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George Pal

George Pal

4 films on Best Blurays4 in HD

Also in the cast: 1 film

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George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.

Biography from TMDB

Co-director: Henry Levin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Best Audio:

Warner Bros NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples

As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.

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