Big Trouble (1986)
Comedy, Crime • 1h 33m
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Robert Stack, Paul Dooley, Valerie Curtin, Richard Libertini, Steve Alterman, Jerry Pavlon, Paul La Greca, John Finnegan, Karl Lukas, Maryedith Burrell, Edith Fields, Rosemarie Stack, Barbara Tarbuck, Al White, Teddy Wilson, Gloria Gifford, Herb Armstrong, Jaime Sánchez, Gaetano Lisi, Chester Grimes, Irene Olga López, Daphne Eckler, Carol Reinhard, Conroy Gedeon, Leonard P. Geer, Melvin Jones, Luis Contreras, John M. Kochian Jr., Domingo Ambriz, John Bianchini, Nafa Rasho, Roger Ito, Perry Fluker, Lynn Ready, Steven Lambert, Yukio G. Collins, Howard Clapp, Jeff Howard, Leland Sun, Al Leong, Danny Lew, Michaelani, Dennis Phun, Walter Soo Hoo, Richard Walter, Joseph G. Medalis, Gary Nastu, Michael Santiago, Warren Munson
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About the film
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Director: John Cassavetes
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BFI suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps
Director: John Cassavetes
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Criterion is warmer and more lifelike than BFI. See DVDBeaver review for more caps
BFI suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug
Criterion has better encoding and doesn't have the bug so that's preferable.
Director: John Cassavetes
Director: John Cassavetes
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2K transfer, not sure about France
Director: John Cassavetes
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: John Cassavetes
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Criterion, 4k transfer
Director: John Cassavetes
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray uses same old Sony master
Director: Roger Christian
Theatrical Version: Mill Creek Blu-ray
Home Video Version: Concorde Blu-ray
Director: H.B. Halicki
Director: Martin Ritt
Mill Creek DVD has Original Aspect Ratio while the Germany Plaion DVD doesn't
Theatrical: Mill Creek Blu-ray
Director: Robert Stevenson
US AlphaVideo or Film Detective or Mill Creek DVD
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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