Ed Lauter

13 films on Best Blurays9 in 4K4 in HD

Ed Lauter ( October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor. His films include The Last American Hero (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), King Kong (1976), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), School Ties (1992), True Romance (1993), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Camille (2007), and A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper(2007). Lauter's TV guest appearances include performances on Psych, The X-Files, Kojak, The A-Team, Booker, Charmed, Highlander: The Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (as Lt. Cmdr. Albert in the season 5 episode "The First Duty"),The Equalizer and ER (with a recurring role as Fire Captain Dannaker). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Lauter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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9 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Cujo (1983)

Supporting role · Director: Lewis Teague

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > disappointing US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray / R1 Lionsgate DVD sounds best and has the original mono and the R1 Lionsgate DVD has a Dolby Stereo remix

3.0

Family Plot (1976)

Supporting role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal The Alfred Hitchcock Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray

3.4

Raw Deal (1986)

Supporting role · Director: John Irvin

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

(not the 4K Blu-ray, previous LaserDisc could be better)

2.8

Real Genius (1985)

Supporting role · Director: Martha Coolidge

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(small caveat: the OG 2.0 track has not been cleaned up)

3.5

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

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Small role · Director: Mike Figgis

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

British StudioCanal 4K Blu-Ray upcoming

3.7

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Small role · Director: Oliver Stone

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray review

3.7

True Romance (1993)

Small role · Director: Tony Scott

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

2.0: Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray has more extras compared to US 4K Blu-ray, which removed the Cadiliac Man featurette and shortened the Michael Tronick and Larry Taylor interviews due to rights issues. The 5.1 on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray is louder and worse.

4.0