Brock Peters

9 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K4 in HD1 with no official release

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Brock Peters or Brock G. Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and for his role as "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess. In later years, he gained recognition among Star Trek fans for his portrayals of Fleet Admiral Cartwright in two of the Star Trek feature films and Joseph Sisko, father of Benjamin Sisko, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He was also notable for his role as Hatcher in Soylent Green.

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The Pawnbroker (1965)

Leading role · Director: Sidney Lumet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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Video Notes:

While Olive Films Blu-ray is better encoded than BFI Blu-ray, it suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

The Incident (1967)

Supporting role · Director: Larry Peerce

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Eureka Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

UK Eureka Blu-ray marginally better than US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray see caps

3.9

Soylent Green (1973)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Fleischer

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see comparison

Additional Info:

1992 MGM LaserDisc [ML102574] includes isolated score

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Supporting role · Director: Otto Preminger

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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Carmen Jones (1954)

Supporting role · Director: Otto Preminger

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Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray is slightly better encoded than UK BFI Blu-ray

3.4

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Mulligan

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

R1 Universal DVD

4.1

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Small role · Director: Leonard Nimoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.7

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Meyer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.6

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

Small role · Director: Rob Reiner

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming or old Warner Bros DVD

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