Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Comedy • 1h 51m
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Joseph Cousins, Christian Cousins, Cathy Moriarty, Park Overall, Jayne Brook, Richard Portnow, Tom Kurlander, Alix Koromzay, Betty Lou Henson, Heidi Swedberg, Bob Nelson, Molly Cleator, Eugene Elman, Susan Burns, Tom Dugan, Roma, Jason Stuart, Kim Delgado, Ray Glanzmann, Ed Crick, Angela Bassett, Chi Muoi Lo, John Hammil, Steve Park, John Steinkamp, Charlie Holliday, Lee Forest, Judy Wix, Galen Yuen, Frankie Avina, Terry Golden, Lee Dupree, Michael Chapman, Trevor James Reeder, Travis Whitney Reeder, Jason Howard, Debra Casey, Peter Vasquez, Jacques Apollo Bolton, Leo Lee, Kenneth Chapman, Rick Jones, Mimi J. Kauffman, Catherine Reitman, Tiffany Reaves, Jason Reitman, Anne Merrem, Arlene J. Phalon, Justin Page, Peter Rakow, Sarah Rose Karr, Marissa Rosen, Ben McCreary, Miko Hughes, Robert Cave, Ben Diskin, Tameka Runnels, Medha Garg, Brian Wagner, John Christian Graas, Jimmy Darrin Jackson III, Ian Baumer, Amy Wald, Tiffany Mataras, Krystle Mataras, James Chance, Adam Wylie, Nicole Nagorsky, Ross Malinger, Amber Reaves, Odette Annable, Emily Ann Lloyd, Haley Hileman, Bethany Allyn, Zachary Marsh, Anthony Wong, Remone Bradley, Sandy Berumen, Brian Bruney, Max Delgado, Christopher Doyle, Sam Haggin, Jeff Imada, Alex Landi, Jaime Lucero Jr., Laura Rae, Kyle Pittman, Denise Lynne Roberts, Gary Rodriguez, Thomas Rosales Jr., William Rossman, George Sasaki, John Bear Staible, Roberta Storm, Adrian Tafoya, Carlos Tappin, Bruno Van Zeebroeck, Richard Wakasa, Rob Wegner, Branscombe Richmond
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 month ago
> US Kino Lorber see comparison and caps
Kino Lorber has an exceedingly poor encode, only slightly improved by the DV layer.
UHD tiers
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
HDR10 encode and audio tracks are poor, looks a bit better in Dolby Vision
Overview
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
Director: Ivan Reitman
2022 Sony Ultimate Collection 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ivan Reitman
Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Box Set coming on October 20th with FiM encode
DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Director: James Whale
Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026
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More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
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