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Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

13 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K6 in HD
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Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in Comes a Horseman (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama; Anne of Green Gables (1985); Misery (1990); and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Biography from TMDB

Leading 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

Leading role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber/Germany Capelight - caps and audio comparison on this page. Discussion is still ongoing about the 2.0 but as none of the three 4Ks seem to have the true original mix, I think it's fair to leave them all in the blue tier for now and only note that Kino Lorber has the worst PQ.

Best Audio:

Nelson Entertainment USA LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here. 

The 4K master has a shot at the very end of the movie (on James Caan's face) that looks incredibly soft and not good at all. This was visible on the DCP as well so it might just be a source issue rather than being the fault of Kino, Capelight or Arrow.

Supporting role · Director: Jack Nicholson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.

It was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.

Small role · Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Robert Mulligan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion/Capelight

Video Notes:

Criterion/Capelight. MoC uses older master

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: France Wild Side Blu-ray

Pre-release Cut: ?

Small role · Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Anthony Mann

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Video Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Arrow's deluxe presentation is a fantastic package with great supplements, art and printed materials. Sadly the master is a heavily processed Paramount affair. It has seemingly been severely grain managed and the mono audio is horribly thin when it shouldn't be. Stereo and 5.1 options are also given but they seem to be more of home video remixes. They do not have the fidelity issue of the compromised mono but also show marked differences as if they were remixed from stem sources. This seems to have suffered lesser degrees of the problems that plagued The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance's 4K master. This is the best version to date but one wishes Paramount could leave scans alone.

Small role · Director: George Stevens

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Sources: lddb.com (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Mel Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray review

Best Audio:

1998 WB LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K Blu-ray upcoming in Fall 2026

Small role · Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.

Audio Notes:

DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix

Additional Info:

Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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