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Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

26 films on Best Blurays16 in 4K10 in HD

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Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), and Inland Empire (2006). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).

Biography from TMDB

16 of 26 films match

Leading role · Director: Wim Wenders

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray/Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray have worse encodes.

Best Audio:

R5 Carmen Video DVD

Leading role · Director: Alex Cox

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Supporting role · Director: Ridley Scott

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

Video Notes:

(additional scenes appear to be upscaled)

Best Audio:

Original Theatrical 70mm 6-Track Stereo: Fox 4K Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 4.1)

Original Theatrical 35mm Matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1999 DVD? (2.0 mix on the UHD is a downmix)

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray, Fox Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 5.1)

Supporting role · Director: John Carpenter

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray or Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode)

Video Notes:

Sony 4K Blu-ray and France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (FiM encode) are similar

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1999 R1 WB DVD/2005 R2 WB DVD

Supporting role · Director: Howard Deutch

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray caps show a very disappointing encode / upgrade

Supporting role · Director: Francis Ford Coppola

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Supporting role · Director: John Carpenter

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2.0: Shout! Factory

Audio Notes:

2.0: Shout! Factory > StudioCanal. Italy Eagle Pictures doesn't have it.

Supporting role · Director: Gore Verbinski

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: John Milius

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory or Germany/UK Capelight 4K Blu-ray?

Small role · Director: Frank Darabont

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: David Lynch

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray > France Potemkine 4K Blu-ray > Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray see caps. Criterion has the best encode.

While the framing of Criterion is different, they are actually both faithful to the original theatrical versions see post1 and post2 by b0b.

Best Audio:

1993 New Line LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Sam Peckinpah

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray or WB DVD depending on the cut.

Best Video:

First Preview (Turner): Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Second Preview (Final Preview): Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Theatrical: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

2005 Cut: WB DVD

2024 Cut: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Small role · Director: Joss Whedon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: David Lynch

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal France / Arthaus Germany 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

British StudioCanal 4K Blu-Ray upcoming

Best Audio:

5.1 on 4K Blu-ray is a remix. Original 5.1 is best on 2012 Japan Paramount Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Terry Gilliam

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow UK or Criterion US 4K Blu-ray (preference)

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow UK & Criterion US 4K Blu-ray have different gradings (preference, Arrow 4K Blu-ray is encoded by Fidelity in Motion)

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