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Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

9 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K4 in HD

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Barry Shabaka Henley (born Barry Joseph Henley; September 15, 1954) is an American character actor. Henley is a fixture in many films, most often the films of director Michael Mann, having worked with the director four times. Henley played Herbert Muhammad in Ali. In Collateral he made an impression as a sensitive jazz musician living on borrowed time. He also starred in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. In Miami Vice, Henley succeeded Edward James Olmos as superior officer, Lt. Martin Castillo. He also appeared in the short-lived television series, Robbery Homicide Division and Barbershop. From 2009, he has played the recurring character of FBI Agent Vreede in FlashForward, an ABC television series. He also played Buddy in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. It was announced that Henley will have a role on Heroes as Detective Fuller. In 1999 Henley supplied the role of Pokerface in the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence film Life. As a stage actor, Henley's honors include the Drama Desk, Obie, and Olivier Awards. He was also a member of the West Coast Black Repertory Theatre and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Shabaka Henley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Supporting role · Director: Steven Spielberg

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming or Paramount Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

88 Films UK Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray  in December

Best Video:

88 Films UK Blu-ray for both cuts 

Best Audio:

88 Films Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

88 Films Blu-ray is missing Michael Mann commentary for the DC found on other BDs

Supporting role · Director: Michael Mann

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount/Plaion Spain/Italy 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Paramount/Plaion Spain/Italy 4K Blu-ray has better encoding than the US 4K Blu-ray.

Best Audio:

Paramount US 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

The EUR 4K has missing dialog.

Small role · Director: John Singleton

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Best Video & Audio:

International Paramount Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US Paramount Blu-ray has the extras

Small role · Director: Bradley Cooper

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: WB 4K Blu-ray

Extended: WB Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray 2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD 2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical: Universum Film Germany Blu-ray (caveat: not entirely English friendly, R1 DVD for a more English friendly release)
2004 Director's Cut: Sony Director's Cut DVD
2017 Director's Cut: Sony Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical: The UK DVD

Audio Notes:

Theatrical: The UK DVD has a DTS 5.1 track

Additional Info:

The Sony Blu-ray is missing the commentary from the DC DVD

Michael Mann changed it so much for the new cut that it no longer lined up.

Small role · Director: Carl Franklin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Clive Barker

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray caps, very impressive upgrade, VFX shots look a bit better as well thanks to the new scan and HDR, magenta touch in the old master is no longer there

Small role · Director: Brett Ratner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

New Line/Warner Bros Blu-ray

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