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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

21 Films

Gene Hackman

21 Included Films

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Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).

1080p Blu-ray
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WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB, already 4k transfer

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WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB, already 4k transfer

1080p Blu-ray
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2012 Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

2012 Fox remastered Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox remastered Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
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Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Warner Archive Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
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StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray slightly better

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal/Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray slightly better

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray. caps by BR user Donald McDonald. The encode looks absolutely spotless even in the highlights and without Dolby Vision filling anything in.

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray. caps by BR user Donald McDonald. The encode looks absolutely spotless even in the highlights and without Dolby Vision filling anything in.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

See caps for Kino: caps. Here’s a particularly egregious example.

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber has a exclusive commentary

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

See caps for Kino: caps. Here’s a particularly egregious example.

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber has a exclusive commentary

UHD Blu-ray
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Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release fixed a glitch in the previous discs)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release includes lossless 5.1 and better 2.0 compared to previous editions)

Additional Info:

The 70mm mix in 5.1 was lossy on the 4K 2018 pressing, missing from the 2023 pressing for some reason, and then put back on the 2025 pressing in lossless.

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release fixed a glitch in the previous discs)
Expanded and TV cuts: 2017 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

WB 4K Blu-ray (2025 re-release includes lossless 5.1 and better 2.0 compared to previous editions)

Additional Info:

The 70mm mix in 5.1 was lossy on the 4K 2018 pressing, missing from the 2023 pressing for some reason, and then put back on the 2025 pressing in lossless.

1080p Blu-ray
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2020 Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray

Reds poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

2020 Paramount Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is disappointing, heavy blockings see caps

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is disappointing, heavy blockings see caps

Hoosiers poster
Letterboxd
1080p Blu-ray
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MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray improves on older 2007 Blu-ray see caps

Hoosiers poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray

Best Video:

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray improves on older 2007 Blu-ray see caps

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray, newly encoded 2025 disc only

Best Audio:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray 2025 Disc

Best Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray, newly encoded 2025 disc only

Best Audio:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray 2025 Disc

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 WB LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 WB LaserDisc

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US. Overall good, superior compression to the US disc

Best Audio:

1994 Japan LaserDisc [PILF-1836]

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount/Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray > Paramount US. Overall good, superior compression to the US disc

Best Audio:

1994 Japan LaserDisc [PILF-1836]

1080p Blu-ray
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Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Disney DVD

Crimson Tide poster
1080p Blu-ray
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Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray

Extended: Disney DVD

UHD Blu-ray
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US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)

International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray
Extended: Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray
Extended: Disney DVD

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray
Extended: Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Disney Blu-ray
Extended: Disney DVD

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

21 films

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