John Randolph

7 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K3 in HD

Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.

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By format

List

Serpico (1973)

Leading role · Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal EU

Video Notes:

StudioCanal EU has elevated blacks and inaccurate colors, Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encode.

Best Audio:

Eureka Blu-ray

3.9

Seconds (1966)

Leading role · Director: John Frankenheimer

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK MoC Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK MoC Blu-ray uses the same restoration as Criterion but has more natural contrast and more organic grains see caps

Audio Notes:

MoC Blu-ray has the exactly same audio as Criterion Blu-ray

King Kong (1976)

Supporting role · Director: John Guillermin

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray: good encode, but poor colours. More extras Paramount 4K Blu-ray: good colours but poor encode.

Best Audio:

(Paramount 4K Blu-ray has a 5.1 mix ONLY, which contains a music error) a possible replacement disc is still to be confirmed...

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray has extras missing from 4K

3.0

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Supporting role · Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

WB Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

WB Blu-ray sounds superior to 4K Blu-ray and DVD which have additional filtering.

3.5

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

Supporting role · Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Naked City (1948)

Small role · Director: Jules Dassin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and much better than older Arrow Blu-ray and the Arrow reissue is slightly more cut-off than the Criterion Blu-ray too

All the President's Men (1976)

Small role · Director: Alan J. Pakula

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · hollywood-elsewhere.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (caps; grade on the BD was controversial)

Best Audio:

2006 WB DVD

Audio Notes:

Later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

4.2

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