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John Candy

John Candy

13 films on Best Blurays12 in 4K1 in HD
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John Franklin Candy (October 30, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Biography from TMDB

12 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: John Hughes

4K · Disappointing

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray see caps-a-holic, has good new master but as usual poorly encoded with macro blocking and chroma noise which is just as horrible. See also cap 4. Their Blu-ray looks much better in the above shot and is more consistently grainy.

Leading 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 Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Howard Deutch

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.

Leading role · Director: John Hughes

4K · Disappointing
Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied but it is still much better than the bad Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Mel Brooks

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber

Best Audio:

Original 70mm 6-track mix (4.1): Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: MGM Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow fixed the audio glitches found on Kino Lorber's disc.
The 5.1 remix on Arrow's disc sounds terribly tinny.

Supporting role · Director: Ivan Reitman

4K · Excellent
Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2

Supporting role · Director: Frank Oz

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Director's Cut: Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The 4K Blu-ray has both a poor Dolby Atmos remix and the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix in its best fidelity but only for the Theatrical Cut.

The Blu-ray has a 5.1 remix for the Director's Cut that, while inferior to the original theatrical Dolby Stereo mix, is still far superior to the Dolby Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray, and is the best option for the Director's Cut.

Only the DVD has the isolated score.

Supporting role · Director: Oliver Stone

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Theatrical Cut 4K Blu-ray in August

Best Video:

Director's Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray (included with collector's edition)

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0

Audio Notes:

Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0 seems to be the same mix overall as the 1992 laserdisc PCM 2.0 but its not a straight port.  Even though there are some minor differences, it does not seem to be a downmix of the 5.1.  It could possibly be a new mastering.  It has just a tiny bit more dynamic range than the laserdisc, but the laserdisc has a bit more presence in the lower and midrange frequencies.

Small role · Director: Chris Columbus

Best Video:

2020 30th Anniversary Edition 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Fox Video LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Harold Ramis

Best Audio:

Original theatrical release featured the song "I'm So Excited", which was later replaced with "Little Boy Sweet". The former is included on 1983 VHS/LaserDisc releases, and was at one point available on Amazon and Vudu Streaming streams.

Small role · Director: Bryan Gordon

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Landis

4K · Solid

1 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Small role · Director: Steven Spielberg

Best Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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