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David Andrews

David Andrews

6 Films

David Andrews

6 Included Films

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David Andrews (born January 1, 1952) is an American actor, best known for his role as General Robert Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Andrews was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His attended the Louisiana State University as an undergraduate and followed with a year at the Duke University School of Law and two at Stanford Law School, from which he graduated in the late 1970s. He set his career off in style by starring in the 1984 horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. For the rest of the 80s Andrews did not have any major hits, mainly focusing on a TV career. In 1990 he starred in Stephen King's Graveyard Shift and in 1994 he was James Earp in Kevin Costners Wyatt Earp. His career was boosted by starring in the TV series Mann & Machine. In 1995 he played astronaut Pete Conrad, alongside Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton in the classic space drama Apollo 13. In the late 90s Andrews concentrated on more television projects and starred in TV films such as Our Son, the Matchmaker, Fifteen and Pregnant, which also starred Kirsten Dunst, and the hit TV film Switched at Birth. In 1998 he played another astronaut, Frank Borman, in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He had a brief role as Major General Eldridge G. Chapman, commander of the 13th Airborne Division, in the Band of Brothers miniseries. 1999 was a great year for Andrews: not only that he did get the success from Switched at Birth but also Fight Club, which starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Andrews started off the millennium by starring in Navigating the Heart before moving on to the sequel of the cannibal series Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins. In 2002 he appeared in A Walk to Remember, and in 2003 he starred in Two Soldiers, The Chester Story and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He also replaced John M. Jackson in the final season of JAG, playing Judge Advocate General Major General Gordon 'Biff' Cresswell. He was Edwin Jensen in the TV Movie The Jensen Project. Andrews played the role of Scooter Libby in the 2010 film, Fair Game, based on the Valerie Plame affair.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray

IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray

IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Apollo 13 poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray

IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray

IMAX Cut: 2005 DVD

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Fight Club poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or 2009 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or 2009 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer

Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.

Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/

Fight Club poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray or 2009 Germany Blu-ray for a purist version

Best Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray or Fox 2009 Blu-ray for a purist version or 2009 Germany Blu-ray from the original 1999 telecine transfer

Disney 4K Blu-ray, while a good release by itself, is very revisionist albeit made by Fincher. It has a huge amount of tinkering, a different grade, and at times uncanny with the sharpening. Caps of just how revisionist the new master is.

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS - all Blu-ray tracks have significant limiting.

Disney 4K Blu-ray has some alterations, otherwise similar to the Fox Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A blog article going over the home video history of Fight Club: https://notonbluray.com/blog/fight-club-compared-blu-ray-vs-itunes-vs-d-vhs-vs-dvd-vs-laserdisc/

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal Britain 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

British Universal 4K Blu-Ray is missing Kino Lorber extras

Hannibal poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal Britain 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

British Universal 4K Blu-Ray is missing Kino Lorber extras

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony International Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony International Blu-ray > WB US Blu-ray (better encoding on the Sony disc, missing a commentary from the WB)

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

Warner Bros Blu-ray has an exclusive commentary

Best English-Friendly:

Sony International Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony International Blu-ray > WB US Blu-ray (better encoding on the Sony disc, missing a commentary from the WB)

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Additional Info:

Warner Bros Blu-ray has an exclusive commentary

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or Paramount 4K Blu-ray?

Best Video:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or Paramount 4K Blu-ray? (Shout Factory has more extras, but only 5.1 audio, Paramount has 7.1, both only have the Theatrical in 4K)

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DTS-HD 7.1

Best English-Friendly:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or Paramount 4K Blu-ray?

Best Video:

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or Paramount 4K Blu-ray? (Shout Factory has more extras, but only 5.1 audio, Paramount has 7.1, both only have the Theatrical in 4K)

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray has DTS-HD 7.1

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