Biography from TMDB
Leading role · Director: Robert Redford
Supporting role · Director: Frank Pierson
FiM encode and a very good new master
Supporting role · Director: Roland Emmerich
Fox 4K Blu-ray reference sound
Fox 4K Blu-ray, merely okay with compression issues
Supporting role · Directors: Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
4K encode is low-pass filtered and noticeably so, which was unfortunately par for the course with Criterion 4Ks until sometime in 2024, and the encode is still less than ideal even despite that. Still better than the Criterion and Lionsgate Blu-Ray discs for the Dolby Vision grading alone.
Supporting role · Director: Ron Howard
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Looks stunning against the horribly neutralized old master. Very glad Deakins supervised the new grade and had Universal restore his color filters.
Universal Blu-ray (included in the 4K edition) has the original 5.1 mix not on the 4K disc
The original 5.1 surround mix from the 2011 USA BD was included alongside the new Atmos upmix. The compatibility track is a downmix of the Atmos. The Atmos is overall lightly remixed with noticeably more high frequencies rolled-off relative to the old 5.1. I think the 5.1 sounds better. The 5.1 mix from the USA BD was used as it sounds essentially the same as the EUR BD (with some minor loudness differences) while not featuring the dither noise and low frequency noise that the EUR has. Commentaries between the USA UHD and USA BD are the same, with both featuring Dolby Surround metadata
Audio comparison: 5.1 surround
Small role · Director: Sidney Lumet
StudioCanal EU
StudioCanal EU has elevated blacks and inaccurate colors, Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encode.
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