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Hal Smith

Hal Smith

7 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K5 in HD

Hal Smith photo

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Harold John "Hal" Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts. He is also known to radio listeners as John Avery Whittaker on Adventures in Odyssey. Smith is often wrongly given credit for the writing of the movie It Came from Beneath the Sea, as well as ten other produced feature films. The true co-writer of those movies is Harold Jacob Smith, who wrote as "Hal Smith" until 1958. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Smith (actor),  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Supporting role · Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise

Best English-Friendly:

Original Theatrical Version: 35mm scans

Later Versions: Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Original Theatrical Version: 35mm scans

Video Notes:

DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray are altered

Best Audio:

1992 Disney LaserDisc or 35mm scans

Audio Notes:

1992 Disney LaserDisc or 35mm scans for OG stereo mix

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

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

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)

Additional Info:

Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.

5 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Directors: Joseph Barbera & William Hanna

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Don Bluth

Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal Blu-ray
Universal DVD for 4:3 open matte version

Best Audio:

Universal LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Universal LaserDisc for the original Dolby Stereo mix

Blu-ray only has a 5.1 remix that alters some dialogue and sound effects

Small role · Director: Blake Edwards

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Original: 35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)

Restored: Disney Limited Issue DVD (1.33:1 open matte)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Later Disney DVDs and Blu-ray are altered

Best Audio:

35mm scans or Disney LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Delbert Mann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

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