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Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

22 films on Best Blurays12 in 4K9 in HD1 with no official release

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds. In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal. Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award. On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".

Biography from TMDB

12 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Mike Mills

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray upscale from 2K DI

Leading role · Director: Robert Wise

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

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.

All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.

Leading role · Director: Blake Edwards

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Live Home Video 1996 remastered letterbox LaserDisc 

Additional Info:

The remastered LaserDisc PCM mono sounds the most untouched and natural of any version. In 2006, Universal made a new HD master used on all subsequent DVD and Blu-ray releases. The Universal 2.0 mono mix may be a new transfer, different source or remix made from stems as the music and effects are at different levels throughout the track when compared to older copies featuring the mono mix. Additionally there is extreme noise reduction with dialogue sounding too clean and hiss being almost gone. Comparing with the 1996 LaserDisc mono clearly shows in all of these moments that the original mono was mixed differently and to serve the jokes.

Leading role · Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The older Universal Blu-ray has a yellow cast (error) especially in the 1912 scenes.

Supporting role · Director: Terry Gilliam

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Supporting 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

Supporting role · Director: Jon Turteltaub

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Disney+ or Disney Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

Best Audio:

US Disney Blu-ray LPCM 5.1

Supporting role · Director: Oliver Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: WB Theatrical DVD

Director's Cut: WB Director's Cut DVD

Final Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Ultimate Cut: WB Ultimate Cut Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Guy Hamilton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Rian Johnson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Nicholas Meyer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Spike Lee

4K · Excellent

9 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: Robert Mulligan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Leading role · Director: Terrence Malick

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K transfer

Leading role · Director: Don Bluth

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Sandpiper Blu-ray, Germany Birnenblatt Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1992 VHS or LaserDisc

Additional Info:

all US DVDs, VOD releases, and Blu-rays have incorrectly pitched audio

Leading role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

Disney Blu-ray

Best Video:

Supporting role · Director: Taylor Hackford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Gary David Goldberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Spike Lee

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray upcoming

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

1 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Supporting role · Director: Sidney Lumet

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial streaming/DVD likely recorded from TCM

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