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Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

10 Films

Paul Dooley

10 Included Films

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Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Sixteen Candles, Strange Brew and many Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS show The Electric Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Dooley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Popeye poster
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UHD Blu-ray
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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Paramount Blu-ray

Popeye was mixed for a failed Vistasonic system with 4 discrete tracks (L/C/R/S). That mix has never been released on home video in its original form.

The older 5.1 track appearing on older DVD/BD releases sounds excellent. It appears to be a slight upmix of the original mix, only splitting the surrounds and adding LFE. It sounds close to the old analog LaserDisc, which is likely the original mix in a matrixed form.

The 5.1 included on the UHD is a new remix which significantly differs from previous tracks. There are new foley effects all over the place. Music is jarringly spliced in from different sources. Unlike the old 5.1 which had clearly discrete surrounds, the channels surrounds overlap somewhat with the fronts here.

Details on the new mix from Paramount's former head of restoration: https://youtu.be/P-AmjqViJyE?t=788

The 2.0 tracks on all DVDs/BDs are just downmixes of their respective 5.1 mixes.

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Popeye poster
UHD Blu-ray
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Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Paramount Blu-ray

Popeye was mixed for a failed Vistasonic system with 4 discrete tracks (L/C/R/S). That mix has never been released on home video in its original form.

The older 5.1 track appearing on older DVD/BD releases sounds excellent. It appears to be a slight upmix of the original mix, only splitting the surrounds and adding LFE. It sounds close to the old analog LaserDisc, which is likely the original mix in a matrixed form.

The 5.1 included on the UHD is a new remix which significantly differs from previous tracks. There are new foley effects all over the place. Music is jarringly spliced in from different sources. Unlike the old 5.1 which had clearly discrete surrounds, the channels surrounds overlap somewhat with the fronts here.

Details on the new mix from Paramount's former head of restoration: https://youtu.be/P-AmjqViJyE?t=788

The 2.0 tracks on all DVDs/BDs are just downmixes of their respective 5.1 mixes.

Samples

1080p Blu-ray
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Arrow Blu-ray

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Arrow Blu-ray

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Arrow Blu-ray

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Arrow Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
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Criterion Blu-ray

The Player poster
1080p Blu-ray
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Criterion Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
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Italy Medusa Blu-ray

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Italy Medusa Blu-ray > US WB Blu-ray

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WB Blu-ray has 24 bit DTS-HD MA

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Italy Medusa Blu-ray

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Italy Medusa Blu-ray > US WB Blu-ray

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WB Blu-ray has 24 bit DTS-HD MA

1080p Blu-ray
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Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Warner Archive Blu-ray

Cars poster
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UHD Blu-ray
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Disney 4K Blu-ray

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Disney 4K Blu-ray

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US original mix with Jeremy Piven: DTS-HD MA 6.1 track on the 2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray
UK mix with Jeremy Clarkson: Dolby TrueHD 6.1 on the 2008 UK Disney Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Harv is voiced by Jeremy Piven in the US cut while Jeremy Clarkson voices him in the UK cut.

Cars poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

US original mix with Jeremy Piven: DTS-HD MA 6.1 track on the 2019 Disney 4K Blu-ray
UK mix with Jeremy Clarkson: Dolby TrueHD 6.1 on the 2008 UK Disney Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Harv is voiced by Jeremy Piven in the US cut while Jeremy Clarkson voices him in the UK cut.

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