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Rance Howard

Rance Howard

22 films on Best Blurays15 in 4K7 in HD

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Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), Ed Wood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nebraska (2013), and Max Rose (2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).

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Small role · Director: Roland Emmerich

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 25th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(has Dolby Vision and Atmos compared to the old 4K Blu-ray)

Small role · Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991/1998 Paramount LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

MCA 1989 LaserDisc or Universal 1999 NTSC DVD

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Extended: Old Sony Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1998 Universal DVD

Small role · Director: Peter Weir

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1999 R1 WB DVD/2005 R2 WB DVD

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray, see caps

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc 

Additional Info:

The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata

Audio comparison: 5.1 surround

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Gore Verbinski

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP British Eureka Blu-Ray

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray; caps

Audio Notes:

Arrow includes the original 70mm 6-track mix in a discrete form (4.1), as well as the matrixed 35mm Dolby Stereo mix (2.0), both from new transfers. The German Blu-ray uses an earlier transfer dating back to the LaserDisc for the stereo. Both sound good.

Arrow includes a 7.1 Atmos remix, whereas earlier releases include a 5.1 remix.

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Brett Ratner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Tim Burton

Best English-Friendly:

Disney Blu-ray

Best Video:

Old Disney Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Rob Reiner

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming or old Warner Bros DVD

Small role · Director: Ron Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org

Sources: fanedit.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.

Additional Info:

The TV version is extended but is censored. The Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is restored from an interpositive, no release so far is confirmed to be from the Original Camera Negative.

Small role · Director: Tim Burton

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps. The HDR10 base layer is bright, so I'd recommended to watch it in Dolby Vision.

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is missing the isolated score and Martian dub from the DVD

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