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Bruno Kirby

Bruno Kirby

6 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K3 in HD

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Bruno Kirby (April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, and The Godfather Part II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruno Kirby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

Leading role · Director: Albert Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Sony Blu-ray uses a newer 4K master than Indicator and is noticeably better see caps

Supporting role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray releasing December 14 2026

Video Notes:

Like many of Capelight's other releases, the 4K Blu-ray is low-passed but still looks good.

Best Audio:

30th Anniversary Shout! Factory BD has the original stereo mix

Supporting role · Director: Barry Levinson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1999 Disney DVD

Audio Notes:

1999 Disney DVD has the original 70mm 6-track mix in 4.1 (mislabelled as 5.1 in the US release)

Supporting role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1998 Criterion DVD Stereo

Small role · Director: Barry Levinson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Francis Ford Coppola

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Paramount 2008 Blu-ray Coppola Restoration

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

The Paramount 4K "restoration" is a desecration. It has completely revisionist color timing, harsh HDR, treatment of stock footage, bad encoding, selective DNR and grain management so bad that the entire screen frequently freezes up with only characters moving around in grain soup. It is so bad that the film's restorer Robert Harris publicly washed his hands of it saying essentially the 2007 restoration (with Willis and Coppola supervising) is how the film was intended and made. This is Paramount's modern version done their way. The new 1080p SDR Blu-rays in print are the crap 4K desecration master with the same problems still there just harder to spot and with crap encodes. Part II overall fares better than the first film but it has all the same problems. Randomly some shots are the worst in the trilogy looks mushy and manipulated to death.
The mono option is an unnecessarily processed version of the lossy mono from the 2008 Blu-ray. The 2008 Blu-ray of the 2007 Coppola Restoration while an imperfect outdated disc is LIGHT YEARS better than this 4K desecration. The only truly major issue is that it is very slightly redder than the 2007 finished master as seen on DCPs. The lossy mono on the 2008 Blu-ray is the best version of the original mix known to exist as it is better than the late 80's mastering for VHS and LaserDisc.
DFIC review of the hideous crap 4K Blu-rays: https://youtu.be/0uw6-Kcy_UA?si=ob1nDg0wTCvemjH0

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