Josef Sommer

10 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K3 in HD

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Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American retired stage, television, and film actor. His best known roles are as The President in X-Men: The Last Stand, Senator Jessup in The Sum of All Fears, Peter Lassiter in The Family Man, Curtis Flemming in Shaft, Dr. Eaton in Patch Adams, Phelps Bowen in The Chamber, Clive Peoples Jr. in Nobody's Fool, Mr. Duckworth in The Mighty Ducks, Chief Paul Schaefer in Witness, Max Richter in Silkwood, Sam Taylor in Independence Day, Rothko in Dirty Harry, and narrator for the film Sophie's Choice.

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7 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Witness (1985)

Leading role · Director: Peter Weir

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

3.7

The Family Man (2000)

Supporting role · Director: Brett Ratner

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD: Universal Blu-ray

4K: iTunes Streaming

3.3

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Supporting role · Director: Simon Wincer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

Dirty Harry (1971)

Small role · Director: Don Siegel

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray despite extreme frozen grain in moments, overzealous HDR brightness in outdoor sequences, color timing shifts in some shots

Best Audio:

Original Mono Mix: 1990's LaserDisc stereo remix folded back to mono, original VHS and Beta Hifi, WB 4K Blu-ray mono

3.8

The Front (1976)

Small role · Director: Martin Ritt

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Small role · Director: Brett Ratner

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Additional Info:

Missing extras on the old Blu-ray trilogy box set

2.7

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Small role · Director: Steven Spielberg

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

3.8

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Strange Days (1995)

Small role · Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Best English-Friendly:

Germany Plaion Ultrabit 20th Anni. Blu-ray

Additional Info:

UK Blu-ray is censored

3.8

Sophie's Choice (1982)

Small role · Director: Alan J. Pakula

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Germany Universal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Germany Universal Blu-ray has better encoding than US Shout! Factory, but it's more cropped?See caps https://slow.pics/c/cDui4NGF and https://slow.pics/c/JFGZRwhQ

Audio Notes:

Germany Universal Blu-ray is more dynamic than US Shout! Factory https://slow.pics/c/euldbr8T

3.6

Reds (1981)

Small role · Director: Warren Beatty

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray

3.9

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