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Casey Siemaszko

Casey Siemaszko

6 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K2 in HD

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Casey Siemaszko (born Kazimierz A. Siemaszko) is a Polish-American actor and the brother of actress Nina Siemaszko. The son of a fighter in the Polish Underground who survived the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Siemaszko narrated the 1998 feature, The Polish-Americans. Siemaszko was a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, which his sister, Nina Siemaszko later also attended. His acting career consists of smaller roles in dozen of popular films, including Back to the Future, Young Guns, Silence of the Heart, Of Mice and Men, Killing Kennedy, Back to the Future Part II and Stand By Me.

Biography from TMDB

4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Supporting role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Sony 2023 Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-ray > Sony 2019 Standard Edition 4K Blu-ray

US Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray added Dolby Vision and more extras

Best Audio:

Original Mono mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray Sony Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

DVD and Blu-ray both have lossy Mono

Additional Info:

The DVD has an isolated score track 
In addition to the new Atmos track, both 4K Blu-ray releases have ported over the previous lossless 5.1 remix from the older 1080p Blu-ray in DTS-HD MA 5.1 and also include the original theatrical mono mix in lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono

Only the US Steelbook has Dolby Vision

Supporting role · Director: Christopher Cain

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2020 Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

LaserDisc

2 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Director: Simon Wincer

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4K is defective with color space issues and poor encoding, UHD replacement disc is also defective with worse encode. The UHD has visible artifacts from the bad encoding. The HDR is overdone and the Paramount 4K master has grain management.
The new Kino Blu-ray has none of the UHD's problems and is superior to the UHD in every way though it still uses the same Paramount master.

Best Audio:

DVD 5.1 or LaserDisc 5.1 AC3, LD PCM 2.0 for the matrix stereo version. The LD and DVD seem to be the theatrical audio mix untouched with plenty of low end. This low end like a number of 90's Paramount titles was mixed out or tamed on subsequent releases. 

Additional Info:

The Lionsgate BD and Paramount BD share the same lackluster HD master with DNR and image distortion. The Lionsgate is much better encoded but has a 7.1 remix which messed up the original mix design by lessening all the great Foley work in favor of the score. The Paramount BD had a 5.1 lossless version of the original mix but it's a new version where the bass has been tamed so the track has lost its punch. The Kino Lorber UHD and Blu-ray recycle this same lesser 5.1 mastering. The original mix can still be heard on LD and DVD. The 2.0 stereo on the Kino is matrixed but also does not sound as good as the 2.0 matrix audio on DVD or LD.
Kino has a replacement program for the defective UHD to fix the color space issue. The new disc is not marked, has a worse encode AND DOES NOT FIX THE COLOR SPACE! Thus it is a worse defective disc version of the original defective disc.
The Billy Zane interview on the Kino BD has technical issues in the editing and clip quality used.

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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