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John Rothman

John Rothman

8 Films

John Rothman

8 Included Films

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John Mahr Rothman (born June 3, 1949) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

Sophie's Choice poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Germany Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Germany Universal Blu-ray has better encoding than US Shout Factory, but it's more cropped?See caps https://slow.pics/c/cDui4NGF and https://slow.pics/c/JFGZRwhQ

Best English-Friendly:

Germany Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Germany Universal Blu-ray has better encoding than US Shout Factory, but it's more cropped?See caps https://slow.pics/c/cDui4NGF and https://slow.pics/c/JFGZRwhQ

Zelig poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

No info on US but Arrow looks good. In Arrow 6 film boxset too

Zelig poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

No info on US but Arrow looks good. In Arrow 6 film boxset too

Ghostbusters poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2022 Sony Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray, only 2022 'Ultimate Collection' has dolby vision

Best Audio:

1989 Criterion LaserDisc

Ghostbusters poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2022 Sony Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray, only 2022 'Ultimate Collection' has dolby vision

Best Audio:

1989 Criterion LaserDisc

The Purple Rose of Cairo poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Arrow > US

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Arrow > US

The Devil's Advocate poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD

Altered Cut: Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD with this red message: "The large white sculpture of human forms on the wall of John Milton's penthouse in "The Devil's Advocate" is not connected in any way and was not endorsed by the sculptor Frederick Hart or the Washington National Cathedral, joint copyright owners of the Cathedral sculpture "Ex Nihilo" in Washington D.C.".

Altered Cut: Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray 

, Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray is more filtered than Warner Bros Blu-ray, although differences may not be audible.
(While the LaserDisc 2.0 is reportedly better clarity in dialogue?)

Additional Info:

DV Plot. For those curious, the sculpture is still the altered one found on the re-issued DVDs, and previous Blu-ray.

5.1 audio on the Shout (either be 1080p or 2160p) was 16-bit, with more roll-off than the Warners one, the Warners was very similar to the NTSC and in terms of balance of the mix, while the Shout seems to be tinkered with, with the score at the beginning and at the end sounding worse on Shout.

Audio Comparisons: Slow.pics

For the regular commentary found on the NTSC DVD "Original Version" (there's no difference including the other NTSC DVD), Shout or Warners; the Shout commentary was just a bloated lossy transcode with some EQ. The best one was from either of the two DVDs.

Commentary Comparisons: Slow.pics

Now there's another commentary; it's basically the same commentary but has some parts different than the others, it can be found on EUR PAL DVD with subs for said commentary. The subs for it doesn't sync for the commentary #1 and vice-versa. Samples

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD

Altered Cut: Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD with this red message: "The large white sculpture of human forms on the wall of John Milton's penthouse in "The Devil's Advocate" is not connected in any way and was not endorsed by the sculptor Frederick Hart or the Washington National Cathedral, joint copyright owners of the Cathedral sculpture "Ex Nihilo" in Washington D.C.".

Altered Cut: Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray 

, Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray is more filtered than Warner Bros Blu-ray, although differences may not be audible.
(While the LaserDisc 2.0 is reportedly better clarity in dialogue?)

Additional Info:

DV Plot. For those curious, the sculpture is still the altered one found on the re-issued DVDs, and previous Blu-ray.

5.1 audio on the Shout (either be 1080p or 2160p) was 16-bit, with more roll-off than the Warners one, the Warners was very similar to the NTSC and in terms of balance of the mix, while the Shout seems to be tinkered with, with the score at the beginning and at the end sounding worse on Shout.

Audio Comparisons: Slow.pics

For the regular commentary found on the NTSC DVD "Original Version" (there's no difference including the other NTSC DVD), Shout or Warners; the Shout commentary was just a bloated lossy transcode with some EQ. The best one was from either of the two DVDs.

Commentary Comparisons: Slow.pics

Now there's another commentary; it's basically the same commentary but has some parts different than the others, it can be found on EUR PAL DVD with subs for said commentary. The subs for it doesn't sync for the commentary #1 and vice-versa. Samples

The Devil Wears Prada poster
4K Streaming
Best English-Friendly:

International Fox Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Best Video:

International Fox Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Additional Info:

Target exclusive DVD has more extras

Best English-Friendly:

International Fox Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Best Video:

International Fox Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Additional Info:

Target exclusive DVD has more extras

The Day the Earth Stood Still poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Synecdoche, New York poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony Pictures Classics: 30th Anniversary Collection 4K

Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony Pictures Classics: 30th Anniversary Collection 4K

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