50 First Dates (2004)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Segal

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Sony 2006 Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

A scream in one scene is missing from both UHD tracks, see post

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & 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

4.4