Rod Steiger

12 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K7 in HD

Rod Steiger photo

Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was a European-American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Oklahoma!, Waterloo, The Pawnbroker, On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, Doctor Zhivago, and Jesus of Nazareth.

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The Pawnbroker (1965)

Leading role · Director: Sidney Lumet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

While Olive Films Blu-ray is better encoded than BFI Blu-ray, it suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Duck, You Sucker (Fistful of Dynamite) (1971)

Leading role · Director: Sergio Leone

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Eureka Masters of Cinema Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Eureka Blu-ray slightly better than Kino Lorber. Note that the Eureka release has ~6 seconds of cuts due to BBFC rules.

Audio Notes:

Eureka has original mono.

4.0

The Illustrated Man (1969)

Leading role · Director: Jack Smight

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

2.9

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Leading role · Director: Norman Jewison

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Wicked Vision Germany 4K Blu-ray (LSP encode) or US Criterion 4K Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray?

4.0

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Leading role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.0

The Loved One (1965)

Supporting role · Director: Tony Richardson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Supporting role · Director: David Lean

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Upcoming Release:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Dec 1st

4.0

On the Waterfront (1954)

Supporting role · Director: Elia Kazan

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1994 Columbia LaserDisc

4.2

Oklahoma! (1955)

Supporting role · Director: Fred Zinnemann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray has both Todd-AO and Cinemascope on each Blu-ray disc. The Todd-AO is a 30 fps restoration from 65mm IP scanned at 8K

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Tim Burton

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps. The HDR10 base layer is bright, so I'd recommended to watch it in Dolby Vision.

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is missing the isolated score and Martian dub from the DVD

3.3

End of Days (1999)

Small role · Director: Peter Hyams

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray - caps.

Audio Notes:

's audio is also better than most previous releases as their 5.1 isn't clipped

2.7

The Player (1992)

Small role · Director: Robert Altman

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

4.0

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