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Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

10 Films

Martin Balsam

10 Included Films

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Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).

On the Waterfront poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1994 Columbia LaserDisc

English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

1994 Columbia LaserDisc

12 Angry Men poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio

12 Angry Men poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio

Psycho poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Turbine Germany Blu-ray, WB DVD(?)

Breakfast at Tiffany's poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

Murder on the Orient Express poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray, original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps

Best Audio:

Paramount JP LaserDisc. Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

English-Friendly:

StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray

Video:

StudioCanal Britain 4K Blu-ray, original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps

Audio:

Paramount JP LaserDisc. Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is a port of 2000 MGM DVD and superior to Kino Lorber. LaserDisc likely minimally better.

English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is a port of 2000 MGM DVD and superior to Kino Lorber. LaserDisc likely minimally better.

All the President's Men poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

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

Best Audio:

2006 WB DVD, later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Video:

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

Audio:

2006 WB DVD, later Warner Bros Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray are minor downgrades

St. Elmo's Fire poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray looks like a very nice upgrade and is maybe even more but people are debating the addition of a Kieślowski-like yellow color filter they put over a segment in the film at around 16 minutes, on the other hand, this cap of the Blu-ray looks terrible and clearly not right either, so leaning on Sony having reinstated the filter

English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray looks like a very nice upgrade and is maybe even more but people are debating the addition of a Kieślowski-like yellow color filter they put over a segment in the film at around 16 minutes, on the other hand, this cap of the Blu-ray looks terrible and clearly not right either, so leaning on Sony having reinstated the filter

Cape Fear poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Cape Fear poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

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