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Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

11 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K6 in HD1 in SD

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Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist. He has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He played Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). The role earned him six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Equally prolific in cinema, his film appearances include Blue Collar (1978), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), She-Devil (1989), Batman Forever (1995), and Pineapple Express (2008). He is a recurring cast member in the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, including Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). He also co-hosted, along with wife Rachelle Carson, the green living reality show titled Living with Ed (2007–2010). He has been married to actress Rachelle Carson since August 23, 2000, and they have one child. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Supporting role · Director: Paul Schrader

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied and encoding could be better. Possible issues in Dolby Vision

Great source, poorly encoded but it does look significantly better than the Blu-Rays.

Supporting role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1998 Criterion DVD Stereo

Small role · Director: Walter Hill

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby Stereo SR: WB LaserDisc (best audio mix of the film)

Dolby 5.1: WB LaserDisc AC3, WB DVD

2005 5.1 retransfer: WB DVD Dolby and DTS, WB Blu-ray TrueHD

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray has Atmos remixes with new effects and changes. The original matrix surround track is better mixed than the 5.1 discrete with more surround and low end engagement amazingly. It also hides the extensive ADR a bit due to the inherent quality dip comparing matrix to discrete formats.

6 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Director: Paul Schrader

Best English-Friendly:

UK Indicator Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Christopher Guest

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Christopher Guest

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Christopher Guest

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Paul Schrader

Best English-Friendly:

UK Indicator Blu-ray

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Video format: DVD

Sources: therokuchannel.roku.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Spanish Region 0 PAL DVD or original VHS and Beta MGM releases

Video Notes:

There is very low quality streaming on Roku

Additional Info:

This film is cursed with only an early 80's tape master in 4:3 and a letterbox standard def master that was apparently made and abandoned without even a Laserdisc or DVD release. The only passable widescreen version is the Spanish PAL DVD which is low quality and noisy using this abandoned standard def master but sped up due to PAL. It uses the title Aqui, un Amigo. This film cries out for a proper transfer to happen at least once.

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