Joe Morton

13 films on Best Blurays9 in 4K4 in HD

Joe Morton is an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy awarded role as Eli Pope in the television series Scandal, and for playing Reverend Arthur Finer on God Friended Me. Morton studied Drama at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.

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Speed (1994)

Supporting role · Director: Jan de Bont

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

3.7

Paycheck (2003)

Supporting role · Director: John Woo

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming on Paramount+/Paramount Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Best Buy DVD has a exclusive disc

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Supporting role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray (but it's missing the extra scenes in the Ultimate Edition)

2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.

Best Audio:

Original Kodak/ORC CDS mix: Japan Pioneer DVD in DTS/ac3 5.1

Original Dolby Stereo SR: USA Widescreen LaserDisc and others.

Audio Notes:

Differences of mixes on various releases: see thread and more info here.

Additional Info:

2017 Blu-ray (which has the DNRed transfer), the 2009 Skynet Edition Blu-ray, and the 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD have exclusive extras. The 2003 Extreme Edition DVD has some exclusive easter eggs.

4.3

Executive Decision (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Baird

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: old Warner Bros DVD (first pressing from 1997, pre 2010), alleycat's preservation better
International Cut (censored): Warner Bros Blu-ray

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

International Cut changes: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2965833

Lone Star (1996)

Supporting role · Director: John Sayles

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (Chris's review)

3.9

Ali (2001)

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray 2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD 2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (caveat: not entirely English friendly, R1 DVD for a more English friendly release)
2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD
2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: The UK DVD

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: The UK DVD has a DTS 5.1 track

Additional Info:

The Sony Blu-ray is missing the commentary from the DC DVD

Michael Mann changed it so much for the new cut that it no longer lined up.

3.5