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Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

6 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K3 in HD1 in SD

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Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical (for Redhead and Man of La Mancha). Kiley was also nominated for nine Emmy Awards, winning four, including for his roles on the series The Thorn Birds, A Year in the Life, and Picket Fences. Some notable film roles include Blackboard Jungle (1955), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Endless Love (1981), Howard the Duck (1986), Phenomenon (1996), and Patch Adams (1998). Kiley is also remembered for his voice role as the tour guide in Jurassic Park (1993).

Biography from TMDB

Leading role · Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

HD Streaming

Supporting role · Director: Richard Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Samuel Fuller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray source features proper gamma and black levels with a superior contrast. MoC Blu-ray source features improper gamma and black levels and too bright a contrast, making the picture appear washed out. See caps

Additional Info:

Caveat:  MoC Blu-ray has slightly better encoding than Criterion

Supporting role · Director: Richard Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Supporting role · Director: Micky Dolenz

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Hollywood Entertainment DVD or SD Streaming

Small role · Director: Steven Spielberg

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2025 Universal 4K Trilogy Steelbook / 2026 standalone

Video Notes:

2025 Universal 4K Trilogy Steelbook / 2026 standalone is better than previous disappointing 2022 4K Blu-ray (excessive DNR). Not a whole new scan but the grain has been left mostly intact.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Audio Notes:

Cinema DTS is OG 5.1 mix.

Otherwise: 2022 4K Blu-ray’s DTS:X remix is more faithful than 2026’s Atmos remix.

3D Blu-ray’s 7.1 remix has reportedly less distortion than the OG 5.1 mix, and is presumably more faithful than the DTS:X remix.

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