Joe Flaherty

9 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K3 in HD

Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He was best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks.

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6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Heavy Metal (1981)

Supporting role · Directors: Gerald Potterton & John Bruno & John Halas & Julian Harris & Jimmy T. Murakami & Barrie Nelson & Paul Sabella & Jack Stokes & Pino Van Lamsweerde & Harold Whitaker

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Used Cars (1980)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory has good PQ, mediocre compression

3.4

Happy Gilmore (1996)

Small role · Director: Dennis Dugan

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encodes: Dolby Vision caps

3.4

Stripes (1981)

Small role · Director: Ivan Reitman

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2

3.2

Innerspace (1987)

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray; caps

Audio Notes:

Arrow includes the original 70mm 6-track mix in a discrete form (4.1), as well as the matrixed 35mm Dolby Stereo mix (2.0), both from new transfers. The German Blu-ray uses an earlier transfer dating back to the LaserDisc for the stereo. Both sound good.

Arrow includes a 7.1 Atmos remix, whereas earlier releases include a 5.1 remix.

3.5