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Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

14 films on Best Blurays10 in 4K4 in HD

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Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, businesswoman, and talk show host. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as five Emmy Award nominations and a BAFTA nomination. She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors and the granddaughter of John Barrymore. Barrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost. She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream and Ever After. Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in several films, including The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended. Her other films include Firestarter, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, Going the Distance, Big Miracle and Miss You Already. She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It. She won a SAG Award and a Golden Globe for her role in Grey Gardens. She starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet and currently hosts her syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show. Barrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films. It produced several projects in which she has starred. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013, which has grown to include lines in make-up, perfume and eyewear. Her other business ventures include a range of wines and a clothing line. E. P. Dutton published a collection of Barrymore's autobiographical essays in a book titled Wildflower in 2015. Barrymore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.

Biography from TMDB

10 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Lewis Teague

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray solid encode but controversial colors by Hiventy

Leading role · Director: Peter Segal

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Sony MOD 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Sony 2006 Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

A scream in one scene is missing from both UHD tracks, see post

Leading role · Director: McG

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The UK cinema version is the most complete version of the film to date, featuring additional scenes of violence. Additional footage includes:

  • louder impact sounds during the fight scenes with added bass, particularly during the alley fight (the impact sounds are much tamer on all video and DVD releases)

  • the use of nunchaku during the closing fight on the castle (the fight sequence now has no footage of nunchaku)

  • an elbow-lock move performed during the above fight (this is now cut from all versions) It is assumed that this version is the cut of the film made before trims were made to it for the MPAA to secure a PG-13 rating.

The UK theatrical cut has not been released on home video to date.

Leading role · Director: Steven Spielberg

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1988 MCA LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Slightly better than
Universal 4K Blu-ray with the DTS 2.0

Supporting role · Director: Richard Kelly

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Supporting role · Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Dolby Stereo SR: WB LaserDisc (best audio mix of the film)

Dolby 5.1: WB LaserDisc AC3, WB DVD

2005 5.1 retransfer: WB DVD Dolby and DTS, WB Blu-ray TrueHD

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray has Atmos remixes with new effects and changes. The original matrix surround track is better mixed than the 5.1 discrete with more surround and low end engagement amazingly. It also hides the extensive ADR a bit due to the inherent quality dip comparing matrix to discrete formats.

Supporting role · Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Uncut Director's Cut: Either the Germany Kinowelt DVD, the Japan DVD, the Scandinavian DVD, or the US LaserDisc.

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fan preservation is likely better quality.

Best Audio:

2011 Blu-ray/2021 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The 2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray is incredibly poor for every Original Trilogy film; older processed older DVD-era masters with heavy use of DNR, sharpening and edge enhancement with a really dull color grade. The 4K Blu-ray is miles better. The DTS-HD 5.1 across all three films appears to be the same on both the Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray, and they appear to be the untouched theatrical 5.1 mixes. 

The Uncut version has more violence: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=256325

Supporting role · Director: Ken Russell

4K · Excellent

Supporting role · Director: Parker Finn

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Directors: Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

4 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: Clive Donner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Its only official releases on home video outside of Blu-ray were on VHS and LaserDisc. All home video releases and TV broadcasts after 1986 are of the 1hr36min 1987 European theatrical cut and not the 2hr23min 1986 US TV cut.

Leading role · Director: McG

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Sony Blu-ray

Leading role · Directors: Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Fox DVD

Best Video:

HD on VOD

Supporting role · Director: Shannah Laumeister Stern

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Included in Kino Lorber Jazz on a Summer Day Blu-ray as 1080i extras

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