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Frank Adonis

Frank Adonis

10 films on Best Blurays8 in 4K2 in HD

Frank Adonis photo

Frank Testaverde Scioscia (October 27, 1935 – December 26, 2018) was an American actor. Adonis was a long-time character actor frequently cast in gangster roles, such as mobster Anthony Stabile in the 1990 film Goodfellas.

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) · facebook.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Capelight 4K announced for 2026

Video Notes:

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has slightly better compression than Criterion 4K Blu-ray.

The master in DV looks all but identical to the Criterion’s HDR grade. Detail-wise, FiM’s encode looks like it uncovered a tiny bit of extra high-frequency information that got filtered on the Criterion. See nicolas review

Best Audio:

1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD

Audio Notes:

1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1993 MGM LaserDisc/2002 R2 MGM DVD are the best. See blah-ray https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2018/01/raging-bull-1980.html

Imprint Australia 4K Blu-ray has better audio than Criterion 4K Blu-ray, from nicolas:

I believe that what’s on Imprint’s 4K is one of the good mixes MGM and Criterion released during the LaserDisc days. Music is powerful and detailed, dialogues have excellent fidelity and ambient sounds have perceptible depth. I compared the "new" 2.0 with the anemic 5.1 as well as the Criterion 4K mix and could clearly hear the improvements.

Supporting role · Director: Tom Shadyac

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Via Vision 4K

Video Notes:

(caveat: missing extras present on the Germany NSM Blu-ray mediabook)

Best Audio:

WB Home Video US LaserDisc [23000]

Audio Notes:

WB Home Video US LaserDisc [23000] for the OG stereo

Small role · Director: Abel Ferrara

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Arrow/Lionsgate 2.0

Audio Notes:

Arrow/Lionsgate 2.0 sounds good, LaserDisc [ID7612IV] maybe better?

Small role · Director: Abel Ferrara

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber/101 Films 4K Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber and 101 Films are bit idential. For extras, 101 Films Adds a new extra (~25 min) with Abel Ferrara

Best Audio:

1993 Live Home Video LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

1993 Live Home Video LaserDisc is not only better, but also has the correct music see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUmm8J7EDNM 

Small role · Director: Tony Scott

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2.0: Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray has more extras compared to US 4K Blu-ray, which removed the Cadiliac Man featurette and shortened the Michael Tronick and Larry Taylor interviews due to rights issues. The 5.1 on the Arrow 4K Blu-ray is louder and worse.

Small role · Director: Gordon Parks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Wadleigh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Karel Reisz

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Cinematographe is mis-credited to be an FiM encode. It isn't. Neither the encode nor the color grading are entirely satisfactory.

Small role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 WB LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

But Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray is very similar.

Small role · Director: Martin Scorsese

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2019 Universal 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

France Seven7 has Dolby Vision and Atmos unlike the US disc but was most likely encoded in the wrong color space

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS, Blu-ray 5.1, DVD 5.1

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