Cast
/
Chuck Hamilton

Chuck Hamilton

46 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K34 in HD4 in SD1 with no official release

7 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a fine release with no glaring encode issues, the new master is also fine but graded to look quite dim in HDR/DV. Unsure whether that's really respectful to the source

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray / Paramount EU Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Old Warner Bros US release is inferior.

Small role · Director: Arthur Lubin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Kino Lorber has some additional noise reduction. Universal NTSC DVD's worse than either of the Blu-rays.

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Robert Mulligan

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

R1 Universal DVD

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono

Audio Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.

Additional Info:

The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

34 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Small role · Director: Tim Whelan

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, 2K master

Small role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4k transfer

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray sounds heavily filtered

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps

Small role · Director: Lewis Seiler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Small role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray/Final Cut Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The Kino BD has additional extras but the Laserdisc still has exclusive extras and commentary not included on the Kino release. AVOID the MGM Blu-ray for the stretched aspect ratio error that was only finally corrected for the Kino Lorber reissue after much fan outcry.

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Charles Walters

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration

Show all 34 in HD

4 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Small role · Director: George Archainbaud

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive The Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection DVD

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox DVD

Small role · Director: Reinhold Schünzel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Tay Garnett

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

R1 WB Archives MOD DVD-R

1 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Small role · Director: Frank Lloyd

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial streaming

Additional Info:

MoMA has 35mm print but no release yet

Missing a Chuck Hamilton film? Suggest it