Wes Studi

10 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K5 in HD1 in SD

Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He most recently portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar.

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Hostiles (2017)

Leading role · Director: Scott Cooper

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Germany Universum 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Germany Universum 4K Blu-ray has a Atmos track

3.6

Deep Rising (1998)

Supporting role · Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.1

The New World (2005)

Supporting role · Director: Terrence Malick

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K transfer

3.8

Mystery Men (1999)

Supporting role · Director: Kinka Usher

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

3.1

Avatar (2009)

Supporting role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling

Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling

Additional Info:

An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908

3.7

Heat (1995)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Mann

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration

Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.

Best Audio:

LaserDisc 2.0 (restores censored dialog). Comparison of 5.1 mixes
For the 5.1: LaserDisc AC3 vs US DVD AC3 vs Japan DVD DTS

4.3

Powwow Highway (1989)

Small role · Director: Jonathan Wacks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment or Anchor Bay OOP DVD

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Small role · Director: Kevin Costner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory/Australia Via Vision Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K restoration of the extended cut to be screened in Locarno Film Festival

Video Notes:

PQ looks the same for all BDs, but only Shout! Factory/Australia Via Vision Blu-ray/Germany Kinowelt Anniversary Blu-ray has both theatrical and extended cut

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

The Doors (1991)

Small role · Director: Oliver Stone

4K · Good in DV Only

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

3.4

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