Jim Broadbent

19 films on Best Blurays12 in 4K7 in HD

Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.

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12 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Leading role · Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray / Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(no audible difference)

3.5

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Supporting role · Director: David Yates

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray

DTS X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

Supporting role · Director: Sharon Maguire

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Miramax Blu-ray

International Cut: France StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(forced, but not hardcoded France subs, no English subtitles)

3.5

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Supporting role · Director: Steven Spielberg

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray Purist choice: Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray new improved master with color grading and slight issues. Blu-ray is old master with original color grading

Best Audio:

Blu-ray 5.1

Additional Info:

The Paramount 4K Blu-ray has a much better new scan that removes the original extremely dated color grading. This is an improvement on one hand but a definite revisionist change on the other. There is the expected grain management and slight HDR issues in addition to encoding quirks from Paramount. It is a giant improvement over the original Blu-ray but the color change and other issues means that the Blu-ray is one to keep for purists to have the as-is original iteration of the film's presentation. Audio wise the film has been remixed into Atmos but it merely seems like a slightly tweaked and frankly tamed version of the original 5.1. Of the two I prefer the Blu-ray 5.1. The original Blu-ray was Dolby TrueHD and the reissue Blu-ray in the four film Blu-ray collection boxset was DTS-HDMA.

DFIC extensive review: https://youtu.be/evsrJOTIjdA?si=wtdWGxZBfhPYTIeW

2.8

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Supporting role · Director: Andrew Adamson

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2008 Disney Blu-ray has the original 5.1 mix in LPCM or Dolby TrueHD depending on the region, both sound identical.
Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD DTS 5.1

Brazil (1985)

Supporting role · Director: Terry Gilliam

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Director's Cut: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-Ray

Love Conquers All Cut: Criterion Blu-Ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

4.1

Paddington 2 (2017)

Supporting role · Director: Paul King

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2K upscale, poor in HDR10 and better in DV due to the extremely bright grade. WB MOD uses the same master

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray has 2018 Atmos mix carried over. WB MOD Atmos mix at a lower volume.

4.1

The Crying Game (1992)

Supporting role · Director: Neil Jordan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)

Criterion is a new restoration from the original camera negative, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, graded using a 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive as a color reference.

Best Audio:

Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion is a new transfer from the magnetic track and sounds better than previous releases. The 5.1 track on the NTSC DVD is a poor quality upmix.