Carol Reed

3 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K1 in HD

Also in the cast: 1 film

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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

The Third Man (1949)

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source

Additional Info:

StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray

4.2

The Man Between (1953)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK StudioCanal Blu-ray has minimally better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see caps

Oliver! (1968)

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

3.6

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