Murray Hamilton

11 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K6 in HD

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Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Mayor Larry Vaughn in the 1975 film "Jaws" and its sequels, "Jaws 2" and "Jaws: The Revenge". Hamilton also starred in several other well-known films such as "The Graduate", "The Hustler" and "The Amityville Horror". He had a long career in both film and TV and appeared in over 70 films and TV series.

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5 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Jaws 2 (1978)

Leading role · Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

While has some mild DNR in a few scenes, the old Universal Blu-ray was an even older VHS master with DNR, so it's still a significant upgrade

2.7

The Graduate (1967)

Supporting role · Director: Mike Nichols

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K caps.Criterion Blu-ray better encode than StudioCanal Blu-ray.

Best Audio:

1987 Criterion LaserDisc

4.1

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray

3.0

Jaws (1975)

Supporting role · Director: Steven Spielberg

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1995/1997 MCA LaserDisc

3.9

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Supporting role · Director: Otto Preminger

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2

Best Audio:

1986 RCA/Columbia LaserDisc

4.2

6 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Leading role · Director: Billy Wilder

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

The Drowning Pool (1975)

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

1941 (1979)

Supporting role · Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

2.6

The Hustler (1961)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Rossen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Video Notes:

Fox but low bitrate

Best Audio:

1990 Fox LaserDisc

4.1

Houseboat (1958)

Supporting role · Director: Melville Shavelson

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount

Seconds (1966)

Supporting role · Director: John Frankenheimer

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

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

Video Notes:

UK MoC Blu-ray uses the same restoration as Criterion but has more natural contrast and more organic grains see caps

Audio Notes:

MoC Blu-ray has the exactly same audio as Criterion Blu-ray

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