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Paul King

Paul King

4 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K
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Paul Thomas King (born July 1978) is an English screenwriter and director. He works in television, film and theatre and specialises in comedy. He directed all 20 episodes of the BBCsurreal comedy series The Mighty Boosh (2004–2007), and in 2005 he earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best New Director. His work on the family comedy films Paddington (2014) and its 2017 sequel earned him British Academy Film Award nominations for Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2023, he directed and co-wrote Wonka, a film which serves as a backstory to the literary character Willy Wonka and explores his early days as a chocolatier. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul King (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

TV series

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2006 UK DVD/2012 Australia DVD

Video Notes:
  • Recent Streaming versions (All 4 and Peacock) are AI upscaled

  • Peacock also removes the original ad break slides

  • The interviews and opening introductions also aren't de-interlaced properly into PAL 50fps

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2K upscale, poor in HDR10 and better in DV due to the extremely bright grade. WB MOD uses the same master

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray has 2018 Atmos mix carried over. WB MOD Atmos mix at a lower volume.

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