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Brian Smyj

Brian Smyj

7 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K1 in HD

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Brian Smyj (pronounced Smy) is a highly trained Stunt Coordinator and Stunt man with over 20 years in the business. From Gladiator (2000) to The Pink Panther (2006) he's crashed and burned his way across the big screen time and time again. When he's not launching someone off a building or lighting them on fire, he's designing and fabricating one-of-a-kind rigs, machines, and safety systems to make his stunts the best and safest in the business. Brian is one of the most creative, accomplished stunt rigger in the United States. Brian knows how to flex the rules of physics to defy the laws of gravity.

Biography from TMDB

6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Small role · Director: Paul Feig

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France 4K Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

France 4K Blu-ray > Italy Eagle Pictures > US Lionsgate - caps

credits are in French though

Small role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Derek Cianfrance

4K · Solid

Small role · Director: Ridley Scott

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Paramount/Universal 4K Blu-ray but: it has a few shots that are blurrier than the older Blu-ray, for unknown reasons see BR post.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS or Signature Collection DVD AC-3

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

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. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc 

Additional Info:

The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata

Audio comparison: 5.1 surround

Small role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

1 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Small role · Director: Miloš Forman

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, 2K master

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