State of the Union (1948)
Comedy, Drama • 2h 4m
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone, Margaret Hamilton, Charles Dingle, Charles Lane, Howard Smith, Irving Bacon, Maidel Turner, Raymond Walburn, Ellen Ross, Eve Whitney, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Mayo, Tor Johnson, Patti Brady, Georgie Nokes, Carl Switzer, Tom Pedi, Jerry Schumacher, Harry Anderson, Stanley Andrews, Herschel Graham, Eddie Kane, Roger Moore, Charles Sherlock, Dave Willock, Joe Gilbert
About the film
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
- Alternative Titles
- Frank Capra's State of the Union
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
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1986 Columbia VHS
Director: Frank Capra
1991 Republic Pictures LaserDisc
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: Alan Clarke
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
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The 88 Films 4K Blu-ray is disappointing. Indicator Blu-ray > 88 Films Blu-ray. From nicolas:
Fine master, solid HDR but very poorly encoded with strong blocking artifacts in normal areas and clipped highlights that bring Criterion’s Walkabout to mind. Their Blu-ray is slightly better overall but then again still not as good as FiM’s encode for Indicator.
Director: Vincent Sherman
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Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Director: John M. Stahl
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Indicator Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and likely better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Director: Fritz Lang
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Indicator Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber transfer see caps. 2K restoration
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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